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Volusia Sheriff’s Office Navigates Complexities Around FOIA Requests with Automated Workflows

Government Technology Insider

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provides individuals with the ability to request access to public records from any government agency. When used responsibly, FOIA requests can be a powerful tool for ensuring transparency between government entities and the public.

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Moving Beyond Legacy IT

GovLoop

According to Sam O’Daniel, Vice President of Civilian Sales with TVAR Solutions, which works with IT partners such as Dell Technologies to help agencies meet their transformation needs, those obstacles include antiquated workflows and procurement processes. But reform would be much easier if procurement were less archaic.

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The Future Is Customer-Centered

GovLoop

Agencies had their rules, and constituents had to navigate them to get the services they needed. In 2018, the Office of Management and Budget made VA a lead agency partner to pilot improving CX across the federal government. One hurdle Morton sees is that government agencies tend to operate by business unit.

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Decision Intelligence: Data Privacy

GovLoop

Government agencies have masses of personally identifiable information (PII), such as Social Security numbers, health records and financial details, at their disposal, and they need effective ways to gather, manage, store and secure it. But to what extent should organizations collect personal data, and for what purposes?

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Corrections Podcast Series

iGrantWriters

In 2018, National Public Radio reported that over 7 million unique users downloaded their podcasts each week. The applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for administering the funding and managing the entire program. Of that number, the average listener consumed about 5 podcast shows in a week.Â

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I wonder if Mayor Fenty hadn't dissolved the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in 2007, merging it into another city agency, if development would have happened faster?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And as far as health outcomes go, I outlined a brilliant approach (" Ordinary versus Extraordinary Planning around the rebuilding of the United Medical Center in Southeast Washington DC | Part One: Rearticulating the system of health and wellness care East of the River ," 2018) that the city ignored.

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Serving Our Nation's Capital: A Chat with DCDPR's Delano Hunter — Episode 053

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

Prior to joining DCDPR in 2018, Delano was the Chief Service Officer for Serve DC, a D.C. government agency dedicated to promoting service as an innovative, sustainable solution to pressing social challenges. Before that, he helped develop a mentoring program at Nike.