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Elon Musk wants to privatize Amtrak. It would make train travel worse

Fast Company Tech

Project 2025 called for the privatization of all sorts of government agencies and services, and Elon Muskwho has been helping enact that plansaid this week that the U.S. Musks conflicts of interest Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency have taken unprecedented steps to shrink the federal government.

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When Nonprofit Boards Meddle: The Dangers Of Micromanagement

Bloomerang

When board members blur the lines between governance and management, they inadvertently sabotage the organization. The nonprofit sector is already a high-pressure environment, and when boards meddle in daily operations, it creates chaos, demoralizes leadership, erodes culture, and derails mission-critical activities.

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Snowflake expands AI tools with Anthropic partnership—what it means for businesses

VentureBeat

Snowflake partners with Anthropic to launch Cortex Agents, bringing Claude's enterprise-grade AI capabilities directly into corporate data environments with 90% accuracy on complex queries while maintaining security controls. Read More

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Transform with trusted data: How good governance accelerates your Data Culture

Tableau

There's a natural tension in many organizations around data governance. While IT recognizes its importance to ensure the responsible use of data, governance can often seem like a hindrance to organizational agility. We talked about the organization’s data governance efforts.

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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

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And, in the current volatile environment, you need the best governance you can get. To adequately fulfill the three duties of a nonprofit board member —Care, Loyalty, and Obedience—a solid understanding of the organization’s financial activities is needed. A director who can’t read your balance sheet, can’t be a great leader.

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The power of corporate philanthropy to engage employees

Fast Company Tech

However, according to a 2023 study from Ipsos Global Trends , 72% of consumers are concerned that in the future, governments and public services wont look after citizens, thereby widening the large gap nonprofits must step in to fill. In 2023, Americans gave over $557 billion to charities from individuals, foundations, and corporations.

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HUD is eyeing a crypto experiment. Some government workers are concerned

Fast Company Tech

Two officials told ProPublica they believe the initiative may be a trial run for the use of crypto across the federal government. Maybe there is something that we could learn from it, one said, especially if we feel like the broader federal government is moving towards some sort of stablecoin option in the future.