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InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning on data, digital, innovation, and AI skills for public service professionals like you.

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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
In New York, @governor.ny.gov is scaling AI training to 100,000+ public employees — and InnovateUS is proud to be the platform behind it. 🚀 90% improved AI understanding. 75% saved time. 86% wanted to keep going.
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After Pilot, NYS Expands Staff AI Training to Over 100,000
New York is scaling statewide employee AI training with InnovateUS, after 75 percent of participants in a pilot reported saving time using one AI training tool, and 86 percent wanted to continue.
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The Burnes Center for Social Change @burnescenter.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
For @newamerica.org, Amira Choueiki Boland discusses how public sector leaders can drive people-centered policy development and delivery, highlighting @innovateus.bsky.social live learning on data, digital, innovation, and AI skills. Read more: www.newamerica.org/insights/ste...
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Steps Leaders Can Take to Center People
Making the government more people-centered starts with leaders. Amira Boland explains her experience.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Learn where AI procurement goes wrong and explore what stakeholders can do to make the process more effective. This workshop also introduces Hortus Trellis, a platform designed to provide a Consumer Reports–style interface to assess AI vendors. 🔗 Register here events.zoom.us/ev/Ah_h4XGr2...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
How do you introduce AI to 18,000+ employees without creating panic? On the InnovateUS podcast, Santi Garces, Boston's CIO, discusses how the city became one of the first governments to issue AI guidelines, how they've partnered with higher ed, and more Listen ⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/25u2...
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Episode 6: Generative AI in the City of Boston
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
In this workshop led by Mihir Kshirsagar, attendees will learn how predictive algorithms are developed and deployed in law enforcement, the risks of feedback loops and discriminatory outcomes, and practical steps agencies can take to mitigate bias. ➡️Register here events.zoom.us/ev/Avg8DYNFK...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
How do you build a culture of innovation that sticks? Hear from experts from the State of Colorado in our recent workshop, where they explain that investing in people is the key to long-lasting change. Watching the recording here: innovate-us.org/a-model-for-...
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Beth Simone Noveck @bethnoveck.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Thrilled to see @innovateus.bsky.social AI training pilot with @governor.ny.gov go live. This is how we build public-sector capacity to use AI responsibly from the inside out. Grateful to Governor Hochul and NY ITS for leading the way. 📖 its.ny.gov/news/governo...
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Governor Hochul Announces Artificial Intelligence Training Pilot Program for New York State Workforce
Governor Hochul announced an AI training pilot program designed for the NYS workforce.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Today, Governor Kathy Hochul and NYS Office of Information Technology Services announced an official partnership with InnovateUS to provide our training to their workforce, as part of their artificial intelligence (AI) training pilot program. Read more its.ny.gov/news/governo...
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Governor Hochul Announces Artificial Intelligence Training Pilot Program For New York State Workforce
Governor Hochul announced an AI training pilot program designed for the NYS workforce.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
In this workshop, Dr. Sonita Singh will introduce participants to principles of data-informed city management, with a focus on how evidence-based approaches can strengthen public services and address inequities. 🔗 Register here events.zoom.us/ev/Ah_h4XGr2...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Most AI projects don't fail because of bad technology. They fail because of skipped conversations. In our latest workshop, Michael Navin shared why stakeholder engagement isn't just a checkbox—it's the difference between what works and what doesn't. 📝 Read more innovate-us.org/blog/buildin...
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Building Trust Through Engagement: How Courts Can Responsibly Integrate AI in Daily Operations - InnovateUS Blog
InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning on data, digital and innovation skills for public servants like you.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Join us for a new session in our #AI for public communications workshop series! In this workshop, participants will learn about AI tools, along with their risks and opportunities. Co-hosted by @northeasternu.bsky.social and @burnescenter.bsky.social Register events.zoom.us/ev/AiFsShzJ8...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Public service doesn’t stop, and neither does learning. InnovateUS continues to host open training sessions for public professionals throughout the government shutdown. Use a personal email to join workshops and explore new skills in AI and innovation. 🔗 Learn more at innovate-us.org
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InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own-pace, and live learning
InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning on data, digital and innovation skills for public servants like you.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
In this session, participants will learn how to systematically analyze and structure participation feedback. Explore live dashboards for ongoing process monitoring and post-participation analysis tools. Register here events.zoom.us/ev/AsyVb0keS...
