NLC (National League of Cities)
MAY 22, 2023
Written with support from Candace Hanson (Canopy Mental Health & Consulting) and Gina Obiri (City of Minneapolis Department of Performance Management and Innovation). A Shift Toward Appropriate Response In cities across the country, police, fire and EMS have historically been the first responders to almost all calls for service.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MAY 22, 2023
The glow of the beauty industry has proved hard to resist, attracting many new companies and investors. Brands must make differentiating choices to find success in this shifting and increasingly competitive landscape.
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GCN
MAY 22, 2023
Complex systems like digital twins pose both technical and adaptive challenges, so communities must ensure they have both the right technology and the people with skills to use and maintain them, a new IDC report advises.
State Tech Magazine
MAY 22, 2023
When cities today deploy video camera units in various locations, they are establishing the biggest edge-computing environment possible. Modern video cameras contain a great deal of analytics power, meaning that they not only store but process data in their location. The number of intelligent devices available for placement around municipalities by local governments only continues to grow.
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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
MAY 22, 2023
The ability to accurately identify hazardous materials at the scene provides public safety officials with enhanced personal safety, controls public risk and delivers actionable onsite intelligence.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MAY 22, 2023
The results of a survey from the McKinsey Health Institute shed light on the health perceptions and priorities of people aged 55 and older.
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Open Access Government - Technology News
MAY 22, 2023
Chris Bishop, Sales Director APAC & Marketing Director at Ipsotek, discusses why AI in hospitals is so important for our safety, security and surveillance Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovations have become commonplace over the past few years, and now AI in hospitals is finally taking off. Gone are the days when AI solutions only existed in sci-fi movies and books.
Google Public Sector
MAY 22, 2023
A couple of years ago, Rayshun Holt, who works with Beacon of Hope in Cincinnati, Ohio, taught people newly released from correctional facilities the basics of using and navigating a computer so they could find jobs. (Beacon of Hope is an organization that helps people with criminal records find meaningful work, which has historically been a challenge).
FedTech Magazine
MAY 22, 2023
Federal IT teams moving to a zero-trust security architecture are usually focused on applications and infrastructure, but leaving end users out of the equation is a mistake. Here are five questions end users might ask, and how to answer them. 1. Why Agencies are Moving to a Zero-Trust Security Model? The 2021executive order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity mandates federal adoption of zero trust — but agencies aren’t doing it just because they have to.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MAY 22, 2023
But doing so will require the industry to step up.
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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.
GCN
MAY 22, 2023
Experiential learning combined with an emphasis on how chips can solve vital national security problems can help ease an expected worker shortage, one expert said.
Microsoft Public Sector
MAY 22, 2023
Can I get access to the recording of this event? interested in GCC viva learning employee roll out. thanks!
Disaster Zone blog
MAY 22, 2023
No hard line for the river decision, but.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MAY 22, 2023
With record high margins in 2022 pushing toward increasing market tightness, volatility, and potential long-term challenges, players can use this time as an opportunity to become more resilient.
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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.
Open Access Government - Technology News
MAY 22, 2023
AI is making it harder to differentiate between real journalism and fake news. How will the relationship between AI and journalism affect the ways we consume information? The advanced capabilities of Artificial intelligence are only adding to the continued concern around misinformation, especially when we address the growing relationship between AI and journalism.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MAY 22, 2023
External shocks and uncertainty are the new normal for businesses. To build lasting resilience, organizations can start by reviewing how healthy they are.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MAY 22, 2023
In line before the concert, " Taylor Swift and 69,000 of Her Closest Friends Descend on Philadelphia ," Philadelphia Magazine. According to the urbanism blog Billy Penn (" Taylor Swift’s tour stop was a boom weekend for Philly, with hotel rooms nearly selling out — at $450 a night "), Taylor Swift's concert contributed to a hotel booking rate of over 90% in Philadelphia's Center City, and a significant increase in pricing.
GovLoop
MAY 22, 2023
The Problem: Need for reliable, real-time data Agencies often lack reliable, real-time data that would expose the extent of a problem and suggest possible solutions. And when the issue is early childcare in a big city like Chicago, the demographic at risk is young and vulnerable, and misdirected efforts can have lifelong consequences. There are 175,000 Chicago children in “early childhood,” a category that ranges from prenatal to age 5.
