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The United Kingdom wants to use genomic surveillance to prevent future pandemics

TechSpot

The UK Government recently announced a new public-private collaboration to develop the world's first early warning system for pandemic diseases. Read Entire Article

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Research Friday: The Functions of Government in Social Entrepreneurship

ASU Lodestar Center

Government has a rich legacy of social entrepreneurship. as well as the national governments of much of the developed world, robustly practices variants of high-capacity governmental social innovation today, such as the myriad programs countering the global Great Recession. As always, we welcome your comments, feedback and suggestions!

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that some 18 million people will ultimately become affected, including 6.7 Governments have also directed hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance for Ukraine. We have been tracking philanthropy’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Stotles secures funding for platform which brings transparency to government tenders, contracts

TechCrunch

The public sector usually publishes its business opportunities in the form of “tenders,” to increase transparency to the public. government contracts going to a number of private consultants who have questionable prior experience in the issues on which they are winning contracts. Stotles is a new U.K.

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Twitter will label government officials and state-affiliated media accounts

The Verge

Twitter will label the accounts of government officials and state-affiliated media outlets, following similar policies from Facebook and YouTube. The new labels are already being applied but will roll out gradually, with government labels being applied to officials from China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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5 takeaways on trust in NGOs to manage new innovations and technologies 

Candid

For 20 years, the global communications firm Edelman has studied the influence of trust across government, media, business, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Respondents in six wealthier nations—the Netherlands, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, and Japan—fewer than half of respondents trusted NGOs.

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Patreon suspends NGO account collecting money for Ukrainian military

The Verge

The Ukrainian government itself is also soliciting donations directly to help with its war effort. A page on the country’s government website lists account details where funds can be sent to to help “the logistics and medical support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” It’s not clear what’s happened to the funds raised by Come Back Alive.

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