AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The question comes up often when I meet with government leaders around the world in my role as a government transformation digital advisor at Amazon Web Services (AWS). During my time in the GDS, and now in my work with government leaders, I’ve learned important lessons about transforming services securely in the cloud.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

But that message isn’t getting through to our local government. The data reflect what we already know: When people’s basic need for a safe, stable home is met, it decreases violence in our neighborhoods. As we talked to close to 200 Grays Ferry residents, the stories poured in.

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Citizen Lab

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

It’s clear that finding a balance between growth, development, and the environment is a key issue for local governments worldwide. Want to see how our clients tackle these issues and co-create solutions with their communities? We find ourselves consistently impressed by the projects launched on our platform.

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Grant Consulting Services, LLC

APRIL 25, 2024

Being Grant Optimized is essential if you want your organization to positively affect change by utilizing its resources to access available grant funds through corporate, Foundation, or the government sector. 2016, February 24). Our strategy is designed to help you from the beginning. References Chirgwin, C. The Importance of Strategy.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 3, 2023

There was a time when government paid little attention to what we now call “customer experience” (CX). In 2018, the Office of Management and Budget made VA a lead agency partner to pilot improving CX across the federal government. Her goal is to see that approach throughout all of government. The Vision. The Obstacles.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 19, 2017

Are some governance models more effective than others for different stages of the network life-cycle? If there is a new governance mechanism, would that be the same network or a new one? Governance and collaboration: An evolutionary study of two mental health networks. Does network effectiveness vary over time and if so how?

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CRA Today

APRIL 10, 2024

Interagency Questions & Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment (Questions and Answers) were released by the staffs of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on July 15, 2016, to provide guidance to financial institutions and the public.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

can do to start working better together as a region (Baltimore Business Journal op-ed ," 2016), and I support efforts to do this for St. Basically our local government finance systems were set up when the country was growing. Later I suggested this for Baltimore City and County (" Opinion: What Baltimore and D.C.

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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

AUGUST 26, 2016

What is the value of evidence and data for elected city leaders as well as how can those leaders create a results-focused culture within city government? We get insights from Michael Nutter who served for eight years at the Mayor of Philadelphia, from 2008 to January 2016.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JULY 18, 2023

” – Mayor Douglas Shere The most recent government statistics available on areas with low numbers of or access to grocery stores is from 2016, part of the federal Food Environment Atlas. By 2016, it had lost that store. . “The town is either growing or it is dying.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 22, 2023

. == More entries about music performance as an element of cultural planning -- " Song remains the same ," 2011 -- " Ground up (guerrilla) art #2: community halls and music (among other things) ," 2011 -- " Leveraging music for cultural and economic development: part one, opera ," 2017 -- " Leveraging music as cultural heritage for economic development: (..)

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Policy Chats

MARCH 11, 2024

About Sabrina Cervantes : Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes was elected in November 2016 and represents California’s 58th Assembly District. Kennedy School of Government. About Sabrina Cervantes : Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes was elected in November 2016 and represents California’s 58th Assembly District.

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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

JULY 13, 2017

In 2016, the District of Columbia launched The Lab @ DC , based in the Office of the City Administrator within the Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser. Its mission: To embed the scientific method into the heart of day-to-day governance of the city to provide decision makers with high-quality evidence in order to improve results for the city.

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Policy Chats

MARCH 11, 2024

About Sabrina Cervantes : Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes was elected in November 2016 and represents California’s 58th Assembly District. Kennedy School of Government. About Sabrina Cervantes : Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes was elected in November 2016 and represents California’s 58th Assembly District.

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Center for Community Progress

MARCH 24, 2023

How Vacant and Abandoned Buildings Harm Public Finances Municipal revenue : Property taxes are typically the largest source of revenue for local governments. million in 2016 on services related to VAD properties, including $1 million on code enforcement, $800,000 on nuisance abatement, $600,000 on police dispatch, and $1.4

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Policy Chats

JANUARY 20, 2023

From 2004-2022, Long was a Professor of Public Policy and Governance and Adjunct Professor of Economics at the University of Washington. He served as the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance's Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs (2018-19) and Associate Dean for Research (2016-18).

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Policy Chats

JANUARY 20, 2023

From 2004-2022, Long was a Professor of Public Policy and Governance and Adjunct Professor of Economics at the University of Washington. He served as the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance's Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs (2018-19) and Associate Dean for Research (2016-18).

