What does policymaking look like?
Paul Cairney
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
This post first appeared on the UK Public Policy Design blog. See also: 5 images of the policy process and more discussion of the turtle image.
Paul Cairney
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
This post first appeared on the UK Public Policy Design blog. See also: 5 images of the policy process and more discussion of the turtle image.
GCN
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
A pilot program in Oregon’s Willamette Valley will test how well artificial intelligence-enabled sensors can identify and characterize wildfires, which will help with responder resource allocation and boost community resilience.
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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
The relatively stable auto-financing market appears poised for change as strong demand draws the attention of a broad range of attackers.
Summer Camp Programming
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
SHOW NOTES The guys will be at the ACA conference in Orlando next week. They talk about the sessions they may attend, their session (and possible giveaways), and what they’ll be doing for fun around Orlando. HOSTS CURT JACKSON CHRIS KALLAL The post SCP 182: The ACA National Conference is Next Week! appeared first on Summer Camp Programming.
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In a rapidly evolving landscape, the integration of digital software into Public Works teams has become imperative. This shift presents an opportunity to transcend traditional approaches, unlocking new levels of efficiency, cost savings, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This eBook offers comprehensive strategies to navigate this transformation.
Next City
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The Baltimore & Potomac Tunnel replacement project would run through a Black community that had already been divided by a highway. Here’s how the city carried out an effective public engagement process.
Disaster Zone blog
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
More than just the FEMA teams identified in an earlier post.
Public Administration Today brings together the best content for professionals in the public administration field from the widest variety of thought leaders.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Commercial aviation faces its most uncertain future in decades. COVID-depressed demand is now resurging, but there are many uncertainties and challenges for operators and manufacturers to manage.
NLC (National League of Cities)
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Since President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law over one year ago, his Administration has hit the ground running to deliver investments that change people’s lives for the better and get America moving again. Already, over $195 billion has been announced and is headed to states, Tribes, territories, and local governments.
State Tech Magazine
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
In recent years, ransomware attacks have become a growing threat to city, state and local government agencies and organizations. Attackers have made headlines for major disruptions in states across the country, including Florida, Georgia, Maryland and Texas. These crippling attacks are not new, however, and as the attack surface continues to expand, bad actors are getting smarter, quicker and more sophisticated.
Center for Community Progress
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Two years ago, Missouri State House Representative Kevin Windham began asking questions to try to understand why there were so many vacant and abandoned properties in the communities he represented in suburban St. Louis County, Missouri. Who owned these properties? Why were they concentrated in majority Black neighborhoods? Why didn’t someone just buy them and fix them up?
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Digital transformation is reshaping government interactions, bringing agencies closer to the communities they serve. However, while many have adopted new digital tools, few have implemented comprehensive strategies to maximize their benefits. Our Strategic Workbook for Modern Government offers a step-by-step guide to developing a sustainable digital strategy.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
In today’s interconnected business environment, companies won’t be able to solve problems effectively without encouraging “contributory dissent”—a healthy approach to gathering diverse perspectives that should be taught to team members, modeled by leaders, and supported by culture.
NLC (National League of Cities)
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
On February 14, the U.S. Department of Treasury notified all State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds grantees that the contact center many small and rural cities, towns and villages rely on for guidance will re-open on February 21, 2023. The contact center previously shut down in October 2022.
State Tech Magazine
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
In North Dakota, CISO Michael Gregg is running a security operations center that benefits his state and local government agency partners in several ways. Agencies often have trouble hiring qualified cybersecurity staff, Gregg says. By manning a highly capable security operations center, Gregg relieves his North Dakota peers of that challenge. The centralized North Dakota SOC also provides highly effective managed services for state and local agencies.
DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
If you listen to the Fundraising HayDay podcast or know me some other way, you will quickly learn that I am an EXTRA extrovert. People are my passion, my jam, my lifeblood. As far as I am concerned, friends and quality relationships make the world go round. Trust me, if we know each other, we are probably friends. If we aren’t yet, just give it time.
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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
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Simply put, productivity measures the amount of value created for each hour that is worked in a society.
