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OCTOBER 17, 2023

The rise and fall and – thanks to a guerilla art campaign and the tenacity of several city officials – rise again of El Paso's iconic streetcars.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In its list of State CIO Top 10 Priorities for 2023, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers cited cybersecurity and risk management as the top concern, while digital government and digital services ranked second. These two issues are closely connected: As states pursue ways to offer new services to citizens and improve current ones, they also face greater security challenges.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Article by Pam Blumenthal, social science analyst, Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Sarah Schaefer, social science analyst, Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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GovPilot

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Cybercrime is on the rise, there is no denying that as hackers get more advanced and the rise in ransom amounts to retrieve stolen data is steadily increasing. Every organization, business, or individual that has a computer, smart phone, or any electronic web-based device or holds sensitive information, data, trade secrets, bank accounts, or intellectual property on a digital file can be a victim of a devastating cybercrime.

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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.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Rising electric-vehicle adoption is boosting demand for crucial silicon carbide power electronics components. How can semiconductor players, automotive OEMs, and others create value amid disruption?

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Managing high risk data , whether Protected Health Information or social security numbers, is difficult for academic researchers across many domains. Each institution has its own guidelines to safeguard different kinds of datasets, and governmental agencies and funding organizations have their own regulations and compliance requirements. To address these challenges, Stanford Research Computing Center (SRCC) teamed up with Stanford’s School of Medicine and Google Cloud to fund, design, and launch

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 17, 2023

As an interdisciplinary research center, Stanford’s Center for Population Health Sciences (PHS) aims to improve the health of populations by bringing together researchers and data to understand and address social, environmental, behavioral, and biological factors on both a domestic and global scale. This entails making large-scale biomedical datasets available for research and analysis while keeping personal health information and electronic health records private and secure.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2023

It is possible to address Africa’s large and growing energy needs while simultaneously transitioning to sustainable energy production on the continent.

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Disaster Zone blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Electric-powered trucks are part of the equation.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2023

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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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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Disaster Zone blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

One of the best jobs in emergency management.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Reading about AI can feel like learning in reverse: The more you learn, the more you realize how much you don’t know. At the risk of making us all feel more confused than we already are, here is a quick dive into some AI basics (and maybe not-so-basics). What are the different types of AI programs? Here are definitions of the more popular forms of AI, with a focus on the intended purpose of each: Artificial general intelligence mimics basic human cognitive abilities, making it possible for it to

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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Recently, Maine became the 13 th state , plus the District of Columbia, to adopt legislation guaranteeing paid family and medical leave for residents. And with a wave of interest in supporting workers’ rights, it won’t be the last state or territory to adopt universal paid leave legislation. However, like the states that have preceded it, Maine’s Department of Labor, which will take the lead in implementation and administration of the program, will need to identify the path forward that will ens

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CRA Today

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Episode 80: CRA Tips: CRA Services Hours, Events, or Instances? What the What?!? [link] In a recent CRA fundamentals office hours session, we discussed current practices around community development services. One bank professional asked why, at her last bank, they counted the number of hours of qualified community development services, but at her current bank, they count both the number of occurrences and hours.

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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.

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CarahCast

OCTOBER 17, 2023

GovExec and Carahsoft co-hosted the annual GovForward FedRAMP Summit in Washington, D.C. to discuss the evolving threat landscape of federal cloud adoption. This event brings together government experts and industry innovators to examine the impact of threat-based cloud adoption, Federal policy changes and the power of knowledge sharing that drives technological advancements.

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GovCast

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the Department of Health and Human Services leads the nation’s medical and public health preparedness for all disasters and public health emergencies. After spending more than a decade at the Government Accountability Office, Brian Mazanec is taking on a new challenge as the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Director, Office of Security, Intelligence, and Information Management at ASPR.

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A Library Writer's Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

CFP URL: [link] CJAL Special Issue: Libraries and/as Extraction 2023-10-16 The concept of extraction (or extractivism) has been used in myriad disciplines — geography, international relations, environment, economics — often to describe social formations around natural resource management. However, we can also think about how extraction functions in academic libraries—with libraries being extracted from, or libraries doing the extracting—in how we see, for example, the growth of library consultin

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Organizations can realize significant benefits when migrating their enterprise resource planning (ERP) and student information systems (SIS) to Amazon Web Services (AWS), including reduced costs, fewer security incidents, and improved agility. Education institutions, though, face slightly different decision-making contexts when evaluating which cloud provider to use to host these applications.

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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.

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