If we’ve learned anything from the past few years, it’s the routines we used to consider normal—like being able to walk onto a college campus and attend class in-person each…
Omar Rafik
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Preparing for the Quantum Future: What Agencies Need to Do Now
In 2022, as part of President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure investment plan, the administration committed $180 billion to “R&D and industries of the future.” Quantum computing was named one of the top five priorities in that plan for good reason.
Three Ways Educational Institutions Can Better Plan for Continuous Learning
Three Ways to Prepare Your Agency for a Modernized Digital Verification System
Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation for states to develop highly secure, interoperable systems enabling digital identity verification. According to the Better Identity Coalition, the Improving Digital…
Four Ways State and Local Governments Can Effectively Use Pandemic Relief Funds
Last March, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act was passed for pandemic relief, with $350 billion of the money dedicated to state and local agencies as a part of…
3 Ways Educational Institutions Can Avoid IT Tool Sprawl
As more and more money enters the state and local government budgets from pandemic relief funds like The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) program, the prospect of…