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IRS Direct File Pilot Program Filing Season 2024 After Action Report
The conclusion of the 2024 tax filing season marks the closure of the Direct File pilot, a yearlong effort to study the interest in — and feasibility of — creating a direct e-filing system as a new option for taxpayers to file federal income tax returns.
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Human-Centered Design ‘They’re Stealing Food From My Kids’: SNAP recipients and the struggle against EBT Theft
EBT theft has deeply damaged the lives of the lowest-income Americans. The following insights reveal a system that leaves people in the dark and fails to protect a crucial lifeline.
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Ensuring Timely and Accurate Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility Determinations at Application
CMS urges states to review and improve their Medicaid and CHIP application processing timeframes to ensure compliance, timely coverage, and care, providing immediate and longer-term strategies for addressing application backlogs.
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Policy Measuring psychological burdens in access to U.S. social programs
This report contributes to the quantitative measurement of psychological burdens by examining a case study of a single social program: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, by considering new quantitative measures of the psychological burdens faced by SNAP applicants.
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Digitizing Policy + Rules as Code Community Insights at the Cross-Sector Rules as Code Roundtable
In this video, Digital Benefits Network Senior Director Ariel Kennan presents highlights from the Cross-Sector Insights From the Rules as Code Community of Practice report released in February 2024. The Cross-Sector Rules as Code Roundtable on February 22, 2024 was hosted by Rules as Code Community of Practice at the Digital Benefits Network.
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Digitizing Policy + Rules as Code MyFriendBen Demo at the Cross-Sector Rules as Code Roundtable
MyFriendBen.org leaders demo their new Colorado benefits eligibility tool in a February 2024 webinar.
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Digitizing Policy + Rules as Code Digital Distortions and Interpretive Choices: A Cartographic Perspective on Encoding Regulation
This article analyses ‘digital distortions’ in Rules as Code, which refer to disconnects between regulation and code that arise from interpretive choices in the encoding process.
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Digitizing Policy + Rules as Code Benefits Data Trust Demo at the Cross-Sector Rules as Code Roundtable
In this video, Benefits Data Trust Senior Product Manager Daniel Singer and Software Engineering Manager Preston Cabe present their eligibility screening platform including their rules engine, API, and DMN rules notation. The Cross-Sector Rules as Code Roundtable on February 22, 2024 was hosted by Rules as Code Community of Practice at the Digital Benefits Network.
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Digitizing Policy + Rules as Code Policy Engine Demo at the Cross-Sector Rules as Code Roundtable
In this video, Policy Engine CEO Max Ghenis provides a demonstration of their product and API and discusses use cases in Rules as Code. The Cross-Sector Rules as Code Roundtable on February 22, 2024 was hosted by Rules as Code Community of Practice at the Digital Benefits Network.
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Direct File, Integrated State Filing, and FileYourStateTaxes 2024 Findings Report
This report summarizes Code for America's experience and results working with AZ and NY to build FileYourStateTaxes.
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Automation + AI HHS Plan for Promoting Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in Automated and Algorithmic Systems by State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Governments in the Administration of Public Benefits
This plan promotes responsible AI use in public benefits administration by state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, aiming to enhance program effectiveness and efficiency while meeting recipient needs.
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Automation + AI Framework for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Use of Artificial Intelligence for Public Benefit Administration
This framework outlines USDA’s principles and approach to support States, localities, Tribes, and territories in responsibly using AI in the implementation and administration of USDA’s nutrition benefits and services. This framework is in response to Section 7.2(b)(ii) of Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.