Summer Camp Programming
JANUARY 18, 2024
SHOW NOTES In this episode, Curt and Chris discuss a wide variety of topics for summer camps. This is their 10th magazine edition. This episode includes a special event idea, program idea, staff idea, new AI tool, some trivia questions, theme ideas, and more. Links: Pika.art Stand-Up Paddle Boards ORTUR Laser Master 2 Laser Engraver […] The post SCP 197: Magazine Style #10 first appeared on Summer Camp Programming.
GCN
JANUARY 18, 2024
A short-term spending deal was passed on a bipartisan vote in both the House and Senate. But, as some hoped, it does not provide additional funding for two critical programs helping low-income Americans.
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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JANUARY 18, 2024
If 2023 was the year of the manager and the launchpad for generative AI, what will 2024 bring for talent leaders?
GCN
JANUARY 18, 2024
A former Indiana mayor asked the high court to intervene in his corruption case and resolve a disparity in which “gratuities” from outsiders are considered OK in some courts, but not in others.
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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.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JANUARY 18, 2024
US mortgage lenders rethinking their value proposition for a constrained market should weigh five key actions to sustain growth in mortgage financing for home purchases.
GCN
JANUARY 18, 2024
In Washington and other states, independent redistricting commissions have fallen prey to partisanship, just like the legislative bodies they were meant to replace.
Public Administration Today brings together the best content for professionals in the public administration field from the widest variety of thought leaders.
GCN
JANUARY 18, 2024
A senior White House official said all levels of government need to work together on artificial intelligence to “move faster” to tackle big problems.
State Tech Magazine
JANUARY 18, 2024
In September, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott appointed Denise Reilly-Hughes as secretary of the Agency of Digital Services and state CIO. She was previously deputy secretary for the ADS and became interim CIO in July before her permanent appointment to the position. In October, Reilly-Hughes participated in her first panel at the annual meeting of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), discussing cloud modernization and Vermont’s cloud posture.
GCN
JANUARY 18, 2024
The number of jobs grew in November 2023, according to a recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
NLC (National League of Cities)
JANUARY 18, 2024
Written in collaboration with Gregory Kienzl, Director of Data and Impact, Office of Engagement and Community Affairs, University of Pittsburgh. In our nation’s cities, the lack of affordable housing continues to challenge local leaders. According to the 2023 Urban Institute study, there was a shortage of 7.
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Disaster Zone blog
JANUARY 18, 2024
This is one prediction that has been proven to be true.
GAO (US Government Accountability Office)
JANUARY 18, 2024
News of a food recall can cause you to race to the refrigerator to check that the lettuce you just bought wasn’t part of the recall. While recalls can raise concerns, they are also a good thing, as they are valuable reminders of the government’s work.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JANUARY 18, 2024
Early indications hint at an impressive surge into the cloud by some African businesses—and the potential to unlock much greater value.
NLC (National League of Cities)
JANUARY 18, 2024
In the evolving landscape of law enforcement, specialized police units have become commonplace in addressing community issues that traditional patrol units may struggle to handle effectively.
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GovLoop
JANUARY 18, 2024
Imagine that you’ve lost your job. With bills to pay and perhaps a family to support, you go online to apply for unemployment benefits. Yet rather than take some comfort in the process, you struggle with a hard-to-use application form, confusing language and unclear directions. That’s not how government is supposed to help. In New Jersey, officials are finding ways to make agencies the resource they should be.
GovPilot
JANUARY 18, 2024
Local government officials face obstacles and roadblocks often when it comes to the paramount issue of keeping their local government networks cybersecure. In the online age we live in, local government institutions should be operating in a digital capacity to ensure government operations run in the most efficient and modern ways possible. However, moving online with the digital transformation of local government workflows brings with it cybersecurity considerations and risks.
The City Fix
JANUARY 18, 2024
In Bogotá, Colombia, over 3,000 people die prematurely each year due to exposure to air pollution—namely from PM2.5, a fine particulate matter produced by vehicle exhaust, burning and industrial outputs. Bogotá is not alone: According to 2021 data, of 174.
GovPilot
JANUARY 18, 2024
Cuyahoga Heights, OH expands their partnership with the government management software provider to streamline operations and government services in the municipality.
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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.
AWS Public Sector Blog
JANUARY 18, 2024
Note: Security and compliance is a shared responsibility between AWS and the customer. The Shared Responsibility Model can help relieve a customer’s operational burden as AWS operates, manages, and controls the components from the host operating system and virtualization layer down to the physical security of the facilities where the service operates.
GovPilot
JANUARY 18, 2024
Delran Township expands their partnership with the government management software provider to streamline operations and government services in the municipality.
FedTech Magazine
JANUARY 18, 2024
The private sector is an invaluable resource as government looks to answer questions about artificial intelligence bias, workforce impacts and adoption rates raised by recent guidance, says former federal CIO Suzette Kent. AI is evolving quickly across commercial industries, and agencies not only need to keep pace but also must ensure that companies are holding up their end of the safety and security equation for the software they’re selling to the government, Kent says.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JANUARY 18, 2024
There's a letter to the editor in yesterday's Washington Post , " D.C. must step up on road deaths." It's a good letter. I started writing a response in the comments, but it was too long. So a blog entry is better. Definitely this is another example of DC government's failure to focus and to be innovative. It's amazing how much I've written about this topic, providing guidance for something that could have been great.
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