NLC (National League of Cities)
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Cities and city leaders have long been at the frontlines of addressing homelessness. As difficult as the challenge can often seem, homelessness is not inescapable. From Bakersfield/Kern County, CA to Chattanooga, TN, communities have shown that it’s possible to build and refine systems that ensure the experience of homelessness is rare and brief.
State Tech Magazine
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Chattanooga, Tenn. plans to stand up 86 new smart intersections downtown between 2023 and 2024 to create the largest Internet of Things network of its kind and pave the way for electric vehicles. Together, the “living laboratory” of intersections, equipped with light detection and ranging sensors leveraging 3D-perception software, will be able to detect, track, and predict vehicle and pedestrian movements without invading privacy.
AWS Public Sector Blog
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) relies on modern military applications that are data-heavy and depend on low latency to enable critical communications and coordination in the field. Accessing, processing, and sharing data at the tactical edge has become increasingly essential to mission success – whether the mission is a large-scale military operation, crisis response effort, or coordinating the transportation of critical supplies and troops.
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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
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
With metals demand ramping up rapidly in the face of the energy transition, new processing technologies can help meet the supply shortfall from existing operations.
FedTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The American Federation of Government Employees and the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently signed a new collective bargaining agreement that will expand telework and remote work options in an effort to find new ways to achieve efficiency and work-life balance. AFGE says that the agreement came as a result of lessons learned from lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
State Tech Magazine
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
With smaller technology teams and modest budgets, state and local governments face a never-ending battle when it comes to IT modernization. According to NASCIO, legacy modernization is a top priority for state IT leaders in 2023, trailing only concerns about cybersecurity, digital government and the workforce. Also, 48 percent of state IT leaders indicate that the majority of their applications need to be modernized.
Microsoft Public Sector
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Odds are, if you are impacted by the C ybersecurity Maturity Model Certification ( CMMC) mandates, you already know it. Odds are, if you are reading this post, you are doing research because you are impacted by the mandates. If you are impacted by the mandates, this post is for you. This post is to give you ideas that [we hope] help you on your compliance journey.
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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
A well-managed, motivated, and trained workforce has been a core driver for productivity and safety in mining; an unprecedented skills shortage in the mining industry is elevating talent to the top of miners’ agendas.
Grants4Good
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Whether you are a grant professional, grant writer, or you work with one, have you ever wondered about ethics? Sure, there’s the rare story about the grant writer impersonator who gets paid by the nonprofit and claims they submitted and received state grant awards, only to pocket the money. It’s real and it happened just […] The post Are Grant Professionals Ethical?
FedTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
A joint inquiry by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology into a Russian hacking team’s attempts to target at least three of the Department of Energy’s National Laboratories serves as a reminder that spear-phishing campaigns remain an ever-present threat to agencies. By Feb. 16, the committees are seeking documents and communications between the DOE; the Brookhaven, Argonne and Lawrence Livermore national labs; and any other l
GovLoop
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Data resilience is critical to smooth operations at your agency. If any of the following applies to data at your agency, you’re at risk and vulnerable to cyber attackers: Data is spread out across different systems and applications Security practices are inadequate or not properly updated Staffing and resources are lacking to properly manage the data You’ll also be behind the curve when it comes to recovering that data and getting your services back online for your constituents after a securit
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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.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Global supply chains have been under enormous pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine crisis. In the wind and solar sectors, these pressures are compounded by industry-specific challenges.
NLC (National League of Cities)
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Since President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law over one year ago, his Administration has hit the ground running to deliver investments that change people’s lives for the better and get America moving again. Already, over $195 billion has been announced and is headed to states, Tribes, territories, and local governments.
GCN
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
COMMENTARY | By clarifying crypto tax requirements and thinking longer term about blockchain use cases, states can be ready for the distributed, decentralized internet.
FedTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
In December, the National Security Agency’s Enduring Security Framework (ESF) partners, along with experts from the NSA and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, released their assessment of threats associated with 5G network slicing. Network slicing involves dividing a physical network into multiple virtual networks to support a variety of use cases.
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