Fri.Nov 03, 2023

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House proposes slashing $4B from the EPA

GCN

The GOP funding cuts, passed along party lines, would significantly impact state and local efforts to improve drinking water and reduce water pollution. Additional cuts would severely hamper environmental justice projects.

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Seeing around corners: How to excel as a chief of staff

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

A chief of staff can be instrumental to a CEO’s success while also advancing their own career. Here are eight pieces of advice from those who have mastered the role.

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‘Tripledemic’ dashboards set health agencies up for flu season

GCN

COVID, influenza and RSV—oh my! Fall and winter bring an increase in respiratory illnesses, so state health departments are revamping their COVID dashboards for enhanced insights into their communities’ health.

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Reframing employee health: Moving beyond burnout to holistic health

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

A new McKinsey Health Institute survey across 30 countries offers insights into how organizations can help create a workplace that prioritizes physical, mental, social, and spiritual health.

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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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Unhoused individuals gain shelter, prove their identity using AWS-powered solution Kiip

AWS Public Sector Blog

Noah Harlan, left, and Kiip colleagues at Homeless Connect Day event in Los Angeles. Access to key documentation is both a struggle and a necessity for vulnerable and at-risk communities. For the unhoused, being ‘document ready’ is essential to avoid delays or denial of access to benefits and services they need. For one individual in Los Angeles recently, it meant the difference between having a safe bed in a shelter and being in police custody.

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Innovative growers: A view from the top

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

McKinsey research shows that a focus on aspiration, activation, and execution can help companies out-innovate and outgrow peers.

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Bringing Data and AI to Life

GovLoop

Good leaders are evangelists for making data-based decisions. They don’t need highly technical degrees: They need an appreciation of data’s ability to drive modernization efforts and successful outcomes for the organization and the people they serve. They “are not averse to trying new approaches that solve some big [societal] problems with data and [are] not waiting for a crisis to make this progress,” said Michael Anderson, Chief Strategist with Informatica Public Sector, an Enterprise Cloud Da

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A McKinsey Africa podcast with Ashraf Sabry, founder and CEO of Fawry

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Africa’s fintech start-ups are leveraging mobile technology and innovative platforms to transform digital banking. We spoke with Ashraf Sabry, founder and CEO of Fawry, about the sector’s potential.

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The Competitive Advantage and Head Start of Pre-planning for Large Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Imagine you are standing on the starting line of a running race. The race official says when my arm drops and the gun goes off, you all get to start. Then they point at you and say, BUT, before I do that, YOU get to start NOW before the rest of the field. After you get over the surprise of the unexpected head start, off you race. The rest of the field will be hot on your heels, and some may catch you, but definitely not all, and your competitive advantage by starting early is seen by all as you

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The power of partnership: How the CEO–CMO relationship can drive outsize growth

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Amid a challenging macroeconomic environment and rapid change, CEOs are searching for the next engine for growth. The answer may be right in front of them: a redefined and reinvigorated relationship with their CMO.

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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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10x’s Digital Experience Projects Are More Public-Facing Than Ever

FedTech Magazine

The General Services Administration’s program for improving digital public service has altered its investment profile to increasingly fund projects citizens will use and benefit from. 10x’s move to improve customer experience with human-centered design products and modern interfaces led to the recent creation of beta.notify.gov, a digital notifications service that allows agencies to send custom text messages about federal benefits to recipients at low cost.

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Sustainable feedstocks: Accelerating recarbonization in chemicals

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Reducing greenhouse gases is essential for chemical companies to remain competitive. Investing in feedstock sources and conversion technologies can help close the gap to net zero.

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Election security threats require more federal resources, officials say

GCN

Facing growing cyber and physical threats, state and local election administrators told U.S. senators that more federal assistance is needed to safeguard voting systems and personnel.

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How CFOs can adopt a VC mindset: Staircase Ventures’ Janet Bannister

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

A high-tech pioneer describes how technology has continually disrupted business, why generative AI is accelerating today’s disruption, and what leaders can do to stay ahead.

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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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Rethinking Time Management: Beyond the Clock to True Resource Mastery #3

Grant Writing Made Easy

We’ve all heard it a million times: “There aren’t enough hours in the day.” Time management has long been heralded as the solution to our increasingly busy lives. But what if the real challenge isn’t managing our minutes and hours? What if the key lies in reframing our perspective, shifting from a narrow focus on time to a holistic approach that encompasses all our resources?

