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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. Work-from-home trends have stabilized since 2022.

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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

From the first article: Alcohol killed 1,547 people statewide in 2022 — fewer than the 1,799 who died of overdoses. This table from the first article lists the leading causes of death in Colorado as of 2022. But it's a major oversight in a city like DC, where addiction is high, for example 461 opioid-related overdose deaths in 2022.

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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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Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives

AWS Public Sector Blog

Entries more than doubled from the inaugural 2022 edition, with 334 nominations from 63 countries across six continents. This blog post highlights the 2023 awardees. She served as executive director from its formation until 2020.

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Continuing a Legacy of Service to Create a Better World — Episode 131

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

I’m thrilled to be joined today by Norma Edith García-Gonzalez, who has worked for Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation for more than a decade and was appointed as director of the department in 2020 — becoming the first woman and first person of color to lead the department.

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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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How Hartnell College recovered critical systems using AWS after a cyber attack

AWS Public Sector Blog

Hartnell College is a public community college located in Salinas, California, with over 7,500 undergraduates enrolled (2020–2021). When Dr. Chelsy Pham, chief information systems officer, arrived at the college in the spring of 2022, the college was aware of the need to modernize its IT infrastructure.