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Rethinking how to hire and retain cloud talent in the public sector

AWS Public Sector Blog

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. Read on for the top takeaways from the webinar, and watch the webinar on-demand here.

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How Vacant and Abandoned Buildings Affect the Community

Center for Community Progress

Understanding the true and complete costs of blighted properties is critically important in building the case to reform the broken status quo and implement more equitable, effective, and efficient solutions. Failure to address problem properties, just like ignoring a leaking faucet, costs more in the long run and causes more harm over time.

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Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement Could Be the Missing Piece in Fighting Vacant Properties

Center for Community Progress

A recent analysis by the Baltimore Banner found that 15,000 properties have appeared on the tax lien sale list twice since 2016 and 4,300 properties have appeared three times. Your community can be next, and Community Progress can help.

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Why Washington County, Wis. Chose to Pursue Priority Based Budgeting

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

"Priority based budgeting is something that we believe will greatly benefit our County for the next decade ” - County Administrator Joshua Schoemann Among Priority Based Budgeting implementers, there is an evolution underway. Administrator ). Administrator ).

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Strathcona County Blazing A PBB Trail in Alberta, Canada

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

As the first municipality in Canada to implement online PBB, this will result in Strathcona County being more proactive, strategic and effective in program and service delivery. This approach is now being recommended to all PBB implementers using Strathcona’s training materials.

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ACTION, DATA, EVOLVE! 3 Ground Breaking Moments from the CPBB (Un)Conference

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

PBB 2.0 – Launch of the PBB Community and the power of it’s users Evolution of the Master Plan: from “implementing PBB” to “using PBB data to make positive change” In 2008, Jon and I had one simple plan: bail out Jefferson County, Colorado from their multi-million dollar deficit. Entering 2016, over 100 communities had implemented PBB.

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City of Boulder, CO Integrates PBB into Budget as the "Framework within which all Budget Decisions are Made!"

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

They deeply and fundamentally understand how to implement and utilize PBB, and their community has benefited tremendously from the city's continued and evolved implementation of PBB. increase over 2016. We at the CPBB applaud your continued unique approach to implementing PBB year after year.