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InnovateUS Workshop Series
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
🎉 DuPage County, Illinois, has officially partnered with InnovateUS to provide no-cost, at-your-own-pace training on responsible artificial intelligence (AI) use for its workforce. Read more on our blog here innovate-us.org/blog/dupage-...
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DuPage County Illinois Partners with InnovateUS - InnovateUS Blog
InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning on data, digital and innovation skills for public servants like you.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
This workshop will focus on how improving customer experience can ensure that government is accountable to and responsive to the needs of its people, and how to navigate the complexity of delivering services in the public sector. @newamerica.org Register here events.zoom.us/ev/Ah_h4XGr2...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Ohio's Safeguard Ohio app uses #AI to interrogate citizens reporting suspicious activity. What happens when it faces its first legal challenge? Our latest blog covers how to build legal defensibility into your AI framework. Read more here innovate-us.org/blog/ai-poli...
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The AI Policy Legal Shield - InnovateUS Blog
InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning on data, digital and innovation skills for public servants like you.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
📅 Join us NEXT WEEK for our AI for Communications Professionals series! Led by Jill Abramson and John Wihbey, this workshop will explore what’s changing in public communication, why AI matters, and how public professionals can adapt. ➡️ Register here! events.zoom.us/ev/AiFsShzJ8...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Join us next week! Sign up here innovate-us.org/stakeholder-...
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Workshop: Stakeholder Engagement in AI Implementation
InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning on data, digital and innovation skills for public servants like you.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
These insights come from our recent workshop featuring experts from @peoplepowered.org This session is part of our AI for Democratic Engagement workshop series. 🎥 Watch the full workshop here: us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/MjH... 🔗 Register for the workshop series here: innovate-us.org/workshop-ser...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Stop fitting your process to the technology. Make technology serve your process. Government agencies are rushing to adopt #AI tools for public engagement. But they are forcing their participatory processes to fit whatever new AI platform catches their attention. Instead, map your goals.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
In this session, participants will learn how AI can help communities identify and frame policy challenges collaboratively, moving beyond expert-driven problem definition to inclusive priority- and agenda-setting. 🔗 Register here and don't miss out! events.zoom.us/ev/AsyVb0keS...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Applying for benefits is time-consuming and expensive. Due to the complicated process, $142 billion in benefit funding goes unspent every year. ➡️ Read the full story of how human-centered #AI is transforming benefit access: innovate-us.org/blog/meeting... @burnescenter.bsky.social
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Meeting People Where They Are: How Human-Centered AI Can Transform Benefit Access - InnovateUS Blog
Meeting People Where They Are: How Human-Centered AI Can Transform Benefit Access
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Join us on September 30 for a free workshop on AI-supported public engagement! @bethnoveck.bsky.social and Dane Gambrell will explore how to define clear goals, reach the right participants, and turn public input into actionable results using #AI. Register here events.zoom.us/ev/AsyVb0keS...
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The Burnes Center for Social Change @burnescenter.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Participation only works when tools match purpose. Dane Gambrell reflects on @peoplepowered.org 's new platform guide + how to design engagement that works. Read the post rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/choosin... Then join us tomorrow at 3pm ET for a workshop: innovate-us.org/different-ai...
