McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JANUARY 22, 2024
2024 looks uncertain: inflation has come down but long-term interest rates remain high; retail sales are relatively stable; manufacturing continues to contract; geopolitical concerns are on the rise.
State Tech Magazine
JANUARY 22, 2024
With some careful planning, the move to Microsoft Windows 11 should be relatively straightforward, says Utah CIO Alan Fuller. But for those who put the transition off, he says, the effort could quickly become overwhelming. “This is one of those classic things where, if you take care of business in a timely manner, it will never be a crisis,” Fuller says.
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GCN
JANUARY 22, 2024
COMMENTARY | While wastewater surveillance doesn't prevent all viral transmission, its role in understanding the extent of transmission could help officials ensure schools stay open during a public health emergency.
Super Library Marketing
JANUARY 22, 2024
Photo courtesy of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library If you send emails for library marketing, you may have been scared by recent articles on X, LinkedIn, and other marketing blogs that predict doom and disaster for email marketing in the coming months. Last October, Gmail released this blog post , outlining changes coming to the algorithm they use to determine whether incoming emails make it into the regular inbox or go to the spam or promotions folder.
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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.
GCN
JANUARY 22, 2024
City leaders overwhelmed by the influx of migrants joined federal officials in strongly urging Congress to address the crisis at the southern border.
AWS Public Sector Blog
JANUARY 22, 2024
Transit authorities across the globe want to monitor the driving habits of their fleet drivers to curtail unsafe driving, reduce safety-related incidents, and improve passenger experience. Transit agencies also want to provide meaningful feedback to their operators by providing them with relevant context for their unsafe driving. Fleet managers can use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to ingest and analyze fleet driver data.
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GovLoop
JANUARY 22, 2024
In today’s dynamic cybersecurity landscape, federal civilian agencies face persistent cyber threats. The traditional approach of establishing perimeter protections is no longer sufficient; the new standard for cybersecurity is synonymous with zero trust. According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), zero trust is an approach that restricts access to data, networks, and infrastructure to the bare minimum necessary, continuously verifying the legitimacy of such ac
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JANUARY 22, 2024
The best companies don’t just outgrow their competitors—they out-innovate them as well. Here’s why innovative growth matters.
GovLoop
JANUARY 22, 2024
Michael Mayta has been CIO of the City of Wichita, Kan., for 14 years. He oversees IT across 17 departments ranging from the police to the local airport — with widely varying degrees of internal technical savvy. He’s also seen a lot of change in how cities use technology. Here are some pearls of wisdom from his experience. What have you learned about keeping up with evolving technology?
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JANUARY 22, 2024
Biopharma sponsors are seeking to accelerate clinical trials and reduce costs through a set of targeted actions aimed at improving patient and site engagement and enrollment productivity.
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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.
NLC (National League of Cities)
JANUARY 22, 2024
In May 2023, California’s largest home insurer State Farm announced that it would pause issuing policies in the state due to growing wildfire risk. Allstate followed shortly after. Next came an announcement from Farmers Insurance: it would be doing the same in Florida due to hurricane risk.
Citizen Lab
JANUARY 22, 2024
Faced with the daunting task of allocating $250 million as part of the Rams settlement fund, the City of St. Louis and the Board of Aldermen embarked on an ambitious digital community engagement strategy to involve residents in the fund allocation process from the start. Recognizing the limitations of traditional engagement and the widespread adoption of technology in the community’s day-to-day lives,… The post St.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JANUARY 22, 2024
The global coleader of Leap by McKinsey discusses the firm’s latest global survey, which finds that business leaders and investors are bullish on building new businesses.
Microsoft Public Sector
JANUARY 22, 2024
Newsworthy Highlights Lessons learned from a joint surveillance voluntary assessment for CMMC Microsoft recently had an opportunity to sit down with Derek Kernus, Director of Cybersecurity Operation at DTS, to discuss their experience with the Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessment (JSVA). Microsoft 365 Government Community Call Join Jay Leask and other members of the Government Community live on LinkedIn!
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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.
GovLoop
JANUARY 22, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to transform nearly every aspect of agency operations. But to take advantage of generative AI and related solutions, agencies need to get their data under control. The problem is that agencies have spent the better part of the past two decades integrating point-to-point solutions to address point-in-time problems.
GCN
JANUARY 22, 2024
Mayors met last week to discuss how to deal with an increase in hate crimes amid the war in Gaza.
NLC (National League of Cities)
JANUARY 22, 2024
On January 11, 2023, the Biden Administration announced $623 million for the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program. Fourteen of the 47 awardees are municipalities, winning approximately $102 million for electric vehicle charging in their communities and along the Alternative Fuel Corridor.
GCN
JANUARY 22, 2024
In contentious city planning meetings, the louder voices in the room often control the narrative, but technology can reframe the conversation and streamline the engagement process.
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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.
Barrett & Greene
JANUARY 22, 2024
Back in 2020, then President Donald Trump proclaimed that “The murder rate in Baltimore and Detroit is higher than El Salvador, Guatemala or even Afghanistan.” That statement was misleading and part of it was outright false, but even beyond that, he left out the fact that reported homicides in Detroit were near 50-year lows. Currently, Detroit has the third highest homicide rate in the country, according to World Population Review , which is still an unfortunate state of affairs.
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