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Practical guides for public-sector technology leaders - on secure AI, cooperative purchasing, compliance, and modernization.
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Secure, Compliant AI for Government: A Practical Guide to the NIST AI Risk Management Framework
Public agencies want the benefits of AI without the risk. The NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) is the voluntary U.S. standard that gives them a shared way to govern, map, measure, and manage AI risk. This guide explains what the framework is, its four core functions and the characteristics of trustworthy AI, the added risks of generative AI, and the questions every agency should ask before adopting AI.
By Davids Achonu
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Aligning Government IT to NIST, FedRAMP, and GovRAMP: A Compliance Primer
Public agencies answer to a web of security and privacy frameworks. This primer explains the ones that matter most for government IT and AI - NIST, FedRAMP, and GovRAMP, plus the sector-specific rules - and what it means to align to them.
By Davids Achonu
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How Public Agencies Buy IT and AI Through Cooperative Contracts
Cooperative and statewide contracts let public agencies buy vetted IT and AI services quickly - using a competitively awarded vehicle instead of running their own solicitation. This guide explains how cooperative purchasing works, when to use it, and the six vehicles agencies can use to engage ALINEDS.
By Davids Achonu
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Modernizing Legacy Government Systems: A Cloud and ERP Readiness Guide
Legacy systems quietly tax public agencies - higher costs, security gaps, and brittle integrations. This guide helps agencies gauge readiness to modernize, covering cloud migration approaches and ERP modernization, and how to plan the move without disruption.
By Davids Achonu
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