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Choosing Wisely: A New Resource for Picking the Right Participation Platform
Choosing a digital participation platform is a governance choice. Dane Gambrell's latest post explores what the new Guide to Digital Participation Platforms gets right, the idea that participation onl...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
📣 NEW WORKSHOP SERIES FOR PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNICATORS This series explores how AI tools—when used responsibly and transparently—can strengthen communication, broaden outreach, and counter disinformation. ➡️ Register now for our first workshop on October 7 at 2 PM Eastern - innovate-us.org/amplify
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Beth Simone Noveck @bethnoveck.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Public engagement matters. But governments need to learn to listen better (and faster) 👂⚡ @aguedaq.bsky.social of @innovateus.bsky.social and Sarah Hubbard of @harvardash.bsky.social reflect on insights from my recent workshop w/Danielle Allen: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/public-... @thegovlab.org
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Public engagement matters. But governments need to learn to listen better (and faster)
Agueda Quiroga (InnovateUS) and Sarah Hubbard (Allen Lab) reflect on insights from the Reboot Democracy workshop series with Beth Noveck and Danielle Allen, and why 21st-century democracy needs better...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
In this workshop, experts from Work for America and the County of Santa Clara will share how the cities of St. Louis and San Francisco reimagined their hiring practices with people—not paperwork—at the center. ➡️ Register here and don't miss out! events.zoom.us/ev/Ah_h4XGr2...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The digital democracy movement promised that if everyone could speak up, then democratic engagement would follow. However, as @bethnoveck.bsky.social and Danielle Allen note, public engagement requires infrastructure for listening to and acting on public input. ➡️ rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/public-...
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Public engagement matters. But governments need to learn to listen better (and faster)
Agueda Quiroga (InnovateUS) and Sarah Hubbard (Allen Lab) reflect on insights from the Reboot Democracy workshop series with Beth Noveck and Danielle Allen, and why 21st-century democracy needs better...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Unlike many other roles in a governor’s office, there is no established template to follow for State COOs and their teams. In this session, speakers will share how CO's Governor’s Office of Operations & Cabinet Affairs has grappled with this ambiguity. Register here! events.zoom.us/ev/Ah_h4XGr2...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
On Sept 4, InnovateUS hosted its first AI in Law Enforcement workshop session. According to Mark Genatempo, when implementing #AI in your agency, it is essential to treat the technology like any other power tool in your professional toolkit. Read more rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/ai-is-a...
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AI is a Power Tool, Not a Decision Maker: Essential Lessons for Law Enforcement
Law enforcement agencies are under pressure to explore AI, but the real lesson is to treat it like any other power tool. In a recent workshop, Rutgers Senior Fellow Mark Genatempo stressed that AI sho...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🚨 Register Now: New AI for Law Enforcement Workshop In this session led by Michael Navin, learners will develop stakeholder engagement strategies and processes that support trust, transparency, and shared ownership throughout the AI lifecycle. ➡️ Register here innovate-us.org/stakeholder-...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 11/09/2025
💡 How can AI help people enroll in federal benefits? Join Dr. @alisterfmartin.bsky.social for an @innovateus.bsky.social workshop on how improve equity in benefit enrollment using AI. @linkhealth.bsky.social, @ahdemocracy.bsky.social 📅 Sept 17, 2pm ET 💻 Register: innovate-us.org/leveraging-a...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Join us on October 1 for this workshop discussing how #AI is changing police operations. Participants will learn how newly available software that incorporates AI changes operational decision-making, how AI enables criminality, and more. Register here events.zoom.us/ev/Avg8DYNFK...
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Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation @harvardash.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
In partnership with InnovateUS and the Gov Lab at Northeastern University, the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation presents “Reboot Democracy: Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era,” a workshop series on effective AI-enhanced citizen engagement. innovate-us.org/workshop-ser...
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Reboot Democracy: Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Join us on September 30 for a free workshop on AI-supported public engagement! @bethnoveck.bsky.social and Dane Gambrell will explore how to define clear goals, reach the right participants, and turn public input into actionable results using #AI. Register here events.zoom.us/ev/AsyVb0keS...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 08/09/2025
🚀 Join our Reboot Democracy Workshops this fall, an @innovateus.bsky.social series led by @bethnoveck.bsky.social, and Danielle Allen, @harvardash.bsky.social Real practitioners, real tools starts Sept 11! Learn more and register for workshops: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/reboot2...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🚨 The next crisis is coming. Is your government ready? In an InnovateUS workshop, Daniel Chenok shared breakthrough insights from a global initiative on building "Future-Ready Government." The bottom line: Start small and scale smart 🔗 Read the full recap here innovate-us.org/blog/how-to-...
