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2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I think I stubbornly finished every book I started in 2023 although some of them maybe I shouldn’t have. My plan was to read LESS this year than last year and I did a good job. One hundred and fourteen books. I was busier, happier. I did lower my “books by men” percentage an amount that felt good. average read per month: 9.5

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2023 in Libraries

Librarian.net

Previous years: 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Hartness/Randolph (1) – I got some books out. I should go by this place more often, it’s such a nice library.

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

AWS Public Sector Blog

This blog post highlights the 2023 awardees. Released in 2019, GOV.BR In 2015, Pahlka founded Civic Hall, a collaborative workspace and community center for civic tech innovators, activists, and entrepreneurs. has become an indispensable service and is part of Brazilians’ daily lives.

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Indiana BMV Builds on Three Pillars to Drive up CX

GovLoop

“I used to say that people went to an Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles office with a box lunch and a copy of ‘War and Peace’ and hoped not to finish both of them before somebody noticed they were there,” Daniels said in a 2015 interview with Reason magazine. In 2019, the average visit time was 13 minutes, 4 seconds.

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Defining Data Equity

GovLoop

MCE is designed to help users identify underserved communities and relies on four main datasets: Select demographic and socioeconomic statistics from the 2015-19 American Community Survey (ACS), which helps determine how $675 billion in federal and state funds get distributed each year.

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What's Next for Evidence-Based Policy Making?

Barrett & Greene

Between 2015 and 2019, over 70 city departments conducted randomized controlled trials (RCTs) – the gold standard of evaluation – in collaboration with the Behavioral Insights Team. My hope for 2023 is to see more evidence on how to overcome these hurdles using what we know about how humans actually behave.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

To its credit the Bridge Park has helped develop a land trust, but I don't see it doing that much (" Scattered site buying of houses in high cost neighborhoods doesn't seem to be a good way to develop scale for a community land trust ," 2023). -- Douglass Community Land Trust The fourth is using the bridge to leverage arts and culture.