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Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives

AWS Public Sector Blog

This diversity is apparent in the awardees who represent a broad array of sectors from healthcare to public service to education to agriculture. Pahlka served in President Obama’s administration as the deputy chief technology officer from 2013-14, where she worked on initiatives to modernize government technology and improve digital services.

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. Governor Steve Bullock An accomplished lawyer, Steve Bullock served the State of Montana as Attorney General from 2009 to 2013, and as Governor from 2013 to 2021. public sector customers. We recently announced that 250,000 active-duty enlisted members of the U.S.

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COVID-19: California's Workforce & Economy (with Angelov Farooq)

Policy Chats

In 2013, Dr. Farooq was appointed the Chairman of the California Workforce Development Board under Governor Gavin Newsom's administration. In 2015, he was elected on the Board of Education for the Riverside Unified School District. In 2015, he was elected on the Board of Education for the Riverside Unified School District.

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COVID-19: California's Workforce & Economy (with Angelov Farooq)

Policy Chats

In 2013, Dr. Farooq was appointed the Chairman of the California Workforce Development Board under Governor Gavin Newsom's administration. In 2015, he was elected on the Board of Education for the Riverside Unified School District. In 2015, he was elected on the Board of Education for the Riverside Unified School District.

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Straws and puffery: USC's DC "campus" as a lever for downtown revival

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I have been interested in the opportunity for higher education infused urban revitalization for decades. Leveraging higher education institutions for urban economic development. It is possible to leverage higher education institutions in important ways. I find DC's planning around higher education to be pretty disappointing.

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More on the Covid-19 Academic Gold Rush

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In this context, I salute the thoughtful work of Christopher Gomez, Dierdre Hart and JC Gaillard (Gomez and Hart 2013, Gaillard and Gomez 2015) on the phenomenon of the "disaster gold rush". Times Higher Education , April 9, 2020. Gomez 2015. This also exists outside the academic field. Gaillard, J-C.

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A Study of Low-Income Communities and School-to-Prison Pipelines

The Lowe Down

Low income students are 9 percentage points more likely to be suspended in a given year than their non-low-income peers, the Education Research Alliance finds. 18% of black boys and 10% of black girls received an out-of-school suspension in 2013-14, compared to only 5% of white boys and 2% of white girls, the U.S.

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