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ARPA SLFRF Update: Interim Final Rule Expands Eligible Uses

Center for Community Progress

If your community plans to engage in activities under the expanded CDBG-eligible use category, work closely with your local CDBG compliance officer. Natural Disaster Response and Mitigation: No expenditure limits. Surface Transportation and CDBG: Combined expenditure limits. What are the expenditure limits?

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Google Cloud launches new sustainability offerings to help public sector agencies improve climate resilience

Google Public Sector

With these data-driven insights, public sector agencies and researchers can improve their response time to climate disasters, make more accurate predictions, and implement disaster-response plans with greater confidence.

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The Primacy of Social Capital for Community Resilience

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Transportation accidents. Magis ( 2010 ) similarly defines it as “the existence, development and engagement of community resources by community members to thrive in an environment characterized by change, uncertainty, unpredictability and surprise” (p. Earthquakes. Ice storms. Infectious disease outbreaks. Industrial accidents.

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AWS selects 13 startups to innovate public safety solutions through the GovTech Accelerator

AWS Public Sector Blog

By leveraging AWS to develop the next generation of GovTech technology, the startups aim to address justice and public safety challenges, such as increasing community engagement, deterring crime, and reducing recidivism. 911 call centers are facing unprecedented challenges, with high call volumes, legacy technology, and short staffing.