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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In some instances, notably the Manchester Arena bombing and the Grenfell Tower fire (both in 2017), the shortcomings have been nothing less than scandalous (Kerslake 2018, Moore-Bick 2019). From memory he recited to me a catalogue of omissions, oversights and failures in managing the risks.

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Get Your Data House in Order

GovLoop

Whether you’re planning to use more AI or just want to improve analytics and tighten cybersecurity, good data management must be the foundation for your efforts. The Federal Data Strategy, released in 2018, set high-level goals for using and handling data. Assign specific data management-related roles. Design for compliance.

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From Waste to Energy: How Urban Waste is Powering Our Cities

Reprogramming the City

Recent advancements in waste to energy (WtE) technologies have offered a promising solution for repurposing waste into energy, providing a sustainable and efficient means of managing waste while also generating valuable energy. The syngas can be further processed into electricity, heat, or transportation fuels (US Department of Energy, 2020).

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BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In Brooklyn and parts of Queens, rent is at least 10 to 15 percent higher than it was in March 2020.) But one group has managed to hold off the forces of gentrification — and keep growing — for almost two decades. Suitable spaces are passed down, sublet, shared in secret.

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Insights from nearly a decade of CountyStat: An interview with Dave Gottesman, CountyStat Manager, Montgomery County, Maryland – Episode #173

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

is a leader in the use of performance management, including through its CountyStat initiative , drawing on the model of other PerformanceStat efforts. Its reputation for results-focused government continues today under County Executive Marc Elrich, who has been in that role since 2018. He’s been the CountyStat manager since 2012.

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Indiana BMV Builds on Three Pillars to Drive up CX

GovLoop

The number jumped in 2020 and 2021 (the most recent year for which stats are available), first because of COVID restrictions and then staffing shortages. In fact, the effort was led by a former sporting goods executive, who put together a customer service management team. In 2019, the average visit time was 13 minutes, 4 seconds.

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Troubles with GEO satellites pose new insurance challenges

Open Access Government - Technology News

All four satellites were constructed by Northrop Grumman in Virginia and launched between 2018 and 2020. As the space sector continues to expand, stakeholders must grapple with these evolving challenges, emphasising the need for improved satellite technology and risk management strategies to safeguard valuable assets in the cosmos.

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