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Public Transit Agencies Analyze Ridership Data to Better Serve Customers

State Tech Magazine

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority wants to augment its bus routes in the Georgia city, including on-demand options, if feasible. To make any determinations, the agency must parse lots of data from varied sources, including ridership requests and usage metrics across the transportation system. “The idea behind this project is for us to really understand how on-demand transit can work,” says Anthony Thomas, MARTA’s program manager for customer experience innovation.

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CIE Spotlight: Boosting Minority Owned Businesses in Jackson, MS Through Microlending

NLC (National League of Cities)

Jackson is Mississippi’s destination to eat, shop and be entertained. From the cozy neighborhood cafes to innovative new startups, the entrepreneurial ecosystem within Jackson is a showcase of what residents can create when given the opportunity.

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Standing Shoulder-to-Shoulder

Homeroom

Parents across the country, with different lived experiences, are united by our belief that we can be the catalysts to create transformative change that benefits all children in our public education system. That change can only happen when we commit to truly embracing the power of parent participation, collaboration, and shared responsibility in creating a Continue Reading The post Standing Shoulder-to-Shoulder appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Setting the revenue cycle up for success in automation and AI

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

As new technologies emerge, revenue cycle leaders can prepare to harness the potential of these capabilities by establishing the conditions for success today.

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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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It Matters! Our Recommendations for Congress Could Result in Billions of Dollars in Financial and Other Benefits

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

You may know that GAO makes hundreds of recommendations each year to federal agencies that would improve government programs and operations. But you might not know that we also make recommendations for Congress. We call these suggestions “matters for.

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Building new businesses: How insurers can leap ahead

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

New insurance business ideas can have an outsize impact on enterprise value, but many insurers struggle to build and scale them. A new approach can help improve their success rate.

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The McKinsey Crossword: Uncapitalized Food | No. 138

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.

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Bus stops as neighborhood focal points and opportunities for placemaking

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

1. Boston is promoting digital library access at 20 bus stops (" Borrowing books on the bus? It’s happening in Boston ," Boston Globe ). It's not particularly pathbreaking. Libraries in places like Orange County, California and Calgary have put in book lending stations at transit stations in their communities for more than a decade. 2. But once again, it raise the issue of how to make bus stops more than perfunctory places within a neighborhood and community.

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Where could $374 billion in dry powder go? Six themes to watch

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Private capital activity in software will likely pick up after a short-term dip. Here are the key considerations.

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Season 6 Episode 17 - Outgoing Navy Intel Director Reflects on the Challenges of Future Warfare

GovCast

Vice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler is wrapping up his last months as deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare and director of Naval intelligence. He joins us to talk about the challenges that lie ahead of the Navy and the Defense Department at large in the cyber domain, as well as the importance of radio frequency spectrum to maintaining the Navy's information and intelligence dominance.

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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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Digital transformation’s new playbook

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Chatbots, cloud computing, generative AI—a company’s digital transformation has never been more paramount. Are you rewired to win?

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Re: Microsoft To Do web app launching for GCC High and DoD users

Microsoft Public Sector

Hi, I just found this searching for a timeline when this was finally coming. While this is great and very useful. When will the actual desktop Application work with this? I am guessing it is coming but this is fantastic progress is moving forward. Edited to change the Outlook Desktop integration, Just experimented and it is already there and functional!!!

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M&A, value creation, and the automotive aftermarket

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

New McKinsey analysis highlights seven themes for creating value through M&A in the automotive aftermarket and measures European executives’ sentiments.

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On Your Mind: Partnership for Success – Philanthropy & Local Government

NLC (National League of Cities)

NLC reached out to the Buffet Early Childhood Fund’s Director of Strategic Partnerships, Eric Buchanan to ask what is on his mind about early childhood success.

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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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Re: Microsoft Intune in GCC and GCC High Overview + CMMC Applications

Microsoft Public Sector

When is AutoPilot getting to GCC-High?

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Automating clinical lab workflow at scale for chronic disease monitoring with the cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

Despite progress in the diagnostics and life science industries’ cloud adoption, there is still a gap in end-to-end digital solutions that enable clinicians to use diagnostic lab data to care for their patients. The need for a seamless ecosystem connecting doctors, patients, and laboratories on a single platform persists. BioMark is a digital diagnostics and therapeutics company that offers cutting-edge solutions to more than 7,000 clinics and 63 hospitals in Southeast Asia.

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3 Guidelines for Crafting a Strong Federal AI Policy

FedTech Magazine

The White House is developing a national artificial intelligence strategy to “chart a path for the United States to harness the benefits and mitigate the risks of AI.” Previous administrations and Congress have taken some steps toward this in the past, but those efforts did not go far enough. If the Biden administration wants to create a comprehensive strategy that competes with countries such as Canada, China, France and the U.K., there are three steps the administration should take. 1.

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How ETH Library uses Apigee to make its open data holdings available to the public

Google Public Sector

Editor's note: The ETH Library aims to advance knowledge, support research, and teaching and as a trustworthy institution to make the world of yesterday, today, and tomorrow more comprehensible to users. As the central university library of ETH Zurich , the ETH Library facilitates access of its data with information from other areas of society and knowledge.

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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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Economic Development Spending: Let’s Find Out if It’s Effective

Barrett & Greene

In the June issue of Government Finance Review, we have a column titled “ Are Tax Incentives Good for Cities and States? ” Though the headline, which we wrote, leaves the question pretty much open, readers of the piece will discover that based on a number of interviews, we discovered that the answer is pretty much “no.” To sum up, in the words of Shayne Kavanagh, senior manager of research at GFOA’s Research and Consulting Center, “There is compelling evidence that these things are often not eff