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South Korea Uses AI to Notify Citizens of Welfare Entitlements
The South Korean government plans to use artificial intelligence to improve services to its citizens. This includes using this technology to automatically notify an individual that she is eligible for over 1,000 welfare benefits in the country.
The use of this technology is being proposed as part of the government’s Digital Platform Government initiative, which is also working to consolidate approximately 1,500 public services offered by multiple websites into a single portal.
The recommendations were outlined by officials as part of the Digital Platform Government’s Presidential Commission, which was launched last September to provide the new government’s digital strategy.
An AI-powered benefit notification system could be up and running by 2026, according to a report by Korea Bizwire, and AI software like ChatGPT can access government forms to improve accessibility. Usage is under consideration.
“Digital platform government is an aspirational and audacious challenge that will be achieved through close collaboration between government and the private sector based on AI and data,” said committee chief Koh Jean. We expect tangible results,” he added. According to Korea Bizwire.
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Cybersecurity flaws put US taxpayer data at risk
The U.S. Federal Inspector General’s report states that unless the Internal Revenue Service enhances cybersecurity, taxpayer data “could be vulnerable to inappropriate and undetected use, modification, or disclosure.” There is,” he warned.
The Treasury Department’s Tax Commissioner’s annual evaluation of the IRS’ information technology program found that the IRS’ cybersecurity program was effective on only 3 out of 20 key metrics examined.
The review highlighted issues with the IRS’ handling of taxpayer personal data, access control, system security and configuration management, and dealing with insider threats. There were also issues with IRS security policies, procedures, and documentation.
The Inspector General’s review concluded that the IRS “must take further steps to improve its security program and fully implement all security program components in compliance with federal requirements.” I was. Failure to do so may leave taxpayer data vulnerable to inappropriate and undetected use, modification, or disclosure. ”
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Senior UK civil servants consider strike after ‘disparaging’ pay offer
The FDA Trade Union, which represents the UK’s senior civil servants, is to vote workers on industrial action in response to salary offers described as “derogatory”.
The union’s executive committee met on Wednesday and agreed to a vote of its members in the dispute over wages for the first time in 40 years.
The move comes after the government released payroll remittance guidance for civil servants last week. This would provide her 4.5% increase for most civil servants in the UK government, with another 0.5% increase to ensure the minimum wage catches up with the living wage.
However, unlike other public services such as health and education, no cash payments were included in the prize money to cover 2022/23. This was worth £1,000 (US$1,244) for education and £1,600 (US$1,991) + 2% for health.
FDA General Secretary Dave Penman said the salary offer was “unconscionable given the current economic climate facing civil servants,” adding, “I’m leaving the civil service with the worst salary deal ever.” will be,’ he said.
Announcing the industrial action vote, Penman said: Officials like this.
“If this is a tactical decision to use public officials to send a message elsewhere, it is not only flawed, but it shows again that there are people in government who simply do not appreciate public officials. The way they do the rest of the public sector.”
Other unions of UK civil servants, Prospect and PCS, have taken industrial action over salaries already this year, and other parts of the UK public sector, including the National Health Service and schools, have also been affected by the strike.
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The United Nations has warned that action to protect people from large-scale disasters has stalled and urges governments around the world to learn lessons about how to respond to disasters.
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction says that both natural and human-induced disasters are causing more and more people to face larger, more complex and costly consequences as government decision makers fail to address the perilous risks. said that it was affected by such a disaster.
Government agencies have released a review of how the government is implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. This 2015 global agreement “prevents new disaster risks and reduces existing disaster risks” by empowering governments to understand disaster risks and take action to prepare to respond. The purpose is that.
However, the mid-term review of the Sendai Framework mandated by the United Nations General Assembly appears to have ignored lessons from past disasters, and progress towards achieving the framework’s seven goals has stagnated or, in some cases, It turned out to be reversed.
Among the reversals highlighted in the report is the 80% increase in the number of people affected by disasters since 2015, to more than 150 million. Percentage of victims in the world”. Economic losses from disasters are also increasing.
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