How South Korea’s Tech Hub Embraced the 15-Minute City
Next City
MAY 7, 2024
Busan’s mayor is taking a collaborative approach to championing “happy proximity,” turning his city into a living laboratory for urban regeneration.
Next City
MAY 7, 2024
Busan’s mayor is taking a collaborative approach to championing “happy proximity,” turning his city into a living laboratory for urban regeneration.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MAY 6, 2024
Pilots of generative AI commercial use cases at biopharmaceutical and medtech companies have been promising, but success at scale hinges on a clear—and budgeted—gen AI strategy and custom solutions.
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GCN
MAY 6, 2024
A new book by Charles Marohn and Daniel Herriges of Strong Towns encourages local officials to promote small-scale developments, even if it means using city financial tools to get them off the ground.
State Tech Magazine
MAY 6, 2024
Local government CIOs agreed that artificial intelligence has great potential for staff augmentation but noted that they are only in the early stages of testing AI use cases. Speaking Thursday at the Public Technology Institute’s 2024 AI and Cyber Summit in Washington, D.C., Scott Varner, director of IT and management information systems for Frederick County, Va., asked, “Wouldn’t you love to be doing the real work instead of all of the executive summaries?
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Dive into the world of playground safety with this complimentary guide. It offers a detailed exploration of essential practices to ensure the utmost safety for children. Delve into inspection techniques, from assessing equipment conditions to evaluating surfacing materials. Gain insights into maintenance strategies to keep playgrounds in top-notch condition year-round.
NLC (National League of Cities)
MAY 7, 2024
What do three mayors from Athens, Ohio; Maywood, Illinois; and Fairfax, Virginia, all have in common? Their participation in the Local Infrastructure Hub’s free training programs, led by the National League of Cities (NLC), has resulted in substantial federal funds to tackle local projects.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MAY 7, 2024
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.
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Open Access Government - Technology News
MAY 7, 2024
An estimated 270,000 payroll records of Britain’s armed forces have been compromised due to a breach by a third-party contractor The breach, discovered recently, has left the personal information of current and former members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Reservists vulnerable to exploitation. Compromised data leak The compromised data includes names, bank details, and, in some cases, addresses and national insurance numbers.
The City Fix
MAY 8, 2024
Mexico became the first nation to declare access to safe mobility a human right in 2020 and two years later passed the General Law of Mobility and Road Safety to protect people, reduce collisions and promote sustainable modes of travel. Now, with this new.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MAY 7, 2024
Cash is no longer Latin Americans’ preferred way to pay, as debit cards, credit cards, and mobile payments have gained fans, presenting opportunities for financial-services companies.
GCN
MAY 6, 2024
COMMENTARY | Researchers have found that offenders incarcerated under truth-in-sentencing laws racked up more disciplinary infractions and engaged in fewer rehabilitation programs. And after release, they were much more likely to reoffend.
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Local governments and municipalities serving populations under 200,000 face distinctive challenges in delivering efficient and effective services to their communities. To overcome these challenges, many rely on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems tailored to their specific needs. Not all ERP systems are created equal, and some may hinder progress rather than support it.
NLC (National League of Cities)
MAY 8, 2024
Co-authored by Allen Etzler, Communications Manager, City of Frederick May 5th – 11th will mark the first national Youth Apprenticeship Week, a nationwide celebration of earn-and-learn programs that benefit youth, employers, and cities. Apprenticeship programs allow youth to earn competitive wages while obtaining the relevant training and experience to start their careers.
FedTech Magazine
MAY 7, 2024
My son loves abstract paintings. He explained to me once how much I was missing by just seeing black paint on a white canvas. I hadn’t seen the energy, chaos or frustration that my son saw instantly, and which the artist later confirmed was there. My children, as I suspect is true for most children, see things differently. They can see things that my overly educated and highly biased mind may have missed or may have simply been trained to overlook as unimportant.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MAY 6, 2024
Gen Z workers say they’re open to jobs in manufacturing. But getting them to take these jobs, engage, and stay will mean changing a work environment long optimized for machines, not people.
GCN
MAY 7, 2024
Routing calls based on location versus a person’s area code is already standard for calls coming into 911. Elected officials and mental health advocates want 988 calls to be geolocated as well. A new FCC proposal would do that.
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PA TIMES Magazine is a publication of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), a not-for-profit corporation. This edition focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in public administration, including guest columns, insights for the field and interviews with city government DEI officers about their work at the local level.
