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Government
Chilecompra: Using Technology to Deliver Better Value for Public Money
How Chile's electronic public procurement portal is helping to more effectively and efficiently deliver citizen services and goods.
Inovalon: health insurers’ secret weapon
The health care industry has (finally) embraced digitization. But how can insurers organize data from multiple sites of care—and drive better outcomes for patients?
e-Estonia: How Estonia is digitalizing an entire country
Complete your tax returns in three minutes. Visit the DMV from your couch. Vote with your iPhone on your way to work. Free nationwide wifi. Utopia? No, this is Estonia.
Building the 21st Century Government
How the Government of India is reinventing itself through Technology
‘Mother of All Risks’: Climate Change and the U.S. Armed Forces
At the Pentagon, there is growing consensus that military leaders must innovate to meet the threats posed by climate change head-on
Will climate change spell disaster for FEMA?
Climate change will inevitably bring more natural disasters to Americans, but will the government’s primary response team, FEMA, be able to keep up – or will it get swept away?
Climate Change in America’s National Parks: To Preserve and Protect…Whatever’s Left
Will the organization tasked with protecting America’s natural resources have anything left to preserve?
Seek Alternate Route: MBTA Experiencing Severe Delays Due to Weather
Climate change promises to derail business as usual in Boston’s aging transit system.
Mongolia Mining Corporation: When coal drives the fate of an entire nation
MMC, a leading Mongolian miner of coal, is struggling due to low profits, a high debt burden and is both intrinsically and extrinsically motivated to maximise production volumes. Its success in growing production and profits will impact the development trajectory of the entire Mongolian nation.