ms. sadersure many of our partners in local government around the region are excited to hear more about how this program can actually benefit them directly. how is that they are getting in touch to learn more? assistant secretary nichols shared the link and email to get in touch with for more information, so i think that will also be important. andrew, turning to you, across the region, from the smallest rural towns to the largest urban centers, we see the implementation of take ologies applied to service delivery and policy implementation across the board and in many areas in particular. these go from online paying system for local taxes to whole scale security monitoring systems. but there are many interesting that we see. how quickly have these new technologies and tools actually been incorporated into the region, and what do we mean by the responsible adoption of these tools? mr. vanjani: let me thank you as well, valentina, and my panelists, for the invitation. i think this is a great even