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How to Build Resilience Across State and Public Agencies - InnovateUS Blog
How to Build Resilience Across State and Public Agencies
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Beth Simone Noveck @bethnoveck.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I'll join Danielle Allen of @harvardash.bsky.social on Sept 11 for the first workshop of the @innovateus.bsky.social series Reboot Democracy: Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era. Why Public Engagement❓ Register! innovate-us.org/workshop-ser... @thegovlab.org, @burnescenter.bsky.social
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Join Peter Lambrinakos for our upcoming workshop in our AI for Law Enforcement series, where public safety professionals will learn the key steps to develop tailored #AI policies that actually work. 🔗 Register here innovate-us.org/workshop-ser...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
AI isn't magic, it's a toolbox. The key is knowing which tool to pull out when. Using their expertise with participatory democracy projects, Greta Ríos and Nikhil Kumar from @peoplepowered.org will help learners navigate the AI landscape strategically. 🔗Register events.zoom.us/ev/AsyVb0keS...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Millions of Americans who qualify for government benefits never enroll, often due to complex processes and information gaps. In this workshop, Alister Martin from the @burnescenter.bsky.social will share how #AI can help bridge this divide. 🔗 Register here events.zoom.us/ev/Ah_h4XGr2...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 26/08/2025
🗳️ New @innovateus.bsky.social Series: Reboot Democracy: Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era Learn to design AI-powered participatory processes & turn community voices into policy. 📅 Starts Sept 11 With @bethnoveck.bsky.social, @harvardash.bsky.social events.zoom.us/ev/AsyVb0keS...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
🗓️ On Sep 11, join us for our first session in our democratic engagement workshop series! In this free workshop, participants will learn the 9-step checklist for effective AI-powered civic participation. Led by @bethnoveck.bsky.social & Danielle Allen Register here innovate-us.org/workshop-ser...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
🗳️ NEW AI FOR DEMOCRATIC ENGAGEMENT SERIES: Register now for September! This series teaches you skills to leverage #AI for participation that is more inclusive, responsive, and effective at turning community voices into real policy and service improvements. Register events.zoom.us/ev/AsyVb0keS...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
How can public agencies ensure that AI-powered translations meet the needs of their communities? Led by @ruthienachmany.bsky.social and Barbara Niveyro, this session will explore how a human-centered approach can transform language access in government. Sign up here events.zoom.us/ev/Ah_h4XGr2...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
New workshop: This session led by Sonita Singh explores what it means to “keep a human in the loop” in the public sector. Participants will define their role in guiding AI systems, ensuring outputs are accurate, context-aware, and trustworthy. 🔗 Register for free! events.zoom.us/ev/Ah_h4XGr2...
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The Burnes Center for Social Change @burnescenter.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
🚀 NEW: Free @innovateus.bsky.social AI workshops for the public sector coming this fall! 👮‍♀️ AI for Law Enforcement 🗳️ AI for Democratic Engagement 📢 AI for Public Communications Practical 1-hour sessions to level up your AI skills. Learn more and sign up: innovate-us.org/blog/new-inn...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
🤖 NEW: InnovateUS launches 3 AI workshop series for public professionals 🔹 AI for Law Enforcement 🔹 AI for Democratic Engagement Design 🔹 AI for Public Communicators Free 1-hour sessions starting this fall! Learn more: innovate-us.org/blog/new-inn...
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New InnovateUS Fall Workshops on AI for Law Enforcement, AI for Communications Professionals, and AI for Public Engagement - InnovateUS Blog
New InnovateUS Fall Workshops on AI for Law Enforcement, AI for Communications Professionals, and AI for Public Engagement
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
How do governments adopt AI tools that truly serve communities’ needs? In a recent InnovateUS workshop, Thomas Gilbert offered attendees a guide to navigating the vendor landscape, evaluating AI tools, and setting clear implementation expectations. 🔗Read more here: innovate-us.org/blog/ensurin...
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Ensuring Successful AI Adoption: Making Vendors Accountable and Trustworthy - InnovateUS Blog
Ensuring Successful AI Adoption: Making Vendors Accountable and Trustworthy
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
🎉 NOW LIVE: Responsible AI for Public Sector Legal Professionals Part 2 This course will explore topics for legal professionals, such as data governance and #AI project design, while addressing societal challenges. 📝 Register now course.innovate-us.org 🔗For more details innovate-us.org/ai-legal
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