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Government grants are complicated and often beyond the capacity of small organizations to manage

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

This is true with a lot of government related grants to property owners for commercial district revitalization work, especially facades, or a program in SF to help business owners whose properties are damaged from vandalism but gives paltry amounts (" San Francisco restaurants grapple with vandalism ," San Francisco Chronicle ).

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Building trust in federal government: Using social media to engage youth

Partnership for Public Service

Survey insights: Social media’s influence on youth perceptions In September 2023, the Partnership for Public Service conducted an online survey that among other things, sought to examine how different groups of people interact with government-related stories.

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US government agencies can communicate, collaborate securely with AWS Wickr

AWS Public Sector Blog

In January 2023, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) widened its digital records retention guidance for agencies to include additional forms of electronic communications, including text messages, chats, and instant messages.