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Policy Chats

JANUARY 20, 2023

From 2004-2022, Long was a Professor of Public Policy and Governance and Adjunct Professor of Economics at the University of Washington. He served as the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance's Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs (2018-19) and Associate Dean for Research (2016-18).

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JULY 7, 2016

Mayor hopes move will restore public’s faith in city government The City of Toledo is spending money to save money. Toledo officials got their first look at a new way to budget Wednesday, a process the Hicks-Hudson administration believes will help restore the public’s faith in the municipal government.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 19, 2017

Our new journal, Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (PPMG), is likely to succeed in part because of its “comparative boldness.” “We need to continue to be mindful of the need for research to inform practice,” George cautioned. The Future of PMRA is Closely Connected to Our Journals and Conferences.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

After a major flood in 2016 knocked out their 911 system, they decided to use the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud to become resilient against disaster, reducing service interruptions and improving response times. When a natural disaster strikes. “In

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

A significant step forward for the construction industry The UK Government Building Information Modelling (BIM) mandate in April 2016 was a significant step forward for the construction industry, providing the processes and guidance, standards and governance for designing, constructing and operating built assets.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 22, 2023

In 2016, the government shuttered a large number of public schools across Puerto Rico, leaving hundreds of vacant school buildings as a result. During these exchanges, fellows also learn about the local history and policies that contributed to the proliferation of vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties in each city.

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GovLoop

JUNE 2, 2023

Despite a Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy that’s been in place since 2016 and a Federal Cyber Workforce Management and Coordinating Working Group dating from 2019, governments continue to struggle to find enough qualified cyber personnel. It’s what distinguishes a government career from one in the private sector.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 21, 2016

Scott County was the first local government in the State to implement Priority Based Budgeting. Over 700 FTE were individually allocated to each program, along-side a practical non-personnel cost allocation (this Program Costing approach is documented here in GFOA's Government Finance Review ).

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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

AUGUST 2, 2016

From 2015 to 2016, she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Maria Cancian is a Professor of Public Affairs and Social Work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the former Director of the Institute for Research on Poverty.

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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Michael Nutter served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 2008 to 2016. In 2014, Governing Magazine named the Mayor one of the Public Officials of the Year, noting, “Philadelphia isn’t an easy place to govern. She served as Deputy Director for Policy and, starting in 2013, as Policy Director for the Mayor until 2016.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

The OSK persistent monitoring service helps commercial and government organizations meet their sustainable operations; environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG); and security goals. OSK has also secured agreements to support the US Government through its partnerships with In-Q-Tel, the Air Force, and the Space Force.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In the 2021 Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report , one of the largest studies of industry salaries, certifications, and skills, 76% of IT decision-makers reported an IT skills gap, up from 31% in 2016. Though women account for 60% of the government workforce, they aren’t well-represented within government IT.

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Data.gov

MARCH 4, 2016

The 2016 Open Data Roundtables The Open Data Roundtables were gatherings to identify case studies, lessons learned, and best practices in open data across the Federal government. PURPOSE The Roundtables supported the Federal goal to responsibly unleash government data for the … Continued.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2024

Paul Downtown Investment Strategy (report) DC has a similar initiative although I haven't read up on it (" Mayor Bowser unveils $400M plan to revamp downtown DC public spaces ," ) because I have so little faith in DC government's planning capacity. Which makes me laugh that now Mayor Bowser says she's interested in a fourth term.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

From the article: On the surface, a budget-proposing government suit doesn’t exactly scream “rock ’n’ roll.” But during his decade-plus as King County executive, lifelong West Seattleite Dow Constantine has been the local music and arts community’s biggest champion in local government.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The question of how best to fund Metro is an important one that requires thought leadership and extensive community input. It begins with “What do we want Metro to be?”

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Google Public Sector

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Operated by applied science and technology development company Battelle since 2016, NEON was designed and fully funded by the U.S. Government, academia, and industry leaders are coming together to share innovation and foster the advancement of science and research that is urgently needed to address climate impact and resilience.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In a 2016 article, the Centre for Public Impact, a government consulting firm, said that “the future public servant will increasingly need to think and act like an entrepreneur.” Government employees must be proficient in navigating, generating and implementing new ideas in a fast-changing world.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. Murphy, S., Proctor and J.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

These properties, as Community Progress Senior Fellow Alan Mallach recently discussed on NPR’s 1A , actively harm neighbors and neighborhoods by threatening public health and safety, keeping residents from building wealth, and destabilizing local government finances.

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