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How mobility budgets can change the future of transportation

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

A mobility budget is an employee benefit that can help employers attract and retain talent. It’s also an emerging solution to increase sustainable transit use and reduce congestion in urban areas.

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How Municipalities Can Pursue Strategic Policy Solutions to Complex Problems

NLC (National League of Cities)

By Martha Fedorowicz, Urban Institute; Sarah Weller Pegna, NLC Every day, cities across the country confront complex, interconnected issues—from health to housing to workforce development to climate change.

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Author Talks: Riding the waves of resilience

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The ability to navigate challenges can be deeply rooted in personal experience. Here’s how a decade-long sea voyage taught a McKinsey alumna to go with the flow.

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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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How Your Local Government Can Improve Community Safety: Code Enforcement Steps and 6 Best Practices ? GovPilot

GovPilot

It is the duty of the local government to assess the needs of the community, which includes organizing and implementing community safety strategies across the board. It is only with the promised dedication of the government to protecting the citizens that order remains and community safety threats are mitigated properly to ensure citizens have a feeling of safety.

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Moving from crisis to reform: Examining the state of counterparty credit risk

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Counterparty-credit-risk management is becoming more challenging and complex, reflecting a disrupted global economic, political, and regulatory environment, together with historically high levels of volatility.

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Your Path to Public Service: Government Jobs in Horry County

Careers in Government

Explore government jobs in Horry County, where coastal charm and endless possibilities await. Start your journey with Careers in Government. The post Your Path to Public Service: Government Jobs in Horry County appeared first on Careers in Government.

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Disrupting the used-car buying experience in Southeast Asia

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Carro founder and CEO Aaron Tan details how to put geographic expansion and tech-enabled operations at the heart of company strategy.

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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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Public power is on the ballot in Maine. Will voters take a leap of faith?

GCN

The state has a chance to oust unpopular investor-owned utilities—and set a precedent for the rest of the country.

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From India to the world: Unleashing the potential of India’s tourists

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The world could see a wave of Indian travelers in the coming decade—nine charts reveal key trends and case studies of how destinations can attract and delight these Indian travelers.

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AI trustworthiness: Is the biggest AI challenge cultivating trust?

Open Access Government - Technology News

Elham Tabassi, Chief of Staff, Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S., says that cultivating AI trustworthiness may well be the biggest challenge to date Dramatic advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) over the past year – and their rapid availability in products and services – have catapulted AI into the public’s imagination with images and predictions which are both enormously promising and deeply concerning.

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Three essentials of successful corporate venture capital

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Investing in start-ups can help you tap external innovation, as long as you avoid the pitfalls.

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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.

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Microsoft Reference Identity Architectures for the US Defense Industrial Base

Microsoft Public Sector

Microsoft & National Defense ISAC Collaboration: Microsoft Reference Identity Architectures for the US Defense Industrial Base Empowering the DIB Sector: ND-ISAC Cloud Security & Architecture and Microsoft Cloud Services Working Groups’ Whitepaper Tackles Multi-Tenant and External Collaboration Challenges During the National Defense Information Sharing and Analysis Center ( ND-ISAC ) annual executive summit, Chief Information and Security Officers (CIO/CISO) representing defense sector c

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The Committed Innovator: How Major League Baseball built an innovation machine

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

MLB Chief Operations and Strategy Officer Chris Marinak shares how the league is changing the game on and off the field to connect with the next generation of fans.

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Tech and regionalization bolster supply chains, but complacency looms

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The race for resilience is changing the way global supply chains look and transforming the way they are run.

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Making the case: How the mid-Atlantic region can become a leading cybersecurity hub

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The mid-Atlantic, comprising Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC, has three essential attributes for building a strong cybersecurity ecosystem.

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Efficiency and Sustainability: Leveraging Digital Solutions in Facility Operations

Speaker: Alan Kavanaugh, BA, CRM, CCPI ​​​​​​​Director of Loss Control & Risk Management

This session is designed to unveil the transformative potential of digital solutions in reshaping conventional practices, offering a roadmap towards greener and more efficient facilities regardless of municipality size. Attendees will learn: Insights into cutting-edge trends and strategies in sustainable facility management. Practical knowledge to effectively incorporate digital solutions for operational efficiency.