Kansas Reflector: Kansas secretary of state moves 60-year-old system from paper to online. “In place of the previous paper-based system is a public website that launched Tuesday. [Scott] Schwab said the new digital system improves transparency, efficiency and cost. Users can view proposed regulations, search an in-progress archival catalogue and subscribe to email notices for scheduled public […]

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Good news for travelers: U.S. passport renewal is now online. If you're 25+, have a passport issued within the last 15 years, and meet other criteria, skip the mail—renew digitally. Processing still takes 4–6 weeks. #travel #governmentservices

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Associated Press: Callers to Washington state hotline press 2 for Spanish and get accented AI English instead. “For months, callers to the Washington state Department of Licensing who have requested automated service in Spanish have instead heard an AI voice speaking English in a strong Spanish accent. The agency has since apologized and says it fixed the problem.”

State of Massachusetts: Governor Healey Announces Massachusetts to Become First State to Deploy ChatGPT Across Executive Branch. Uh. “Today, Governor Maura Healey announced the launch of the ChatGPT-powered Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assistant for the state’s workforce, with the goal of making government work better and faster for people…. Massachusetts will be the first state to adopt […]

ComputerWeekly: Large language models provide unreliable answers about public services, Open Data Institute finds. “Popular large language models (LLMs) are unable to provide reliable information about key public services such as health, taxes and benefits, the Open Data Institute (ODI) has found.”

Now to see what he can do as mayor: “In treating constituent problems as urgent and solvable, [Assemblyman Mamdani’s staff] actually provided an answer to a strangely radical hypothetical question: What if every day government services actually worked?”

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Chuyển từ "người dân chạy theo thủ tục" sang "dữ liệu chạy thay cho người dân" – Thượng tướng Nguyễn Văn Long nhấn mạnh đây là thành quả nổi bật của Đề án 06, đẩy mạnh chuyển đổi số, rút ngắn thời gian, giảm thủ tục hành chính, phục vụ người dân hiệu quả hơn.
#DigitalTransformation #ChuyenDoiSo #DeAn06 #GovernmentServices #HànhChínhCông #DữLiệuSố #SmartNation

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