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Pride v. Prejudice: The Threat of Misinformation to the LGBTQ+ Community 

NLC (National League of Cities)

In January 2004, just months before Massachusetts would become the first in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage, residents of a small town erupted in debate. Alongside […] Source

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Q&A: NASCIO’s Doug Robinson Discusses the Expanding Role of the State CIO

State Tech Magazine

Not since 2004, the year Doug Robinson became NASCIO’s executive director, has the organization tweaked its concisely worded mission to advance government excellence. In January, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers updated its mission statement for the first time in 20 years.

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Lax Regulation Doesn’t Fully Explain Unsafe Buildings in African Cities: A View from Ghana

The City Fix

One study counted 54 building collapse deaths and 122 injuries in Kampala, Uganda, between 2004 and 2008. Incidents of building collapse are worryingly common in large African cities. Another identified 112 cases in Lagos, Nigeria, from 1978 to 2008. Cities in Ghana and Kenya, Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I’ve been actively seeking out non-binary authors and trying to read print a little more. average read per month: 9.5 average read per week: 2.2 The always-updated booklist, going back to 1997, lives at jessamyn.info/booklist and it has its own RSS feed.

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Diversity in Emergency Management

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Vernon Owens, the guest on this podcast became an emergency manager in 2004. Vernon Owens, the guest on this podcast became an emergency manager in 2004. Since then he has worked at the local and federal levels of government in different capacities.

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Cyber Awareness Month Resources

GovLoop

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency started Cybersecurity Awareness Month back in 2004 with the goal of increasing awareness around cyber threats in both the public and private sectors.

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Forecasting the Weather as a Business

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Jon joined AccuWeather in 2004, after graduating from Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Meteorology and minor in Information Technology. Jon joined AccuWeather in 2004, after graduating from Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Meteorology and minor in Information Technology.

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