Concrete is a personal newsletter by a former federal technology specialist about the unglamorous infrastructure behind public life, from government IT systems and data projects to climate infrastructure. Its issues mix firsthand experience with pointed critiques and practical reasoning about why systems fail and what makes public projects succeed.
Website: https://concrete.ghost.io/
A technical blog from GovTech Singapore covering how the government builds, evaluates and governs AI systems for public service use. Posts include benchmark design, agent observability engineering, and leadership perspectives on central versus embedded AI engineering.
A company blog explaining the policy and technical mechanics of digital identity, including state-endorsed digital identity frameworks, mobile driver's licenses and document processing in government services. Readers get detailed explainers on implementation decisions, trust infrastructure and regulatory developments.
Essays on government technology and the invisible infrastructure behind public services, written by a former US Treasury official who oversaw IRS IT modernization. Issues mix first-hand lessons from federal and city tech projects with analysis of outages, and now include a serialized novel, Expert Mode.
Explains health data and AI topics such as LangExtract, FHIR standards and AI security incidents, with a focus on practical implications for government and healthcare leaders. Issues combine technical background, risk discussion and links to research.
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