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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.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MAY 22, 2023
I am on the board of an independent park in Salt Lake City, well not that independent, as it is jointly owned by the city and county, but the land trust format means that the park has an opportunity for citizen oversight and input that is greater than the typical park. It's comparable to parks conservancies which usually are independent organizations that have a contract with a city or county to run a park, comparable to a business improvement district.
GovLoop
MAY 22, 2023
Software developers and malicious actors both love cloud-native applications, but for very different reasons. Developers understand the many benefits of using cloud-native applications, including architecture, agility, flexibility and scalability. Nefarious actors are increasingly exploiting the fact that traditional security solutions aren’t equipped to manage the growing threat landscape in cloud-native environments, especially with technologies such as containers, Kubernetes, functions and pi
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MAY 22, 2023
Also see: -- " Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Platform Framework ," 2018 There's been a lot of reporting of late on communities reducing parking requirements, and a new book by Henry Grabar (" Book Review: 'Paved Paradise,' by Henry Grabar ," New York Times). But Donald Shoup's High Cost of Free Parking was published in 2005. Seattle eliminated parking minimums in its Downtown in the late 1980s, and extended this concept to transit station areas and neighborhood commercial districts
Princeton Public Library
MAY 22, 2023
Song and poetry are siblings, both undoing our familiarity with language. One of my favorite bands, Sunset Rollercoaster is a Taiwanese indie pop band that writes dreamy songs in English instead of the band members’ native Mandarin.
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Discover comprehensive strategies for optimizing operations and achieving cost efficiency! This document offers insights into efficient inspections, data-driven decision-making, goal alignment, and resource optimization. It empowers local governments and maintenance departments to streamline operations and ensure significant cost savings. From aligning maintenance goals with community needs to leveraging data for strategic planning, this guide provides a roadmap for smoother, more reliable opera
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MAY 22, 2023
Story from WPXI-TV. Speaking of May being National Historic Preservation Month. Transportation agencies aren't set up to manage transportation infrastructure in terms of its importance to urban design and placemaking and history and interpretation.
The Whistle Post
MAY 22, 2023
Federal funding will help close nursing shortage in Connecticut [HARTFORD, CT] – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Jim Himes (D-CT) announced $2,997,368 million in federal funding for The WorkPlace in Bridgeport to train nurses and create equitable opportunities for frontline healthcare professionals.
Microsoft Public Sector
MAY 22, 2023
Newsworthy Highlights What’s new in Microsoft 365 Government – April 2023 We’re excited to announce several new products and services that have been delivered to our Microsoft 365 Government clouds in recent months and peek at what’s coming soon. There’s a lot of innovative products accelerating interest in Microsoft 365, and we continue our commitment to deliver the new product value, services, and features to our US Government cloud environments (GCC, GCC High, and DOD).
Partnership for Public Service
MAY 22, 2023
Last month, the White House issued a proclamation that established May as Mental Health Awareness Month. Since 2022, the Biden Administration has increased funding and support to address the national mental health crisis, highlighting it as a pillar within the Unity Agenda announced in his State of the Union address. Yet while federal agencies maintain and deliver mental health services for the public, they are also turning inward, kickstarting efforts to support public servants.
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This comprehensive article delves into the transformative trends reshaping local government facility maintenance in anticipation of 2024. From embracing smart technology for efficient management, sustainability's pivotal role to data-driven decision-making, workforce upskilling, and predictive maintenance strategies, each aspect is explored. Insights into outsourcing collaborations, digital twins, safety enhancements, and the broader industry evolution highlight the critical adaptation needed.
GCN
MAY 22, 2023
The proposal, known as the DATA Act, grew out of a report commissioned by the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute.
AWS Public Sector Blog
MAY 22, 2023
Public health agencies are looking to modernize their infrastructure to make sure that their health solutions can scale equitably and reliably in any situation. Many governmental public health agencies across the US look to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its culture of innovation and the AWS Partner Network to help them innovate quickly. The AWS Public Health Team helps these agencies envision an ideal solution through its Working Backwards process , which works backwards from the end customer’s
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