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How State and Local IT Agencies Can Best Prepare for Natural Disasters

State Tech Magazine

The National Centers for Environmental Information recently released the final update to its 2022 Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters report. Last year tied 2017 and 2011 for the third-highest number of billion-dollar disasters in the U.S., with the cost of 18 weather events totaling more than $175 billion.

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Announcing customer and guest speakers for Max Peterson’s Leadership Session at re:Invent 2022

AWS Public Sector Blog

At re:Invent 2022 , dive deep on the transformative power of the cloud. Read more about these guest speakers and register for re:Invent 2022 today. Register for AWS re:Invent 2022 today. Dr. Peggy Whitson, astronaut and director of human space flight at Axiom Space, and Matthew C.

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Mapping the Cyber Threat Landscape

GovLoop

Here is a look at the current threat landscape, based on recent cyber-related news and events. A High-Level View According to the 2022 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study, the global cyber workforce has reached 4.7 20, 2022, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine seen as imminent, New York Gov. million positions unfilled.

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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

When I first saw coverage I thought, "what about the 2017" initiative, although granted it was before covid. From the presentation (" The Sign Design Society Event: Defining a City ," designworkplan) by Ivan Bennett, Design Manger for London Buses: One reason other systems have failed is the lack of continuity.

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CFP: 2023 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference—Biographies Area: April 5-8, 2023 San Antonio, TX

A Library Writer's Blog

The deadline is December 20, 2022. Thank you for your interest! Please direct any queries to the Biographies Area chair: Susie Skarl Associate Professor/Urban Affairs Librarian UNLV Libraries Las Vegas, NV 89154 susie.skarl@unlv.edu OR susies karl@gmail.com

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Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " What Richmond can't teach DC about bus services ," 2019 Brightline is a new railroad passenger service that started in South Florida, is expanding to Orlando and intends to expand to Tampa.

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NBA All Star Game in Salt Lake, economic development hype | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the Pirates baseball team economics

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But what earns him the most press is the work he oversees estimating the economic impact of marquee sporting events on their host cities. Most recently, Kunkel and his team came to the conclusion that the 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend, held in Cleveland, produced a direct net economic benefit to the city of a stunning $141 million, part of $248.9