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Forward Thinking on the brave new world of generative AI with Ethan Mollick

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

“I really worry that people are not taking this seriously enough … this fundamentally is going to be a shift in how we work and how we interact at a level that’s as big as anything we’ve seen in our lifetimes.” A leading business school professor talks about why he thinks the technology underlying ChatGPT is so transformative that he is betting his career on it.

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We are recruiting two lecturers – International Politics, International Politics and Policy – at the University of Stirling

Paul Cairney

‘The Division of History, Heritage and Politics wishes to appoint two suitably qualified and experienced Grade 7/8 Lecturers in (1) International Politics, and (2) International Politics and Policy.

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Trends driving automation on the farm

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Economic pressures and the push toward more-sustainable practices are driving next-generation automation technologies, benefiting farmers, regulators, and consumers alike.

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Federal Preemption in Railroad Regulation Before Supreme Court

NLC (National League of Cities)

Do states have the authority to regulate how long trains can stop at grade crossings? That, in essence, is the question presented before the Supreme Court of the United States by the State of Ohio in its action against railroad company CSX.

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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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Short-haul flying redefined: The promise of regional air mobility

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Innovative propulsion and flight-control technologies, combined with a better customer experience, could usher in a new era of frequent, convenient passenger flights on small regional aircraft.

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Exploring the Connection Between Healthy Housing & Mental Health

NLC (National League of Cities)

Mental health is an essential component of overall health and well-being, shaping how we cope with stress, build relationships, and operate at work, in school, and in our communities. While rising rates of mental health challenges predate COVID-19, heightened stress, grief, social isolation, and economic insecurity due to the pandemic has exacerbated these challenges.

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Redesigning apparel manufacturing in Asia: A pattern for resilience

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Apparel manufacturers in Asia are facing significant challenges with the current economic environment and drop in global demand—however, solutions for the near and long term are to hand.

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3 Reasons Why Your Library Should Focus on Promoting Only ONE Thing at a Time!

Super Library Marketing

The #LibraryMarketing Show, Episode 191 Here is a bonkers idea: what if your library fully and completely committed to promoting JUST ONE THING for a concerted amount of time? What would be the advantages? Would it be risky? I’ll explain why it’s a good idea (and how I know it works because you’re already doing it!!) in this episode.

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Phishing defense, one simulated email at a time

GCN

With a platform that trains staff not to click on links in seemingly relevant emails, San Francisco cut the click rate on test emails by 50% in the first 18 months.

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Parent Empowerment Pop-Ups: Partnering with Parents for Perspective

Homeroom

“Raise the Bar: Lead the World” is the U.S. Department of Education’s call to action to transform P-12 education and unite around what truly works. Raising the bar means recognizing that our nation already has what it takes to continue leading the world. Through initiatives such as the Parent Empowerment Pop-Ups, which are interactive sessions Continue Reading The post Parent Empowerment Pop-Ups: Partnering with Parents for Perspective appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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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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A closer look at ID verification across state benefits applications

GCN

The Digital Benefits Network’s open dataset details the identity proofing requirements of 158 applications for benefits programs.

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Young children are experiencing trauma: How Sesame Street wants to help

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Sesame Workshop’s Jeanette Betancourt explains what the show and the organization behind it are doing to address trauma and emotional well-being for young children.

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New Mexico trying to build and train new workforce for broadband expansion

GCN

Officials anticipate a need for mechanical skills to set up internet services and educators to teach people how to use the technology.

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Ernst & Young Launches Center for Government Modernization to Assist Agencies

State Tech Magazine

Professional services company Ernst & Young recently announced the launch of the EY Center for Government Modernization, led by the company’s government and public sector consulting firm. According to a press release, the center aims to help federal, state and local agencies modernize and will focus on three areas of thought leadership, drawing on public and private sector experience, surveys and reports: Click on the banner below to learn about management solutions by becoming an Insider.

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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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How agencies can automate data extraction at scale

GCN

COMMENTARY | By combining optical character recognition technology with machine learning, agencies can leverage their unstructured data more easily to improve efficiency, reduce backlogs and solve operational challenges.

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The Ever Changing Funding Landscape

Grant Consulting Services, LLC

Is your organization seeing more “ We receive many more funding requests than we are able to approve ” or other types of rejection emails and letters from funders in response to your grant request? If so, you are not alone. Grant awards over the past few years have shifted to economic recovery and work continues to be more focused on areas like, Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI).

