GCN
MARCH 25, 2024
COMMENTARY | By adopting strong job quality standards for government spending, state and local policymakers can improve residents’ quality of life and support a strong, stable workforce for generations to come.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MARCH 25, 2024
Companies with innovation cultures are way ahead of peers in deploying—and benefiting from—generative AI.
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GovLoop
MARCH 25, 2024
Building trust with constituents is difficult. It means establishing and maintaining relationships as you carry out your agency’s mission. Among other variables, there is an ever-present challenge: the mind-boggling task of playing many different roles in people’s lives. The relationships they experience through interactions with federal, local and state agencies can vary so much.
Google Public Sector
MARCH 25, 2024
The Federal IT landscape is undergoing a rapid shift toward stronger cybersecurity, driven by CISA's Zero Trust Maturity Model v2.0. This model offers a roadmap for federal agencies to boost their cyber posture. For government agencies, selecting the right tools to navigate this transformation is paramount. Google Workspace enters the picture with its robust security capabilities, designed to meet the demanding compliance requirements of federal agencies.
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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
MARCH 25, 2024
COMMENTARY | Immigrants face especially heavy rent burdens, making it hard for them to afford education and job training, health care and other necessities that help them participate as productive residents.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MARCH 25, 2024
This is true everywhere, not just in Philadelphia. It's relevant to both strong and weak markets, because even in weak markets, there probably isn't enough housing. In the discussions about school closures in Salt Lake City, the g word, gentrification came up. People blamed it for the decline of families in the center city--therefore a bunch of center city schools were on the chopping block--when that is a trend that is national, that people with no children or few children tend to live in the c
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Super Library Marketing
MARCH 25, 2024
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library Growing up in Columbia, Missouri, Lili Pangborn visited her local library nearly every day after school. “The library staff quickly began to recognize me,” recalls Lili. “They would offer to help me with homework or chat about whatever books I was reading at the time. I feel like this willingness to help others is common among library staff; libraries truly are a special place for community collaboration!
GCN
MARCH 25, 2024
As more states have legalized sports betting, they’ve also seen a dramatic uptick in gambling addiction.
GovLoop
MARCH 25, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) may soon revolutionize the way government does business, but it can be hard for agencies to know where to begin. They need down-to-earth, practical applications that can be adopted easily and show an immediate return on investment. Microsoft Federal has used AI internally to make its compliance training more engaging and effective.
GCN
MARCH 25, 2024
The state is spending big on adapting to sea level rise, but Republicans don't want to name the cause.
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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.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MARCH 25, 2024
The world is not on track to meet net-zero targets. Yet opportunities remain to accelerate efforts and help meet decarbonization goals.
FedTech Magazine
MARCH 25, 2024
In the wake of escalating cyberthreats — including the Play ransomware gang’s 300-plus attacks on public entities across North America, South America, Europe and Asia, and the breach of two federal agencies — it is clear that malicious cyber actors are increasingly targeting government through encrypted attacks. The federal government is taking steps in the right direction to prepare agencies.
State Tech Magazine
MARCH 25, 2024
Artificial intelligence has been around for a while, but the advent of generative AI has spurred greater interest in how state governments can use AI to enhance citizen services. Through its Center for Best Practices, the National Governors Association put together a list of state resources on AI to offer as guidance for state governments. In December 2023, AI, machine learning and robotic process automation came in at No. 3 on the list of 2024 State CIO Top 10 Priorities from the National Assoc
Barrett & Greene
MARCH 25, 2024
We remember the exciting day when we bought our first IBM PC and a printer for $7,500 back in 1981. (Yes. You read that number right.) Our exciting new computer had no hard drive and its operating systems existed on a floppy disc. Years later, after a few computer upgrades, we heard about this thing called a gigabyte. That seemed like an unimaginable amount of space – probably enough to store all the information in our world.
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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.
AWS Public Sector Blog
MARCH 25, 2024
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Open Data Sponsorship Program makes high-value, cloud-optimized datasets publicly available on AWS. We work with data providers to: Democratize access to data by making it available to the public for analysis on AWS Develop new cloud-based techniques, formats, and tools that lower the cost of working with data Encourage the development of communities that benefit from access to shared datasets Through this program, customers are making more than 100 petabytes (PB) o
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