GCN
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Despite challenges from budget cycles, regulations and outdated procurement processes, state and local government agencies urgently need cyber solutions that improve operations and cut costs, a recent report says.
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GovLoop
DECEMBER 29, 2022
An interview with Rita Reynolds, CIO, National Association of Counties. In spring 2022, the National Association of Counties (NACo) partnered with SecurityScorecard, a cybersecurity ratings company, to help county governments monitor and improve cybersecurity risk. Such assessments were not really necessary as recently as 15 years ago, said Rita Reynolds, NACo’s CIO, but the landscape is totally different today.
Disaster Zone blog
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Their failed strategy has been exposed.
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ParkTalk podcast
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Ed Hedborn, manager of plant records at the Morton Arboretum, describes the earliest signs of spring growth in our Northern Illinois trees, from the greening of the willow twigs to the blooms of the crabapple trees. Ed Hedborn, manager of plant records at the Morton Arboretum, describes the earliest signs of spring growth in our Northern Illinois trees, from the greening of the willow twigs to the blooms of the crabapple trees.
Disaster Zone blog
DECEMBER 29, 2022
In my own backyard!
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Princeton Public Library
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Do you ever wonder what your neighbors are reading? The library aims to create a diverse collection of materials across formats for all readers’ interests, yet, typically, there are particular […].
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
DECEMBER 29, 2022
In the 1960s and early 1970s, the Urban Mass Transit Administration was funding "next generation subway" systems in the San Francisco Bay (BART), Atlanta (MARTA), Miami (Metrorail), Washington (WMATA), and Baltimore (Metro). But Baltimore was late to the party, and instead of getting funding for all six of its planned lines , it got funding for one.
GovLoop
DECEMBER 29, 2022
An interview with Andy Curtis, Principal Database Specialist at AWS. Fragmented information gets in the way of a modern digital constituent experience. When the data that supports government processes or citizen identity lives in siloes, “interactions take a lot more time,” said Andy Curtis of AWS. “There’s a lot more friction.”. In the future, constituents will expect to interact with government largely online, in streamlined and automated processes.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
DECEMBER 29, 2022
One of my biggest learnings in transit planning is the necessity of separating planning from budgeting. I understand why this happens, but if there were true "mass transit planning," we would define the breadth and depth of the network that we want. And then come up with the funding to make it happen. Transit operators would come back and say: you've defined the network's breadth: the area you serve and how you do it, with various modes) and depth: level/frequency of service) as X.
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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Every three years the rates the health of the Great Lakes. This year two of the five--Huron and Superior, were ranked healthy. From the WOOD-TV article " Study: Only 2 of 5 Great Lakes have ‘good’ ecosystems ": The triennial analysis from the International Joint Commission was included in part of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy’s annual State of the Great Lakes report.
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