All posts tagged "USA"

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  Trump administration puts USAID staff on leave as DOGE sets out spending cuts 

  Staff at the US government’s international development agency have been put on administrative leave around the globe, while the Elon Musk led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has set out

  • Posted February 6, 2025
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  A quiet revolution: driving efficiency in government using ‘pragmatic AI’

  Artificial intelligence is the subject of fervent discussion over a drink between friends in a bar, at the very top of government and everywhere in between. Often these discussions focus

  • Posted February 4, 2025
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  President Trump signs fresh AI directive after revoking Biden order

  The Trump administration has introduced an executive order that aims to solidify the US as the world leader in AI.   The ‘Removing barriers to American leadership in artificial intelligence’

  • Posted January 30, 2025
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  As digital ID adoption grows, government leaders share lessons learned and future plans

  Global Government Forum’s Digital Leaders Study 2023 identified digital ID systems as an essential capability for seamless citizen-centric services. However, some governments have also experienced pushback against digital ID plans, with

  • Posted November 5, 2024
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  Tech firms sign pact to counter AI deepfakes as elections near

  Twenty of the world’s leading technology firms have signed a pact agreeing to counter the use of artificial intelligence to deceive voters in the run-up to elections taking place in

  • Posted February 19, 2024
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  US government taps agencies for AI project ideas

  The US government’s Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) is seeking artificial intelligence project proposals from federal agencies as part of an executive order signed last year. The executive order on the

  • Posted February 13, 2024
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  Russia’s elections toolkit: dollars, disruption and disinformation

  Hack and leak, astroturfing, perception hacking, reputation laundering: Russia has devised an armoury of new techniques to weaken and distract its opponents. In this second part of our investigation into

  • Posted January 21, 2024
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  Trudeau nominates new head of public service commission; US reclaims first place in digital competitiveness rankings: news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Trudeau nominates new president of the Public Service Commission of Canada Canadian prime minister Justin

  • Posted December 7, 2023
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  US federal government considers waiving incentive limits for new recruits; Canada warns officials of personal data breach: management & workforce news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. OPM proposes giving agencies authority to waive incentive limits as part of recruitment drive The

  • Posted November 23, 2023
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  US federal agencies told to pick up pace on cybersecurity after failure to comply with executive order

  US federal agencies have been told to tighten their cybersecurity practices after failing to comply with an executive order urging the use of critical measures to beef up protections across

  • Posted August 21, 2023
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