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A Sacramento Homeless Encampment Won a Historic Lease From the City. Then It All Fell Apart.

Next City

Homeless and disability rights advocates saw it as a rare victory for Sacramento’s most vulnerable residents. The city called it a “failed experiment” — and swept the encampment.

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Everything is better as code: Using FinOps to manage cloud costs

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Turning cloud cost principles and policies into code thats integrated into the engineering process could generate almost $120 billion in value.

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5 Ways Local Officials Can Support the Early Childhood Workforce

NLC (National League of Cities)

Supporting the early childhood workforce is one of cities’ greatest opportunities for strengthening communities and driving economic growth in 2025.

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Residential solar: Down, not out

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Declines in residential solar markets have been a hit to the industrybut its foundation is strong.

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2025 Business Owner Survey: Guide for Cities, Counties, and State Agencies

The 2025 Business Owner Survey delivers key insights for cities, counties, and state agencies working to enhance online services. Top insights: 97% of business owners say digital access to government services is essential. Licensing and tax processes remain outdated, slowing efficiency and increasing administrative burdens. Younger entrepreneurs expect fully online, self-service options, signaling a need for modernization.

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Catalyzing Change: Building a Sustainable Economic Ecosystem

NLC (National League of Cities)

Co-authored by Bret Alexander Sweet, Economic Development Program Manager, City of Antioch and Gaby Seltzer, Economic Recovery Corps Fellow, City of Antioch Positioned among Northern Californias major cities of Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose and Stockton, and bordering a significant waterway, Antioch is the second-largest city in Contra Costa County, California.

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CEO imperatives in Asia’s new era

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

As the continents influence on the world stage grows, Asian companies have a unique opportunity to lead that progress. Heres how.

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With Cloud Storage Solutions, Law Enforcement Agencies Recall Vital Data Upon Demand

State Tech Magazine

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriffs Office has brought on more than 400 body-worn cameras and installed 250 Getac cameras in vehicles, and they all generate a significant amount of data. When it pertains to a legal matter, this data may need to be retained indefinitely. To efficiently manage the information, the Louisiana law enforcement agency uses tools such as Getacs cloud-based digital evidence management system and Cloudians HyperStore S3-compatible object storage solution.

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How startups PointHealth AI and Protege transform health treatment recommendations with AI on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

In todays healthcare system, doctors often face a difficult question: how can they make the best treatment decisions without the full picture? Key datapointslike patterns in treatment histories and outcomes across patient demographicsare often difficult to procure. Without a way to obtain this information, doctors risk recommending less effective treatments, leading to repeat visits, higher healthcare costs, and missed opportunities to improve patient care.

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Discover How a Library’s Innovative Campaign Skyrocketed Web Visits!🚀

Super Library Marketing

Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library Kelly Rembert grew up in rural Wisconsin but went to Detroit after college. Growing up, I visited the library regularly but never thought of working there, confesses Kelly. I loved the books and looking at the displays. In college, I studied journalism and German.” “After college, I was working as a secretary at a bank which wasn’t for me – and read an article about how a bunch of librarians would be hitting re

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Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit now available on AWS Artifact

AWS Public Sector Blog

Higher education institutions are required to meet a variety of stringent compliance standards when building and hosting applications for student and employee use. These requirements include protection of student records in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), ensuring user accessibility as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

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Municipal Maintenance Guide: Inspections

Get this municipal maintenance guide that provides municipalities with a detailed and structured approach to maintaining city infrastructure. This guide outlines systematic inspection procedures and best practices, ensuring the safety, longevity, and operational efficiency of municipal assets. From roadways and bridges to public buildings and utilities, the guide covers all aspects of municipal maintenance.

