Next City
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Invisible but essential to the global recycling industry, the cardboard collectors of Miami-Dade earn a living by breaking down each piece of cardboard by hand, with no guaranteed income or labor protections.
Open Access Government - Technology News
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Following COP27, nature tech – ranging from drones planting trees to AI software managing rainforests – presents a greater market opportunity. Nature4Climate and Capital for Climate released a landscape analysis report looking at profitable solutions to the climate crisis during COP27, predicting ‘nature tech’ to increase in investment by $6 billion by just 2030.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Digital design and product development can provide new ways to solve complex problems. Getting implementation right means thoughtfully translating big ideas into boots on the ground.
GCN
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
What’s the expected usage for rural EV charging stations? A new data platform lets transportation managers predict energy savings for mobility programs from shared program data.
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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.
State Tech Magazine
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Eighty percent of the cybersecurity grants soon to be awarded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will go to local governments.
GCN
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
For agencies that use automated systems to inform decisions about schools, social services and medical treatment, it’s imperative that they’re using technology that protects data.
Public Administration Today brings together the best content for professionals in the public administration field from the widest variety of thought leaders.
Social Pinpoint
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
It’s essential that we build consensus throughout the community engagement process, especially when the project is new or controversial. We've wrapped up three methods you can adopt today. The post How to Build Community Consensus Throughout the Engagement Process appeared first on Social Pinpoint - A Place to Engage Your Community.
AWS Public Sector Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
COVID-19 brought into focus the tremendous challenge of healthcare workforce development and retention. The World Health Organization called the level of anxiety, stress, and depression among health and care workers a “pandemic within a pandemic.”. In the US, the surgeon general highlighted health worker burnout as an urgent challenge, and the picture is similar across the world.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
North America has the potential to provide affordable natural gas that could address energy security and help decarbonization—here’s what it will take to do so.
Super Library Marketing
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Watch now. The Library Marketing???????? Show, Episode 167: This episode is a must-see for any library that posts on Twitter. Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform has put accounts at risk. I’ll explain the threat and the four steps your library can take right now to reduce the chances your library’s account will be cloned or hacked.
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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
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Our US State of the States benchmark provides insights for newly elected and second-term administrations on how to deliver better services, operate more effectively, and win back public trust.
GAO (US Government Accountability Office)
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Flying during the last few holiday seasons hasn’t been anyone’s idea of fun. Along with the usual hustle and bustle of crowded airports and luggage mishaps, passengers had to deal with COVID-related flight delays and cancellations, health concerns.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Many people think that hunger and climate change happen to poor people in faraway countries and won’t affect them, says a leading food systems expert. “But that is a naïve perception of the world.”.
Microsoft Public Sector
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Rules Engine - A common design pattern for flexible, advanced workflow solutions. Do you have an advanced automation scenario that you fear will take a great deal of effort to build out every scenario only to then have the end users have changes to the requirements? Do you think the phrase "rules engine" sounds interesting? Are you convinced Power Platform won't be able to handle your legacy implementation due to complexity?
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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.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
As innovation accelerates within the space sector, companies may benefit by taking a disruptor’s mindset to accessing and deploying capital.
GovLoop
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
No matter what differences there are in our daily responsibilities, there’s a few things we all do that require some serious “adulting.” One of those is establishing or renewing our health insurance plan. Few people understand the details in full, and we may have to make a choice that we’re not altogether sure about. Maggie Martel, Enrollment and Member Support, Healthcare and Insurance in the Office of Personnel Management offered some guidance for navigating open season.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
The global life insurance industry is facing an inflection point. A fundamental reimagination will usher in significant change.
AWS Public Sector Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
State and local tax agencies process millions of tax filings and collect billions of tax dollars annually to support essential public services in health, safety, and education, as well as critical infrastructure such as roads and utilities. Despite the central role of tax agencies in supporting state economies and local communities, many are challenged with legacy systems that lack flexibility and functionality.
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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.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
In the second article in our series about the inflation challenges within the defense industry, we discuss how a cross-functional outlook can help companies develop the most effective strategies for managing inflation.
Social Pinpoint
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Building community consensus goes hand in hand with increasing your social capital and your overall social license. However, more and more organizations are discovering that social license to operate is becoming more important to obtain and harder to gain. Social license is an informal license granted to an organization by the stakeholders who may be affected by its activities.
Barrett & Greene
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
After 23 years in government John Eller, the director of Social Services in Mecklenburg County, will leave his government job in mid-December. A lot of changes have occurred in his years in county government, and he has a wide variety of predictions, concerns and counsel for the changes that public health and human service agencies like his will face in future years.
GCN
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
A few states are testing induction road-charging networks to power electric vehicles as they're driving using coils embedded in the pavement.
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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
The Lowe Down
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Article by Meghna Pamula. Although democracy has greatly expanded globally over the past few decades, democratic backsliding has been a topic of concern over recent years. Democratic backsliding is the state-led debilitation or elimination of the institutions sustaining democracy. Democracy is made up of factors such as voting rights, freedom of the governed, and minority rights.
GCN
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
A new medical research hub in Maryland will use artificial intelligence, virtual reality and other emerging technologies to improve health care training, treatment and research.
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