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There are 100,000 fewer Election Day polling places in 2024

GCN

A major Supreme Court decision, a pandemic and localized issues have all conspired to reduce the number of physical voting locations. Advocates say that’s bad for democracy.

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What is economic inclusion?

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Economic inclusion is when people not only have their basic subsistence needs met but also are productive, fulfilled, and fully empowered to make choices about their lives.

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Why do our traffic laws prioritize speed over safety?

GCN

COMMENTARY | Reducing traffic accidents is not rocket science. Lower speeds mean fewer accidents and less severe injuries when crashes do occur.

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FOIA Backlogs Hinder Government Transparency and Accountability

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

Each year, media outlets, businesses, and members of the public file hundreds of thousands of requests for government records on a wide range of topics—from consumer safety to national security. Their ability to access these records is protected.

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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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4th traffic light would benefit pedestrians and drivers

GCN

Adding a white phase to stoplights that communicate with autonomous vehicles would decrease delays at intersections by 25%, researchers say, even when pedestrians are added to the model.

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Mapping the road to prosperity and parity for Black and Latino residents across America

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Black and Latino US residents experience different levels of prosperity and parity depending on where they live. Our interactive map explores this variation across all US counties.

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Identifying value in family-owned businesses

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Outperforming family-owned businesses use a combination of value-creating mindsets and actions. Private equity firms looking to engage should understand them.

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Google Public Sector and WWT Team Up to Enhance Cloud Sovereignty

Google Public Sector

Google Public Sector and World Wide Technology (WWT), a leading global technology solutions provider, have announced a joint effort to advance the adoption of Google Distributed Cloud Hosted (GDC Hosted) , a sovereign cloud solution that provides a consistent, secure, and scalable platform for hosting applications in any location. WWT is the first partner approved by Google Cloud to operate GDC Hosted sovereign clouds in the United States as a Managed GDC Provider.

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Redesigning for speed: Addressing life cycle compression in biopharma

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Biopharmaceutical companies that make bold moves to address life cycle compression, including reshaping portfolios and operations for agility and decisiveness, can capture value from innovation.

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Modernizing Federal Student Loan Servicing

Homeroom

By: Richard Cordray, Chief Operating Office, Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education This spring, Federal Student Aid (FSA) will begin improving how individual borrowers manage and repay their federal student loans. Through multiple phases, we will bring online an entirely new federal student loan servicing environment – a goal we have pursued for more Continue Reading The post Modernizing Federal Student Loan Servicing 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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Community groups step up to help rural agencies’ disaster recovery

GCN

Organizations like long-term recovery groups can help rural agencies get housing, financial, health care and food assistance to victims of natural disasters.

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Technology’s role in sustainability: Takeaways from the AWS Sustainability Breakfast Briefing

AWS Public Sector Blog

There is increased recognition that sustainability cannot be a siloed business unit within an organisation. With government-mandated climate action targets, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting requirements, and demands from end consumers on the environmental and social impact of goods and services, sustainability needs to be intrinsically linked with each organisation’s unique value proposition.

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Simplify Municipal Data Analytics & Reporting

AccessE11

In today’s rapidly advancing digital environment, municipalities are increasingly recognizing the need to move away from traditional, manual processes towards more sophisticated digital reporting and analytics tools. This transition not only promises to streamline operations but also to significantly enhance decision-making through real-time data and insights.

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6 Key Questions When Eyeing Colocation for State and Local Data Centers

State Tech Magazine

Under the right circumstances, colocation can help state and local governments reduce costs and improve reliability, although the reasons for making the decision to collocate resources will be different for different organizations. Before making the move, government officials should consider these important questions: 1. What Are the Agency’s Connectivity Needs?

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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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Simplify Municipal Data Analytics & Reporting

AccessE11

In today’s rapidly advancing digital environment, municipalities are increasingly recognizing the need to move away from traditional, manual processes towards more sophisticated digital reporting and analytics tools. This transition not only promises to streamline operations but also to significantly enhance decision-making through real-time data and insights.

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A Vision for AI in Government: The AI-Savvy Agency

GovLoop

AI could be one of the most significant areas of growth and development in government, as well as in places where the private sector and government meet. It is already transforming data collection, analysis and access, cybersecurity, and workforce management. The White House’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (EO) lays out a strategy focused on monitoring, regulating and staffing the development of AI-based innovations.

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Ocean Beach, NY Deployed Tree Removal Permit Module With GovPilot

GovPilot

The Village of Ocean Beach, NY expands their partnership with the government management software provider to streamline operations and government services in the municipality.

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Call for panel proposals for OASPA 2024 Annual Conference - Lisbon, Portugal (September 16-18, 2024)

A Library Writer's Blog

The OASPA annual conference brings the open access community together to discuss new developments and innovations in scholarly publishing, and unite in our shared goal to enable research around the world to be openly accessible in line with our mission. The 2024 conference will encourage participants to consider how we might all work towards truly equitable and inclusive open scholarship practices as well as address many timely and fundamental topics relating to open scholarly communication.

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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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A Year of Guidelines, Hacks and New Visions

GovLoop

The release of the National Cybersecurity Strategy in March was just one of several efforts in 2023 to put government agencies on better cyber footing. But the year also featured numerous incidents that reminded everyone why things need to change. Here is a sampling of the big headlines. January The Justice Department reveals that the FBI covertly infiltrated the Hive ransomware group in a monthslong effort to thwart $130 million in ransom demands by providing victims with encryption keys.

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