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WEST 2025: 4 Takeaways About the Navy’s Priorities

FedTech Magazine

The Navy is moving on from its 15- to 20-year-old IT systems, and only adding new ones when theres a warfighting need, to shrink its attack surface, according to its CIO. Speaking at WEST 2025 in San Diego on Tuesday, Jane Rathbun said the Navy is leaning into the amazing cloud platforms it has already built, such as Flank Speed Azure. Buy and build once, use often, has become the Navys tagline as it focuses on cattle driving, the process of ridding the branch of technical debt and moving to a n

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SHORTCOMINGS OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE

Barrett & Greene

As anyone who has been reading our work in the past knows, were strong believers in making sure that theres ample use of evidence when states and localities decide to take one policy or programmatic turn or another. Despite our faith in the value of evidence-based practices, its become clear to us that this is a case where, as Greek fable writer Aesop put it Too much of a good thing can be bad.

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Samsung’s Secure Mobile Solutions Enhance Agencies With Seamless Connectivity

FedTech Magazine

Samsung mobile devices offer the always-on connectivity that first responders, law enforcement and frontline agents need to achieve their missions. With DeX in Vehicle, workers in the field can access applications with a PC-like experience, but without the bulky laptop, by connecting their Galaxy phones or tablets to in-vehicle mounts, monitors and keyboard setups.

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CFP: Core Forum 2025 (Denver, Colorado - November 12-14, 2025)

A Library Writer's Blog

Join Core Forum 2025 at the Denver Hilton City Center for an incredible opportunity to celebrate the diverse and interconnected library work of you, our Core members. From November 12-14, 2025 well engage the collective expertise of presenters and participants, facilitating thought-provoking conversations over two days of presentations, table-top exhibits, and poster sessions.

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How Breckenridge, CO Ensures Tax & Licensing Compliance

Breckenridge’s short-term rental boom—over 4,200 licenses —put intense pressure on the town’s small staff and manual processes. Facing compliance and efficiency challenges, the town teamed up with GovOS to automate its STR licensing. The new system: Cut admin time Reduced errors Improved the experience for property owners and town staff Discover the full impact of automation on Breckenridge’s STR management—download the case study.

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UK’s new cyber security Code of Practice to protect AI use

Open Access Government - Technology News

The UK Government is introducing a Code of Practice to protect Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems from cyber threats This Code of Practice will ensure that AI can safely contribute to the UK’s digital economy as it increasingly relies on technology to drive innovation. After this new practice has successfully shown its ability, it is expected to become a new standard globally and will play an important role in protecting AI from cyberattacks.

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HubbleIQ bridges the digital divide with generative AI-powered IT support

AWS Public Sector Blog

Digital connection is at the heart of public sector services: students connect to online resources or log into digital classrooms; clinicians use critical apps to provide patient care in large, sporadically connected hospital systems; and government organizations must mitigate downtime risks and provide timely support for citizens. But when connectivity and other tech issues arise, the typical response is to file an IT ticketand wait.

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Policy & Politics Highlights collection on Democratic Innovations: free to access from 1 February – 30 April 2025

Policy & Politics Journal blog

by Sarah Brown and Allegra Fullerton Welcome to our first themed collection of 2025, featuring our most popular, recent research published in Policy & Politics! Our first collection centres around themes of Democracy.

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A great example of the Growth Machine in action: Stephen Ross in Palm Beach County, Florida

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Stephen Ross is a rich guy. He was a founder of Related Companies, a development firm active in many markets, including NYC's Hudson Yards, although the company started by feeding at the government teat, in affordable housing. He owns the Miami Dolphins. He's friends with Trump. He went to the University of Michigan, and made a big donation to the business school, which is renamed in his honor.

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Municipal Maintenance: Ready, Set, Inspect!

Speaker: Noratek

Maintaining municipal operations is no small task, especially when budgets are tight and public expectations are high. In this webinar, we’ll explore how local governments can streamline their maintenance operations while ensuring safety, compliance, and efficiency. What You’ll Gain: Proven strategies for effective inspection management Insight into leveraging digital tools Practical tips for addressing common maintenance challenges Examples of municipalities that have achieved success.

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African American History Month and Transportation: February 4th | Transit Equity Day

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Janis Scott smiles as the Route 68 bus leaves her on the Texas Southern University campus while on her way to an exhibit at the University Museum on Feb. 2, 2012, in Houston. Scott, familiar to many Houston residents as the "bus lady," died Monday, Dec. 9, in Houston. Photo: Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle The battles over transportation access were central to the Civil Rights movement.