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Repair Cafes Are the Beating Heart of the Right-to-Repair Movement

Next City

Op-ed: Right-to-repair legislation is crucial to systemic change. But every item salvaged through America’s growing patchwork of local repair movements is its own victory.

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As cyber grant program hits the halfway mark, feds laud states’ progress

GCN

Two years into the $1 billion program, state and local governments are better prepared for cyber attacks. But funding remains an obstacle as under-resourced cybersecurity budgets struggle to keep up with mounting threats.

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Boards of directors: The final cybersecurity defense for industrials

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

With digitization, computing, and advanced technologies, the “attack surface” is now the sum of systems and capabilities that can be exploited by cyberattackers.

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States look to AI for its potential to help with finances

GCN

Artificial intelligence holds promise for creating budget-saving efficiencies, aiding in audits and helping with compliance. But the emerging technology also poses challenges that could affect spending.

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The Ultimate Playground Inspection Handbook

Dive into the world of playground safety with this complimentary guide. It offers a detailed exploration of essential practices to ensure the utmost safety for children. Delve into inspection techniques, from assessing equipment conditions to evaluating surfacing materials. Gain insights into maintenance strategies to keep playgrounds in top-notch condition year-round.

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Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, February 2024

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Global economic uncertainty elevated but consumers upbeat; China faces deflation, real estate problems, and FDI decline; EU growth stagnant; high US interest rates affecting households and companies.

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Georgia’s Medicaid work requirements costing taxpayers millions despite low enrollment

GCN

The program touted as an alternative to Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has cost taxpayers millions, with more than 90% going toward administrative and consulting costs rather than medical care.

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What are microcredentials? And are they worth having?

GCN

COMMENTARY | Microcredentials give employees a way to verify their competencies while providing government and industry with another approach for finding skilled workers.

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Modernizing the biopharma commercial model to maximize patient value

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Biopharma leaders are adjusting their commercial focus and transforming their enabling capabilities and operating models to benefit their patients, companies, and the healthcare ecosystem.

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Artificial intelligence to understand and communicate tasks to each other

Open Access Government - Technology News

Scientists have developed artificial intelligence to perform new tasks based on verbal or written instructions The development by researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) holds promise for advancing robotics and natural language processing technologies. The study’s findings have been published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. AI controlling other AI models Performing an unknown task without prior training and then articulating instructions for others to reproduce is unique to hum

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AWS announces expanded IMAGINE Grant opportunities for nonprofits

AWS Public Sector Blog

Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the 2024 AWS IMAGINE Grant cycle. The AWS IMAGINE Grant is a public grant opportunity open to registered nonprofit organizations and nonprofit healthcare providers who are using cloud technology to accelerate their missions. Now in its seventh year, the AWS IMAGINE Grant is expanding beyond the U.S. and U.K. to also seek proposals from eligible organizations based in Ireland.

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7 Signs Your Local Government ERP Is Holding You Back: A Guide for Small Municipalities

Local governments and municipalities serving populations under 200,000 face distinctive challenges in delivering efficient and effective services to their communities. To overcome these challenges, many rely on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems tailored to their specific needs. Not all ERP systems are created equal, and some may hinder progress rather than support it.

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GSA to Use Tech Modernization Funds to Bolster Security, Modernize Regulations.gov

FedTech Magazine

The General Services Administration announced plans to upgrade security and infrastructure for its eRulemaking Program, Regulations.gov, which encourages the public to review and comment on proposed regulatory and nonregulatory actions across the federal government. GSA's plans, revealed earlier this year as part of its wider Technology Modernization Fund investments, will address near-term security vulnerabilities as well as any urgent issues that could risk the system's stability.

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Affordability, reliability, and industrial competitiveness will make or break the net-zero transition. Here’s how

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

World leaders are confronting the challenge of turning ambitious climate commitments into action. They are naturally focused on the essential objective of reducing global emissions quickly. However, the vital work of ensuring a successful net-zero transition will require us to take into account three additional objectives: affordability, reliability, and industrial competitiveness, write Mekala Krishnan Daniel Pacthod, and Sven Smit in Fortune.

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Economic Insights: Careers in Government Economics Jobs

Careers in Government

Elevate your career with Government Economics Jobs. Shape policies and strategies for economic impact in public service. Explore opportunities now. The post Economic Insights: Careers in Government Economics Jobs appeared first on Careers in Government.

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Downtown St. Paul needs 20,000 more people to thrive | implications for urban revitalization in the post covid city

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

21 years ago, I read Steve Belmont's Cities in Full. It's a very important book, about the recentralization of metropolitan areas focused on center city revival. The first chapter is particularly important in that it puts numbers to the concepts laid out in Death and Life of American Cities. Note that before the book, there was an article in Fortune Magazine , " Downtown is for people " ( pdf ).

