📰 NEWS | Venezuelan Gov’t Scales Down Public Sector Schedule in Electricity Rationing Measure
The Venezuelan government has announced a six-week electricity rationing plan for state institutions, citing a climate emergency. Public offices will operate on alternating days with reduced hours (8 am-12:30 pm). Essential services remain unaffected.
Western states, including Mérida, Táchira, Barinas, and Zulia, have faced daily blackouts of up to eight hours. Analysts point to drought-related hydroelectric challenges and concerns over the country’s transmission infrastructure.
🔗 Read the report here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuelan-govt-scales-down-public-sector-schedule-in-electricity-rationing-measure/
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🇦🇪UAE Targets 50% of Government Operations for Agentic AI
The United Arab Emirates announced a plan to move 50% of government sectors, services, and operations to agentic AI within two years. The initiative presents AI not as a support tool, but as a system capable of analyzing, deciding, executing, and improving in real time. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum described AI as an “executive partner” intended to enhance services, accelerate decisions, and increase efficiency.
The strategy builds on prior UAE investments in digital identity infrastructure, smart government services, sovereign cloud capacity, data strategies, and national AI programs. Experts noted that infrastructure readiness is comparatively strong, but implementation will depend on redesigning workflows, policies, and administrative processes across government institutions.
Analysts also pointed to legal and governance constraints. While AI-assisted services for high-volume, low-complexity tasks may enable the 50% target, fully autonomous decision-making in complex public sector functions remains limited by trust, accountability, fragmented legacy systems, and uneven data readiness.
#AIRegulation#AIGovernment#AgenticAI#PublicSector#UAE
Driving impact where it matters most: meet the IT leaders in Public Sector & Education
Digital transformation in the public sector and education is redefining how governments serve citizens and how institutions deliver knowledge — from secure digital infrastructure and data governance to innovative learning environments and accessible services. Behind these advancements are IT leaders driving impact at national, institutional, and community levels.
👏 Meet the Top 100 IT Leaders nominees in the Public Sector & Education category:
• Talat Hussain — Head of Information Security and Governance, Sindh Revenue Board Government of Sindh
• Thabani Kunene — CIO, Water Research Commission
• Alessandro Ventorin — CIO, MULTIVIX
• Ahmed Abo Bakr — CIO, Nile University
• Liandro Soares — CIO, Defensoria Publica RS
• John Ang — GCTO, EtonHouse International Education Group
• Benjamin Lim — Divisional Head, NTU Shared Services, Information Technology, Nanyang Technological University
• Kanat Sembiev — Head of IT Department, Inha University in Tashkent
These leaders are driving IT initiatives that shape systems, transform institutions, and ultimately impact people’s lives.
👉 Now it’s your turn to choose.
Support the IT leaders who are shaping the future of public sector and education: https://globalcio.com/top100/rating/public_sector/
🗓 Voting is open until May 3
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🚀 South Korea Implements New Rules for Managing Public-Sector Virtual Assets
South Korea has approved a plan to manage 78 billion won, equivalent to approximately $57.7 million, in public-sector virtual assets. According to NS3.AI, the new regulations mandate that any seized or confiscated cryptocurrency from personal wallets must be promptly transferred to an institutional cold wallet, which is not connected to the internet. Additionally, the rules stipulate that private keys and recovery phrases must be controlled by at least two individuals through a split-access arrangement.
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