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UK Biobank enables medical research worldwide through vast database powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

All the data is de-identified and available to approved researchers for health-related research that is in the public interest. Since the database opened in 2012, more than 30,000 researchers from 90 countries have registered to use UK Biobank. Find more AWS Institute thought leadership for public service leaders.

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What You Need to Know About Gen Z Employees 

GovLoop

Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2012) workers bring subtle but important differences in how they think about work. A recent study by the Partnership for Public Service found that Gen Z civil servants have little tolerance for traditional bureaucracy. According to the Partnership for Public Service, Gen Z accounts for just 1.6%

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Revisiting Pittsburgh and Allegheny County as an opportunity for city-county consolidation: The "RiversCity" proposal

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Partly what got me thinking about city-county consolidation--places like Indianapolis (1970), Knoxville, Macon-Bibb County, Georgia (2012), and what SF and Philadelphia did in the 1800s--was seeing mention of a Brookings Institution report about Pennsylvania c.

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New Report on Ten Years of Land Banking in New York Offers Compelling Metrics of Success, Useful Lessons, and a Lot of Inspiration

Center for Community Progress

By Tarik Abdelazim , Director, National Technical Assistance, Center for Community Progress Before I came to Community Progress, I spent eight years in public service in my hometown, Binghamton, New York.

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Former White House officials highlight the value of early planning for presidential transitions

Partnership for Public Service

The post Former White House officials highlight the value of early planning for presidential transitions appeared first on Partnership for Public Service. New leaders do not necessarily know much about the basics of governing, Liddell argues, something recent administrations have often discovered only after they take office.

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Retaining Generation X and Generation Z federal employees: Three ways Congress can help

Partnership for Public Service

In response, the Partnership for Public Service, with support from ServiceNow, recently published, “ Retaining My Generation: Retention Strategies for Generation X and Generation Z Federal Employees ,” which highlights how to maintain an effective workforce by focusing on the generational values of federal employees.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part One | Defining Levels of Service for individual parks

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " Revisiting Trust for Public Land's Park Score® methodology " (2017) -- " Federal shutdown as another example of why local jurisdictions should have more robust contingency and master planning processes " (2013) -- " Testimony: Agency Performance Oversight, DC Department of Parks and Recreation " (2012) Lack of investment in board development, (..)