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Sustainable Facility Maintenance Management for Small Local Governments

Unlock the potential of sustainable facility management! This guide empowers small local governments to lead with climate-resilient infrastructure, energy efficiency, waste reduction, and more. Elevate your community's resilience, reduce costs, and embrace eco-friendly practices. Discover the role of facility maintenance teams in green cleaning, sustainability analyses, and infrastructure upgrades.

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CFP: Fresh Perspectives Column, Kentucky Libraries

A Library Writer's Blog

Call for Papers - Fresh Perspectives Column, Kentucky Libraries Library school students (any school), library staff, and new or non-published librarians: Do you have a library school paper you are particularly proud of? Do you have an idea for a paper, but you would like some suggestions on how to make it ready for submission? Are you new to the field and would like to begin publishing?

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Why drug stores don't have housing above/aren't mixed use buildings

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

GGW has a piece, " CVS stores that should have apartments above them, ranked." This store is in Baltimore but the same point pertains. The second story is fake. That's a common tactic for chain stores who get complaints that the building isn't tall enough, that it could be mixed use. I wrote about this 10 years ago (" Beyond matter of right: incentivizing preferred types of development ").

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Re: Microsoft Copilot for Security and NIST 800-171: Access Control

Microsoft Public Sector

Thanks @DanielBaloch for your affirmation and sharing how the blog was insightful. Will look to do more in the near future! Also, I appreciate calling out the confusing language @Dean Gross - I'll look to address this in a future edit. The sentence should be shortened/simplified to state " Security Copilot can aid users within the Microsoft Intune admin center to create endpoint management policies (including mobile devices).".

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Really good points about the high opportunity costs from devoting precious street space to urban parking instead of other uses

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Matt Elliott writes weekly in the Toronto Star about city urbanism issues. The current column, " Toronto parking fines may shortly skyrocket. This is why we should embrace the cost ," is about how the city is considering significantly increasing the fines for parking illegally, which he supports. He goes on to suggest a bunch of different ways to use the space: But taking the amount even higher is justified too, because we’re not just talking about parking here.

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ASPA TIMES Magazine: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

PA TIMES Magazine is a publication of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), a not-for-profit corporation. This edition focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in public administration, including guest columns, insights for the field and interviews with city government DEI officers about their work at the local level.

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CFP Deadline Extended for the NASIG 2024: Great Ideas Showcase & Snapshots Sessions

A Library Writer's Blog

The NASIG Program Planning Committee invites proposals for the Great Ideas Showcase and the Snapshots Session for the 39th Annual Conference, to be held June 3-7, 2024 in Spokane, Washington. We are currently seeking in-person presentations. The NASIG Conference presenters and attendees will be expected to follow hotel Covid safety protocols. The Snapshots Sessions will be held on Tuesday June 4, 2024 4 - 5:30 PM and the Great Ideas Showcase will be held on Wednesday June 5.

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2023 Year-End Boxscore Charts, Billboard Magazine

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Yesterday, my SmartNews feed was on fire, with so many great articles. There were a series of articles by smaller communities, about how the quality of their city as an events-sports destination was high, despite the size of the community or whether or not they actually had a sports team, for example Fort Worth doesn't (" Here’s why Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena was named Billboard’s No. 1 venue in the world.

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Support the School of Government

Death and Taxes

The UNC School of Government is like no other school, organization, or institution in the country. Our unique mission and values make us the single best source of support for North Carolinians seeking to understand and improve their government. Every year our faculty offers more than 200 courses and webinars, responds to thousands of phone calls and emails on routine and urgent matters, and publishes approximately 50 books, manuals, articles, and reports—all to support our state’s cities, counti

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The importance of feminist democratic innovations in policy and politics 

Policy & Politics Journal blog

by Paloma Caravantes and Emanuela Lombardo Democratic innovations in institutional politics are processes or institutions aimed at improving the quality of democracy beyond electoral politics.

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Proactive vs Reactive Maintenance: Making the Case for Preparedness

Discover comprehensive strategies for optimizing operations and achieving cost efficiency! This document offers insights into efficient inspections, data-driven decision-making, goal alignment, and resource optimization. It empowers local governments and maintenance departments to streamline operations and ensure significant cost savings. From aligning maintenance goals with community needs to leveraging data for strategic planning, this guide provides a roadmap for smoother, more reliable opera

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Automakers get some breathing room in EPA air pollution rules

GCN

The Biden administration is still pushing for a major shift to electric vehicles by 2032, but many Republicans remain skeptical.

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