NLC (National League of Cities)
MAY 6, 2024
On April 19, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as the Superfund law. PFOA and PFOS are two of the most widely used and widely studied PFAS chemicals.
State Tech Magazine
MAY 8, 2024
State and local governments may deploy devices such as PCs and smartphones as part of an approach called Device as a Service. In the past, organizations, including state and local agencies, focused on BYOD policies rather than issuing phones and tablets themselves. However, they soon realized that they needed to remove sensitive information from these devices and implement security controls, says Aaron Rose, security architect manager for vertical solutions at Check Point Software Technologies.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MAY 8, 2024
Midmarket businesses have vast opportunities to increase their performance and scale if they reinvent how they work. Here are six keys to successful midcap transformations.
GCN
MAY 6, 2024
The Department of Housing and Urban Development confirmed characteristics like race and income are protected from AI algorithmic discrimination.
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The City Fix
MAY 7, 2024
Over the past several months, the climate pattern El Niño has disrupted different regions and sectors across the world. Zimbabwe recently declared a state of disaster, due largely to El Niño-induced drought. The city government in Bogotá, Colombia, announced water rationing as reservoir levels.
Homeroom
MAY 8, 2024
By: Abigail Swisher, Rural Impact Fellow, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Spanning 37,000 miles across Alaska, the Northwest Arctic Borough School District has struggled to hire and retain enough new teachers. The eleven villages within the district – many of them above the Arctic Circle – are sparsely populated and remote. The winters are Continue Reading The post How Mentoring is Reaching New Teachers in Rural Alaska appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MAY 7, 2024
How should CEOs approach corporate values? When should they speak out on contentious issues? Alison Taylor breaks down how businesses can do the right thing—even when it’s not easy to.
GCN
MAY 6, 2024
COMMENTARY | A recent study of the Community Development Block Grant program showed that neighborhoods with the largest share of low- to moderate-income families were less likely to receive CDBG funds than communities that were closer to the 51% threshold.
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Barrett & Greene
MAY 6, 2024
Over the years, we’ve chatted with high school and college students about the potential of careers working for state and local governments. All too often their responses are something like “Yeah, I suppose so,” in tones that make us believe that they’re not supposing anything at all, except that the whole thing sounds like a crashing bore. This is particularly dismaying for the two of us who have devoted our careers to this corner of the world.
Homeroom
MAY 7, 2024
There is a famous phrase amongst Indigenous people about walking in two worlds: one being a path of traditional teachings, and the other being a path in the western world. I’ve related to and reflected on this statement all throughout my educational journey, but especially as I’ve worked to instill Native language & culture in Continue Reading The post Walking a Path Towards Indigenous Education appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MAY 8, 2024
As generative AI begins to reshape jobs, leaders have an opportunity to reimagine work, the workplace, and the worker. Five actions can help.
GCN
MAY 8, 2024
Tapping potential employees with “non-apparent” issues like autism, attention deficit disorder and chronic depression can bring qualified candidates to a public sector workforce in desperate need of talent.
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This comprehensive article delves into the transformative trends reshaping local government facility maintenance in anticipation of 2024. From embracing smart technology for efficient management, sustainability's pivotal role to data-driven decision-making, workforce upskilling, and predictive maintenance strategies, each aspect is explored. Insights into outsourcing collaborations, digital twins, safety enhancements, and the broader industry evolution highlight the critical adaptation needed.
GovLoop
MAY 8, 2024
Technology modernization is a near-constant struggle for many public sector organizations, and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians in Atmore, Alabama, were no exception. Wind Creek Hospitality (WCH) which manages the tribe’s gaming facilities, wanting to diversify into commercial gaming and social gaming platforms, realized it needed to evolve its technology capabilities to deliver richer customer experiences.
NLC (National League of Cities)
MAY 8, 2024
By Eric Knepp, Parks Superintendent at the City of Madison, WI As the Superintendent of Madison Parks, I often say, and strongly believe, that the future of parks is partnerships. The mission of Madison’s Parks Department is to enhance the quality of life for everyone in Madison, WI.
GAO (US Government Accountability Office)
MAY 7, 2024
Summer is rapidly approaching—the perfect time to hit the beach! Millions of Americans will do just that as the weather warms up. Many already live on the more than 100,000 miles of coastlines and inland waterways across the United States. If they.
GCN
MAY 8, 2024
COMMENTARY | School leaders can use the dashboard to identify areas of concern in their own school—such as an increasing pattern of fights—and then develop evidence-based solutions and training to address the issues.
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