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Women’s History Month: Spotlighting Women in Local Government

NLC (National League of Cities)

Welcome to Women’s History Month 2023! Each March, the National League of Cities collectively embarks on a monthlong celebration of women’s history, magnifying and uplifting the phenomenal accomplishments and historical contributions made by women throughout the nation.

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What is central bank digital currency (CBDC)?

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

CBDCs are digital currencies issued by central banks. Their value is linked to the issuing country’s official currency. McKinsey Explainers Banking

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3 Ways to Celebrate Being a Grant Professional

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

One of the things I love about the grant profession so much is the diversity of backgrounds that bring people to the field of writing grants. If you talk to five different grant writers/grant professionals, you will hear five different stories of the paths that brought them to the work they do today.

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El Paso’s Black History Is Often Forgotten. A Museum Exhibit Is Keeping Those Stories Alive.

Next City

Today, just 4% of El Paso's residents are Black. But the city once had a Black Wall Street, a Black sorority and thriving black business districts

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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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How to build future-facing ERP

GCN

Thoroughly understanding the limitations of the legacy platform and mapping out the business case for replacing an enterprise resource planning system will help agencies build for the future instead of reconstructing the past. Cloud & Infrastructure

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Private-public collaboration and data visibility necessary to fight cloud attacks

Open Access Government - Technology News

As the number of cyber attacks on cloud platforms and applications increases, organisations need more collaboration and data visibility Last year, the share of corporate data stored in the cloud reached over 60% , with over nine in ten companies using cloud services.

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The AI-native telco: Radical transformation to thrive in turbulent times

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Artificial intelligence, when deployed at scale, can help telcos protect core revenues and drive margin growth. But capturing this opportunity will require a wholly different approach. Our Insights Telecommunications Artificial Intelligence Digital strategy and organization

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White House pitches $1.6B in anti-fraud funding

GCN

The anti-fraud proposal includes funds to modernize state governments’ benefits systems, identity verification and data analytics capabilities. Cloud & Infrastructure

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How Roanoke Became a Healthy Housing Change Agent

NLC (National League of Cities)

Measuring the success and efficacy of health-promoting policies can be difficult given the challenging nature of structural change. Oftentimes, most are unaware of just how much time and effort goes into shaping these outcomes.

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How to Generate Compelling Grant Proposals with AI-powered ChatGPT

Grant Writing Made Easy

Last week I wrote an entire grant for one of my Grant Writing Made Easy students in just one hour. All I had to build this grant upon was one sentence from the student on what the nonprofit is called, where it’s located, and what its mission is.

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Library Reveals Inner Secrets of Award-Winning Marketing Campaigns… Now You Can Replicate Them!

Super Library Marketing

Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library A woman in a blue shirt walks dejectedly through the library, head down, shoulders hunched. She waves at patrons coming in and out of the building, but no one notices.

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Drone cybersecurity assessment program launches

GCN

The certification of commercial drones will help governments ensure the devices meet supply chain cybersecurity requirements. Cybersecurity

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New Guide on Reducing Racial Wealth Inequities Lays the Foundation for City Action

NLC (National League of Cities)

A new report by the National League of Cities, Municipal Strategies to Narrow the Racial Wealth Divide, is available to help city leaders’ understand how to approach and design impactful strategies to reduce the racial wealth divide, as a complement to existing tools within the field. Source

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User-centred cyber security for local government

Open Access Government - Technology News

Arnie Armstrong, Cyber Security Principal at Made Tech , explains why a user-centred cyber security approach is vital to local government We often hear that the biggest cyber security vulnerability in any organisation is its own employees, but is this really the case?

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The EU digital strategy: The impact of data privacy on global business

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

New data regulations from the European Union require organizational attention, and three key steps can help navigate the data privacy landscape. Risk & Resilience Insights Europe Digital Risk Management

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Dig into feedback on digital services, experts advise

GCN

Whether from staff or residents, feedback can help agencies spot pain points and improve user experience. Cloud & Infrastructure

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Republic of Armenia’s Ministry of High-Tech Industry and AWS sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

AWS Public Sector Blog

The Republic of Armenia’s Ministry of High-Tech Industry and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of modernizing the technological infrastructure of the state and accelerating the adoption of cloud services in the public and the private sector of Armenia.

