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Communications City of Syracuse Press Release on New Division Focused on DEI in Procurement
Press release about the City of Syracuse's new Division of Equity Compliance and Social Impact
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Strategy City of Syracuse Transformation Roadmap
City of Syracuse's transformation roadmap
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Strategy City of Syracuse Procurement Transformation Process Mapping
City of Syracuse's iterative procurement lifecycle process mapping
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Human-Centered Design City of Syracuse’s MWBE Online Application
The iteration of City of Syracuse's Minority and Women Business Enterprise (MWBE) Certification Application
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Procurement Syracuse University Procurement Equity Study
Report from the Syracuse University’s Center for Policy Design and Governance assessing the City of Syracuse's equity in procurement.
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Management City of Syracuse Procurement Transformation Project Team Organizational Chart
Organizational chart for the City of Syracuse's procurement transformation project
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Automation + AI A list of open LLMs
These LLMs (Large Language Models) are all licensed for commercial use (e.g., Apache 2.0, MIT, OpenRAIL-M).
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Diversity, Equity + Inclusion Increasing Older Adult Access to SNAP
This brief highlights the complex journey that older adults experience when applying for and enrolling in SNAP, including the major barriers and solutions that improve access along the way.
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Digitizing Policy + Rules as Code Cross-Sector Insights From the Rules as Code Community of Practice
In this report, the Digital Benefits Network shares learnings from the Rules as Code Community of Practice. Insights are grouped along core themes expressed by cross-sector practitioners, including complexity in policies, interest in sharing knowledge, tools, and code, the need for more training and technical assistance, and willingness to collaborate on an open standard for writing rules and developing a shared code library.
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Diversity, Equity + Inclusion Opportunities to Improve Online Access to SNAP for Older Adults
This issue brief illustrates the challenges that many older adults with low income face in gaining access to benefits online. It addresses digital literacy, access to broadband internet, and the increasing prevalence of connecting online to SNAP.
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Digital Identity Facial Recognition Technology: Current Capabilities, Future Prospects, and Governance
This book explores the current capabilities, future possibilities, and necessary governance for facial recognition technology. The report discusses legal, societal, and ethical implications of the technology, and recommends ways that federal agencies and others developing and deploying the technology can mitigate potential harms and enact more comprehensive safeguards.
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Digitizing Policy + Rules as Code Rules as Code Community of Practice
The DBN’s Rules as Code Community of Practice (RaC CoP) creates a shared learning and exchange space for people working on public benefits eligibility and enrollment systems — and specifically people tackling the issue of how policy becomes software code. The RaC CoP brings together cross-sector experts who share approaches, examples, and challenges. Participants are from state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal government agencies, nonprofit organizations, academia, and private sector companies. We host recurring roundtable conversations and an email group for asynchronous updates, insights, and assistance.