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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

Elizabeths campus " -- " Part three: the potential for donations around an expanded program " -- " Revisiting East of the River medical care: United Medical Center " -- " Update on DC's plans to build a new United Medical Center ," 2018 -- " A glaring illustration of the need for comprehensive health and wellness planning in DC: Providence Hospital (..)

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Vision Zero initiatives on the decline: Cache County Utah shows another way

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

For example, in a blog entry in 2016, I suggested that such information be provided at the Council District scale and that ward-focused committees address traffic safety and sustainable mobility in concerted ways. Other cities have had mixed to negative results from similar initiatives.

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Four Years After the Pandemic, Work-From-Home Trends Reshape Residential Choices and Real Estate

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Four years after the pandemic began in March 2020, much of daily life has returned to normal; mask mandates have been lifted, people gather in large numbers for concerts and conferences, and the unemployment rate has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Davis, 2021. This is mirrored in local data for North Carolina. 2] Akan et al.

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The PLUM Act: A New Era of Transparency into Senior Leadership Government

Partnership for Public Service

In 2021 congressional testimony , a 2020 blog and a 2021 blog , the Partnership for Public Service as well as others who have studied the Plum Book have documented the many deficiencies of the traditional Plum Book. The law also requires identification of individuals who temporarily serve in vacant positions.

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How SkillsFuture Singapore provides access to skills training resources and more with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

To further encourage Singaporeans to take timely action to reskill and upskill to seize opportunities in the future economy, a one-off SkillsFuture credit of $500 was provided to every Singapore citizen aged 25 years and above as of December 31, 2020. How SkillsFuture Singapore uses AWS to scale and more.

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AWS re/Start MENA celebrates successful first year

AWS Public Sector Blog

in 2020 compared to the global average of 6.6% AWS re/Start is a no-cost, cohort-based, workforce development training program that first launched in the MENA region in June 2021. Closing the digital skills gap is a priority for the private and public sector, and government entities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

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Library Marketer Shares Her Ingenious Trick for Making Sure Her Community Sees Her Social Media Posts

Super Library Marketing

When we closed at the beginning of the COVID pandemic in mid-March of 2020, like many other library marketers, our social media accounts became my main focus and were our primary form of communication with the public,” recalls Becky. “I I sent out the first issue of the Weekly Roundup on April 4, 2020,” explains Becky. “It’s