Building A Black Birding Community In Detroit
Next City
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Developing a Black-focused birdwatching group for people of color in Michigan took a dogged willingness to bypass those standing "in the way.
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Fixing Emergency Management’s Relationship With Public Health
Disaster Zone blog
OCTOBER 3, 2022
The pandemic revealed that all is not well.
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Wildfire Smoke Is Hurting Pregnant Moms And Babies. Can California Cities Protect Them?
Next City
OCTOBER 3, 2022
The legacy of redlining in Fresno isn’t just linked to housing access. It also has deadly effects on air quality and preterm birth.
Digital twins: What could they do for your business?
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Less waste, shorter times to market, constant customer insights: the advantages of applying digital twins are many—if you get the conditions right.
The Ultimate Playground Inspection Handbook
Advertiser: Noratek
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.
Protecting Government Data Means Closing the ‘Availability Gap’
FedTech Magazine
OCTOBER 3, 2022
“Our data’s been compromised.” Those are words no agency team member wants to hear. And, most likely, agencies will experience significant downtime in the process of recovering data, according to the Veeam 2022 Data Protection Trends Report. The report found that after an incident affects operations, 90 percent of enterprises experience a gap between how quickly they need that data to return to productivity and how fast they can actually recover it.
Cybersecurity Tops Local IT Priorities in a Shifting Landscape
State Tech Magazine
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Cybersecurity has always been a top concern for local IT officials, but recent events have made it an even greater priority for city and county governments. Respondents to the 2022 State of City and County IT National Survey by CompTIA’s Public Technology Institute earlier this year said that cybersecurity was a top priority, much as they did the year before.
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Video: Devastation on the West Coast of Florida
Disaster Zone blog
OCTOBER 3, 2022
A helicopter tour of the coastline in one county.
Climate tech competitiveness: Can the United States raise its game?
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
OCTOBER 3, 2022
The United States has an opportunity to turn its innovation advantage in climate technologies into the basis for a thriving manufacturing and export sector.
Google announces new Health Equity Research Initiative to mitigate health disparities
Google Public Sector
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Google is committed to helping everyone, everywhere be healthier. As part of the global health equity community , we have an opportunity to ensure our products, services, and research help everyone live healthier lives. From connecting people to the care they need to advancing new tools to analyze health data, we aim to accelerate health equity innovation by leveraging our technological capabilities and resources.
States must plug into USDA antifraud system for SNAP delivery under new rule
GCN
OCTOBER 3, 2022
The system, meant to help prevent duplicate participation in a key nutrition program, is expected to make enrollment and oversight easier for state workers who run SNAP and for people receiving benefits.
7 Signs Your Local Government ERP Is Holding You Back: A Guide for Small Municipalities
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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.
Modern Local Government Water Utilities Strategy
GovPilot
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Accessing clean and safe drinking water should be as straightforward as turning the tap on your faucet. But local governments are making it into the national spotlight more and more frequently due to their failure to provide this essential resource to residents because of aging water infrastructure and other preventable issues.
Migrating datacentres can be simpler with the right plan and partner
Open Access Government - Technology News
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Sam Newman, director of OGEL IT, explains how migrating datacentres to the cloud can boost business efficiency. When making the decision of migrating datacentres, choosing the right migration strategy is key to getting the best out of the cloud. The smartest approach will accelerate innovation, give you a competitive advantage and boost efficiency within your organisation.
What Is Erate? And the Erate Needs Assessment
Grant Consulting Services, LLC
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Erate overview : School is back in session, and in-person and Erate funds are available to help meet your school technology needs! The Erate program is known by several different names, including USAC, Erate, and Schools and Libraries, but as a famous Playwright/Poet once surmised, “What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” (W.
Episode 222: Optimizing analytics for policymaking and governance
FedHeads
OCTOBER 3, 2022
IBM Center for The Business of Government Margie Graves and Jennifer Bechner of Johns Hopkins University appeared on FedHeads to talk about their report and one of our favorite subjects: advancing evidence-based policymaking. Oh, and Mary Reding came back. Check out the report - Optimizing Analytics for Policymaking and Governance: [link] IBM Center for The Business of Government Margie Graves and Jennifer Bechner of Johns Hopkins University appeared on FedHeads to talk about their report and on
Sustainable Facility Maintenance Management for Small Local Governments
Advertiser: Noratek
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.
Defining deviance down: Disorder and cities in 2022
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
OCTOBER 3, 2022
" Defining deviance down " is a famous paper in urban policy circles. Written by Daniel Patrick Moynihan in 1993, and explaining the decline of public facilities and spaces in New York City, it made the point that instead of addressing the nuisance/noxious/criminal activities and consequences, instead deviance was redefined, redefinition once anti-community acts as acceptable. 1.
Walkable Streets: A Market Outcome
The Market Urbanism Report
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Business coalitions nationwide pay extra to ensure that streets are for people, not cars.
Plan for Library Marketing Success! How To Create an Effective Marketing Plan No Matter the Size of Your Library (Plus a Free Downloadable Template!)
Super Library Marketing
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Photo Courtesy Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. The first time I went to a conference, I made a plan. I decided which sessions I would attend weeks before the conference began. I studied the floor map of the convention center so I could plot the best way to get from room to room. I made a list of local restaurants and tourist attractions within walking distance of my hotel so that I could make the most of my free time.
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