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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 The awards champion practitioners, teams, and leaders who transform people’s lives by applying digital solutions and leveraging technology to reform the public sector for those it serves.

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A Celebration of National Women’s Month with State Budget Officers

Barrett & Greene

But 70 years later, a lot has changed, as evidenced by the recent NASBO webinar that featured three of NASBO’s current leaders: Oregon’s Kate Nass, who served as NASBO president from 2020 to 2022; Colorado’s Lauren Larson (2022-2023) and Ohio’s Kimberly Murikes, who starts her term as president in July.

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Big omission in blog series on advance hospital/health and wellness planning, public health planning: addiction services

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I drink very little, especially now, and I don't use illegal drugs.

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How to Keep the Local Grocery Store Open: A Challenge for NC CED Professionals

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs [link] accessed via [link] Accessed July 18, 2023. Almost 15 years ago, a brief CED blog post highlighted several resources for supporting or attracting local grocery stores, especially ones in rural areas. Source: Library of Congress – U.S.

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STEAM-empowered: AWS launches new skills and education programs to inspire cloud-curious students and empower girls, women across Virginia and beyond

AWS Public Sector Blog

AWS will begin rolling these new program elements out in time for the 2023-2024 school year following the annual Girls’ Tech Day kick-off event taking place on September 30, 2023 at the Hylton Center in Virginia. These initiatives build upon the longstanding support for education and skills training programs in Virginia.

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How East Central Ohio ESC supports student success and saves schools thousands of dollars with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

In April 2023, one of the Buckeye Career Center’s students won the Amazon Future Engineer College Scholarship , which includes a 12-week Amazon internship in Seattle following his first year of college. AWS Academy prepares students to pursue industry-recognized certifications and in-demand cloud jobs.

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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " Fighting blight by fixing up homes could bring down Philly gun violence, new study shows ," WHYY/NPR -- " Abandoned house repairs reduced nearby gun violenceAbandoned house repairs reduced nearby gun violence ," Penn Today (2023) -- " Urban Blight Remediation as a Cost-Beneficial Solution to Firearm Violence: A Citywide Cluster Randomized Trial (..)

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