Thu.Mar 16, 2023

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Constructing and Preserving Affordable Homes with State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds

NLC (National League of Cities)

For too many working families, a lack of adequate, high-quality homes has made affordable housing unavailable. As noted in a recent op-ed with Secretary Marcia Fudge of the U.S.

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Multi-Sector Guide to Pandemic Economic Resilience and Related Workbook

Disaster Zone blog

It is not an after-action report, it a map forward for businesses and governments.

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Local Government Priorities in the President’s Budget Proposal

NLC (National League of Cities)

On March 9, 2023, President Biden released his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24). The President’s Budget communicates the Administration’s spending priorities to Congress, which is the first step in the federal budget and appropriations process.

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New Report on Ten Years of Land Banking in New York Offers Compelling Metrics of Success, Useful Lessons, and a Lot of Inspiration

Center for Community Progress

By Tarik Abdelazim , Director, National Technical Assistance, Center for Community Progress Before I came to Community Progress, I spent eight years in public service in my hometown, Binghamton, New York. As the Director of Planning, Housing, and Community Development from 2010-13, I watched the tax foreclosure process and subsequent tax auction displace tenants, deprive homeowners of equity, and attract the worst kind of bidders—many of whom were the same notorious slumlords evading code offici

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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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Virtual health for all: Closing the digital divide to expand access

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Affordable broadband with wraparound support could expand access to cost-efficient virtual health for underserved communities. Seven actions could help state and local leaders unlock this opportunity.

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How Free Apps are Mining our Data and Creating Vulnerabilities

Disaster Zone blog

TikToc is a poster child for this.

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Career Z Launch

Homeroom

The Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education seeks innovative ideas to expand work-based learning opportunities. That is why they launched the Career Z Challenge, a $2.5 million multi-phase federal prize competition.  The Career Z Challenge supports the Biden-Harris Administration’s Raise the Bar: Unlocking Career Success initiative championed by the U.S.

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Author Talks: In the ‘age of AI,’ what does it mean to be smart?

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

As artificial intelligence gets better at predicting human behavior, a business psychologist encourages people to strengthen the uniquely human skills that machine learning has yet to tap.

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ChatGPT-4 More Progress

Disaster Zone blog

The march toward Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues.

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Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, February 2023

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Some economic indicators strengthen amid persisting inflation and investor uncertainty; central banks keep to a tightening course.

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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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Helping Arapahoe County operate more efficiently with Google Cloud

Google Public Sector

Arapahoe, Colorado's first county, has been focused on cultivating growth opportunities for its residents for more than 150 years 1. Home to roughly 655,000 people from diverse backgrounds, Arapahoe County is projected to be one of the largest counties in Colorado within ten years 2. The County supports a variety of industries, including ranching, technology, and aviation with Centennial Airport – one of the 10 busiest general aviation airports in the nation.

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ChatGPT could make phishing more sophisticated

GCN

The latest version’s greater “steerability” allows users to vary the style and tone of generated text to make scams even harder to detect.

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How Agencies Are Driving Innovation to the Edge

GovLoop

Insights from the Red Hat Government Symposium Across government, innovation is happening at the edge. By leveraging cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and related technologies, agencies can deliver services more quickly and effectively at the far reaches of operations, whether that’s in the battlefield or on the International Space Station (ISS).

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How to build a trustworthy election system

GCN

Data frameworks, poll books and audit trails can help election offices maintain election security, integrity and accuracy.

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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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Navigating the gray-to-green transition in aerospace & defense

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The aerospace and defense industry is transitioning from an older to younger workforce, but it faces intense competition for talent. It needs a radical response.

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NJ 3-Day Affordable Housing Construction Inspection Bill A573: Everything to Know | GovPilot

GovPilot

New Jersey recently passed new legislation to expedite construction processes by codifying a 3 business day turnaround for inspections of affordable housing construction sites when an inspection is requested by the developer.

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States Can Start with Digital Documents to Prepare for IT Modernization

State Tech Magazine

As state governors set their technology agendas for 2023, many are seeking to capitalize on available budgets with incremental IT modernization initiatives. One such example is the governor of Washington’s request that state agencies pitch “a short-term, low-risk, high-reward project idea to update outdated applications.” States are likely seeking sound, pragmatic modernization projects due to two systemic factors: a lack of funding and issues with change management.

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New York City tech chief Matt Fraser commands attention

GCN

The chief technology officer on the decision to leave behind the Internet Master Plan, why we still haven’t seen the launch of MyCity, and why he’s still bullish on crypto.

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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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Modernizing tax systems with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Tax administrators at all levels of government face challenges due to legacy systems that lack functionality, scalability, and flexibility. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is helping leading tax authorities around the world to migrate and modernize their mission critical tax systems in the cloud, allowing them to achieve better service reliability, scalability, and security, while paving the way for new and innovative business functionality.

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NSA offers new tips on zero trust and identity

GCN

New zero trust guidance for government agencies highlights best practices for maturing identity and access controls.

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AI and ML: Exploring the programmes and search engines of the future

Open Access Government - Technology News

The way we use computers and technology is rapidly changing, here Paul Grosvenor, Director at Optima Systems Ltd explores the search engines of the future and how AI and ML will change the way we access information Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) articles appear all over the press at the moment and they hint at genuinely impressive developments.