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Agencies Embrace Modern Workspace Management for Distributed Workforces

State Tech Magazine

In Massachusetts, a new comprehensive workspace management program has streamlined the deployment of computing devices to state employees, removing IT staff from the process entirely. It has been key in supporting the commonwealth’s move to remote and hybrid work. “We’ve

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Treating rare diseases: How digital technologies can drive innovation

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Pharmaceutical companies are using recent advances in digital technologies to improve care strategies and provide hope for rare disease patients across thousands of different rare diseases. Insights on Life Sciences Health Care Health care services

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Workforce gaps could impact zero trust roll out

GCN

The cyber-cloud skills shortfall in state government could slow down zero trust implementation, but there are ways to reduce the deficit. Cybersecurity

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The Rising Threat of Domestic Terrorism in the U.S. and Federal Efforts to Combat It

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

Domestic terrorism is on the rise. Several attacks have been widely reported in the last few years. For example, in May 2022, a racially-motivated individual shot and killed 10 people in Buffalo, New York. A 2018 attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue left

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What @sog_ced is reading online: February 2023

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. Follow us on twitter or facebook to receive regular updates.

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Author Talks: Sally Helgesen shares tools for achieving workplace inclusion

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Leadership coach Sally Helgesen breaks down the “how” of inclusive communication, and the simple method she uses to assess workplace culture. McKinsey on Books Women & Leadership

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Southern states have the most open cyber exposures, report finds

GCN

The 14 states in that region have more than 100,000 vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and data leaks that all must be addressed to prevent attacks, researchers found. Cybersecurity

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Federal Agencies Ramp Up Their Cyber Hiring Efforts

FedTech Magazine

Experts are worried about the future of the federal cyber workforce. There are “significant gaps,” especially in recruiting and retaining younger cyber professionals, says Michelle Amante, vice president of federal workforce programs at the Partnership for Public Service.

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Should you hire a contract grant writer?

Professional Grant Writer

Nonprofits large and small often find it beneficial to hire a contract grant writer, someone outside the organization. It can save money and. The post Should you hire a contract grant writer? appeared first on Professional Grant Writer.

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Building innovation ecosystems: Accelerating tech hub growth

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Innovation ecosystems can generate economic, financial, and social benefits for all, and there’s new federal funding to build them. A six-step playbook could help leaders get them right. Public & Social Sector Insights Public & Social Sector Public Sector Social Sector Digital Innovation

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Texas Public Safety agency sent at least 3,000 driver’s licenses to organized crime group targeting Asian Texans

GCN

A Chinese crime operation bypassed the password clues of Texas.gov by using stolen identity information to fraudulently obtain replacement driver’s licenses. Cybersecurity

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RMCS23: DOD Looks to Adopt Zero-Trust Security Architectures Faster

FedTech Magazine

The Department of Defense isn’t migrating to the cloud fast enough, nor is it spending money on the right security frameworks and capabilities to alter the terrain of cyberspace to its advantage, retired Air Force Maj. Earl Matthews noted Wednesday.

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Is It Possible to Submit the Same Proposal to Multiple Funders?

Peak Proposals

If you are wondering if it is a viable strategy to write one proposal and submit it as-is to multiple funders, the basic answer is no, it’s not advisable. There are some limited exceptions, which we get into later, but that’s the general rule. Writing a proposal and sharing it with multiple donors via email usually doesn’t lead to success for several reasons.

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How three global companies navigate geopolitical risk to build resilience

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Top executives at Google, Intel, and Pfizer spoke with McKinsey’s Ziad Haider about the risks that their companies have faced and anticipate facing in 2023. Risk & Resilience Insights Risk Management

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Work with what you’ve got: Accelerating zero trust deployments

GCN

COMMENTARY | Because zero trust is founded on cybersecurity tenets like segmentation and identity management, state and local governments can adopt the strategy quickly and effectively. Cybersecurity

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The Secret To Tell Compelling and Memorable Stories About Your Library That Make People Cry!

Super Library Marketing

Watch this video The #LibraryMarketing Show, Episode 179: There are a series of Facebook ads that I have actually watched in their entirety… something I have NEVER done before. So what does this have to do with you?

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