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Shop Talk at the Garage featuring Maria Roat and Renee Wynn

Microsoft Public Sector

Join us Thursday, February 22, 2024 , to hear from esteemed special guests Maria Roat, former Deputy Federal Chief Information Officer and Renee Wynn, former NASA Chief Information Officer, as they reflect on their experiences leading transformative government technology programs and share best practices for success.

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Urbanism obituaries, 2022 | Death clusters of people, buildings and organizations as an indicator of institutional failure

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Recently, I thought about demolition of historic buildings in cities like Detroit as deaths, and that they were worthy of a listing in my annual article on "Urbanism-related Obituaries (2022)." Doubling down on place values ," 2022 (this entry has 20+ links to other posts) Deaths of newspapers. Mention this a lot.

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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Provide integrated bus arrival and departure information screens at Metrorail, Light Rail, and MARC stations. Ivan indicated that passengers do not just want information about where they are travelling from, but when they get there, they need the same consistently presented information.

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How Texas Is Cultivating a Data-Savvy Workforce

GovLoop

Cooke began working for Texas in 2007, when he took a job at the Department of Agriculture, first as a systems analyst and later as a management analyst and project manager. They use data to inform their decisions, develop strategic plans and measurably contribute to the success of the organization.”

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Helping prevent sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes with AI

AWS Public Sector Blog

On the morning of November 30, 2007, Rafe Maccarone laid on the grass to catch his breath between warmup runs during school soccer practice. Rafe passed away on December 1, 2007, only a few days before his 16 th birthday. As the rest of his team stretched and recovered, Rafe stayed down. That was the question WWPF wanted to answer.

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New “Blight Elimination Program” Offers Transformative Grant Funding to Rural and Urban Michigan Communities

Center for Community Progress

LANSING, MI – On June 30, 2022, the Michigan State House and Senate passed H.B. For more information, visit milandbank.org. For more information, visit communityprogress.org. 5783, which included a critical appropriation of over $75 million to support blight elimination in every community across the state.

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The Primacy of Social Capital for Community Resilience

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

They explain that “individual and community social capital networks provide access to various resources in disaster situations, including information, aid, financial resources, and child care along with emotional and psychological support” (p. April 16, 2007 was the day of my community’s worst crisis, its worst collective trauma, ever.

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