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AWS presents cloud training pathways for public health professionals

AWS Public Sector Blog

Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced Training Pathways for Public Health. These pathways are designed for public health professionals to learn more about the cloud and the AWS services that can help them on their modernization journey. Digital and cloud skills are in high demand in the public health community. To meet this need, public health agencies can upskill staff and develop a new generation of public health professionals who are equipped to work in a modern data architecture.

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Lifting Poland’s ambition. On the cusp of a new era?

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Demographic processes, technology platforms, energy and resource systems, capital resources and world order will all be key to Poland’s future growth.

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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: Superman’s Cleveland Conference - October 14, 2023 - Cleveland, Ohio #Superman #Comics #PopularCulture

A Library Writer's Blog

Superman’s Cleveland Conference: It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Cultural Icon! Ohio Center for the Book April 18, 2023 Call for Presentations Conference Location: Cleveland Public Library at 325 E. Superior Ave Cleveland, OH 44114 Conference Date: October 14, 2023 In honor of the 85th anniversary of the creation of Superman in Cleveland, Ohio, Ursuline College and the Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library are organizing a conference dedicated to exploring the first superhero’s

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Lobbying my rep about the Move to Amend project

Librarian.net

On Wednesday I spoke to the assistant to my congressional representative’s assistant encouraging her to be a co-sponsor of the We the People amendment. I prepared remarks because otherwise I tend to go on. “I’m an elected official in my town, Randolph Vermont, and I work all the local elections. I also work in the public library where we struggle constantly against giant publishers who hold the ebook market under their absolute control, deciding prices and terms while also bein

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Call for Chapters: Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians (ACRL Publication)

A Library Writer's Blog

Call for Chapters: Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians Editors: Whitney Kramer, Evan Muzzall, and Iliana Burgos We are excited to invite chapter proposals for Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians, an edited volume to be published by ACRL. Click this text to fill out the Google Form and start your submission. Please email Whitney Kramer at wbk39@cornell.edu with any questions.

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Virginia ABC officials say they’ve ‘automated’ liquor lotteries to prevent future errors

GCN

Authorities say they’ve worked to limit possibility of human error and Excel mistakes.

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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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Call for Proposals- ACRL/NY 2023 Annual Symposium "Embracing Slow Librarianship" - NYC, December 1, 2023

A Library Writer's Blog

Call for Presentations, Lightning Talks, Panels, & Posters ACRL/NY 2023 Annual Symposium Embracing Slow Librarianship December 1, 2023 Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY) Submission deadline: June 15, 2023. Please submit proposals using this form In response to the growing fetishization of productivity in academia’s increasingly corporatized climate, writer and librarian Julia Glassman suggests that library communities might benefit from an approach that incorporates principle

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How Share Our Strength addresses childhood hunger with unified data analysis on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

This is a guest post by Ryo Hang, lead solution architect in Ascending Inc, and Rich Kostro, chief information officer at Share Our Strength. Every child has big aspirations for having a successful future. However, childhood hunger in America is a persistent problem that affects millions of children every year. According to the U.S. D epartment of Agriculture (USDA) , one in eight children in the United States face hunger.

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Digital Twins Gain Steam with Federal Agencies

FedTech Magazine

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has no shortage of data to crunch as it seeks to understand and monitor global environmental conditions. Its challenge, rather, involves tying all that together and getting disparate data pipelines to feed into a single system. “We have so many satellites and ground-based observation sites collecting data from different sensors in different formats,” explains Sid Boukabara, former senior scientist with NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, D

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Government Mortgage Interest Rates: A Serious Discussion about the Intertwined Topics of Risk Adjustment and Cross-subsidies

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), has been very prominently in the news lately. This is due to the controversy surrounding how the agency has changed the specific amounts by which the two GSEs risk-adjust the interest rates at which they purchase mortgage loans.

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Facility Maintenance Trends for 2024: What's Changing in the Industry?

This comprehensive article delves into the transformative trends reshaping local government facility maintenance in anticipation of 2024. From embracing smart technology for efficient management, sustainability's pivotal role to data-driven decision-making, workforce upskilling, and predictive maintenance strategies, each aspect is explored. Insights into outsourcing collaborations, digital twins, safety enhancements, and the broader industry evolution highlight the critical adaptation needed.