Wed.Aug 17, 2022

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Researchers to quantify political polarization

GCN

The Polarization Research Lab will merge public opinion data from in-depth surveys with elected officials’ rhetoric to help understand both the causes and the effects of mass polarization.

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Q&A: 5 Cybersecurity Vulnerability Vectors Your Agency Shouldn’t Overlook

FedTech Magazine

In addition to the traditional advanced persistent threats from traditional nation-state actors, cybersecurity threats have lately been coming from unexpected places. Legitimate software updates and open-source software have contained major vulnerabilities that IT experts did not expect. Tony Sabaj, head of channel engineering for the Americas/Office of the CTO for Check Point Software Technologies, explains what security officials should be watching for.

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A reflection on global food security challenges amid the war in Ukraine and the early impact of climate change

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Geopolitical and climatic events are impacting the food system’s resilience. Here’s what happened this year, what may come next year, potential consequences, and considerations that may mitigate the impact.

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Teacher Leadership as a Military Spouse: All Roads Lead to Learning

Homeroom

By: Rebecca Standridge, Program Specialist for ESE Curriculum and veteran Special Education Teacher in Marion County, Florida As a child, I dreamed of growing up and becoming a teacher; practicing reading aloud with my baby dolls and stuffed animals and was always the first to volunteer to help the teacher grade papers. I am now. Continue Reading. The post Teacher Leadership as a Military Spouse: All Roads Lead to Learning appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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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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The growth triathlon: Three pathways to extraordinary growth in the consumer sector

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

For consumer companies to grow fast and profitably, they must expand their cores, tap into adjacencies, and ignite breakout businesses—all at the same time.

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Build a culture of action to improve diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging

GCN

Agencies can create a more authentic DEIB initiative by collecting and analyzing relevant, representative data from staff and making a concrete connection between data received and forward action.

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Why Is It So Hard for Libraries To Recruit New Cardholders? Early Research Results May Hold Answers Just in Time for National Library Card Sign-Up Month

Super Library Marketing

Watch This Video. The Library Marketing???????? Show, Episode 155: In this episode, I want to share the early results of ongoing research in Poland about how non-library users view the library. This research is being conducted with the help of mystery shoppers, who are asked to go into a library and perform a specific task. After their experience, they are interviewed.

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Quick commerce pushes the limits on grocery delivery

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Just as food delivery is booming, the speed with which groceries can arrive at your door is taking off. Berker Ya?ci of Getir, one of the leading start-ups promising to deliver within just 10 or 15 minutes, talks about the challenges and opportunities in the dynamic sector.

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Street Smarts: In Florida, St. Petersburg’s Smart Tech Test Bed Assesses Safety

State Tech Magazine

Established in 2016 to foster job growth and economic development, the St. Petersburg Innovation District — a roughly one-square-mile area south of the city’s downtown — is now helping to spearhead the city’s smart technology efforts. With assistance from organizations located within the district, including two hospitals and the University of South Florida’s St.

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Is your manufacturing network an anchor or a sail?

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Inflation, volatility, and risk are upending conventional wisdom about manufacturing and supply networks. To find a better strategy, companies need a broader view.

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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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Defining ‘Hybrid Work’

GovLoop

Talking about hybrid work might be easier if people agreed on a “hybrid work” definition. It’s not that we’re confused about the general premise — employees have more flexibility over their schedules than they used to — but does “hybrid” mean being in the office two days per week? Three days? Only sometimes? For Kevin Brooks of ServiceNow, a firm that helps agencies digitize and streamline their workflows, organizations eventually will need to settle on a more common definition.

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AI and the super app: An interview with Careem’s Selim Turki

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Careem’s head of data and AI talks about how the Middle Eastern ride-hailing pioneer is using AI technology to simplify people’s lives.

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Government Strategic Planning 2022: Examples & Helpful Tips

GovPilot

When it comes to getting things done as a local government, two of the most critical variables are budgets and timeframes. To be as efficient as possible, you’ll need an ironclad strategic plan for your local government that showcases how you’ll spend your local budget and how you and your subcontractors will meet timeframe deliverables on public projects.

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India as a pharma innovation hub: An interview with Dr. Reddy’s G. V. Prasad

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The cochairman and managing director of the pharma multinational believes India’s competence in new biology, clinical development, and chemistry will increase its global competitiveness.

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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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Make AI accountable by adding redress tools, researchers say

GCN

The white paper from the University of California, Berkeley also called for regulators to appoint an ombudsman to investigate complaints and monitor issues with the technology.

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The new imperative for green commodities

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The energy and materials transition is reshaping the strategic toolbox of commodity producers. Seven actions can help them master the transition.

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Scientists are turning data into sound to listen to the whispers of the universe (and more)

GCN

Data sonification converts data into sound. It has powerful applications in research, education and outreach, and it also enables blind and visually impaired communities to understand plots, images and other data.

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How retailers can attract and retain frontline talent amid the Great Attrition

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Almost half of US frontline retail employees and two-thirds of frontline managers say they are thinking about leaving their jobs in the next few months. What’s a retailer to do?

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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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New Jersey joins multistate effort to clean up voter registration data

GCN

The state will send names, addresses, dates of birth, and a slew of other information about its voters to the Electronic Registration Information Center, which will compare them to data from other states to detect registrations that are no longer accurate.

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Supercede Your Standard Security Measures

GovLoop

Zero-trust cybersecurity and cloud are two tech concepts that you simply can’t avoid hearing about in some capacity. These buzzwords have been all over the news and even included in recent cybersecurity executive orders from the President. Despite their prevalence in government agencies, adopting cloud and zero trust can be challenging. Zero trust means greater security and visibility, better data protection and fewer vulnerabilities.

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Buying Season Means Careful IT Procurement Decisions

FedTech Magazine

This time of year, as the bright colors of summer shift to the warmer tones of fall, shopping is an activity on nearly everyone’s to-do list. Buying textbooks for college classes, new clothes for picture day, fresh ice melt you may or may not use — we stock up and check those items off our lists. In the federal government, it’s buying season too. Fiscal year 2023 starts Oct. 1, and agencies must figure out the supplies they need to keep operating, from legal pads to load-balancing solutions.

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The B&G Wordle

Barrett & Greene

As summer draws to a close, so do the B&G Wordles -- using words from state and local government. We'll be posting two more after this one. Enjoy. Click here: ,, [link].

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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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Report: Government implementing zero trust architecture faster than corporations

GCN

Government’s speedy zero trust implementation is noteworthy for an institution that is “not usually ahead of the curve,” according to a report.

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The Best DevSecOps Advice No One Talks About

GovLoop

DevSecOps is a goal with many benefits. At its best, it makes better use of existing team members and their authentic skills, resulting in increased productivity and greater speed – not to mention better software security. At its worst, the shifting responsibilities are met with half-baked processes, uncommitted or unprepared team members, and a fragmented software security process.