AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

For the unhoused, being ‘document ready’ is essential to avoid delays or denial of access to benefits and services they need. They aimed to provide every person coming through their doors access to their own documents no matter where they went. As one client discovered, you never know when a key document is needed at a critical moment.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JUNE 20, 2023

In today’s technologically advanced businesses, ensuring the security of information is paramount. By withholding biometric data such as fingerprints , facial features, iris patterns, or even voice recognition, companies can establish an advanced and highly secure system that offers numerous benefits over conventional access control methods.

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Super Library Marketing

MARCH 25, 2024

We frequently collaborate with the Public Programs, Adult Education, and Exhibitions departments to develop marketing strategies specific to each team’s needs.” “I Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library Growing up in Columbia, Missouri, Lili Pangborn visited her local library nearly every day after school.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Picture somebody having a key in a big hotel or apartment building that allows you to enter your private door where you keep your private stuff and data. And you have somebody that manages those keys. And if that is not there, if the concierge is gone, if that part of the building is burned down, you have a problem.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 17, 2023

For the last few years, the concept of the "15 minute city" has been touted, the idea that you can meet most of your needs in a 15 minute walkshed--a radius of about three quarters of a mile (" How '15-minute cities' will change the way we socialise ," BBC). Sure you could have corner stores. per gallon, when it's about $3.50

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GovLoop

JANUARY 22, 2024

What have you learned about keeping up with evolving technology? At one point, a main selling point was that it allowed you to pay for only what you used. What have you learned about creating an environment where employees feel like they belong? I think in the public sector you have to be a little more flexible. “I

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 27, 2023

How can we use IoT data to improve social care and housing to protect the elderly and vulnerable people? People are living longer, prompting an urgent need for greater levels of social care, including residential care, to protect the elderly and vulnerable members of society. © Katie Nesling So, what is the solution?

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 16, 2023

Here, Mike Taylor, Senior Accessibility Analyst, Comms and Training Manager from the Digital Accessibility Centre explores When did you last use artificial intelligence (AI), and for what? Was it to ask Siri about the weather, ask Alexa to make a purchase on your shopping list, or Chat GPT to write you an article?

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Super Library Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2023

You are so dang busy. But you must do it because it’s necessary and because the results always reveal something important. But you must do it because it’s necessary and because the results always reveal something important. Without data analysis, you are blind to the trends that emerge in your community’s behavior.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Pause for a moment and consider this truth: Black history is just as much the rich legacy and triumphs of the trailblazers who came before us as it is the talented yet overlooked and undervalued Black colleagues you work alongside. I’ve outlined a few examples for you to skim now and really sit with. But what happens after February?

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Let's Talk Parks

JUNE 22, 2020

One blessing the COVID-19 pandemic has given the field of Parks and Recreation is opening the door to new ideas and ways of thinking. I think this is a point where we need to take a look at how our agencies are supporting us during this time. You might be better suited for a different position entirely.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The need for nonprofit start-up funding is huge, and today’s post is your guide to finding it. Because, after all, the goal isn’t just to get the money to get going, it’s to have the stability to keep the doors open for years to come.). You can simply Google “[city name] community foundation,” and something will come up.

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GovLoop

MAY 25, 2023

Time is a precious commodity, and you want to make the most of it, both in your personal and professional life. What does time management mean to you? It means thinking strategically and more high-level, so you see the needle move in the direction it needs to. How can you draw effective boundaries?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 27, 2024

The businesses described as opening have social and justice motivations, not so much business-based ones. While the department doesn’t provide direct medical services on-site, DC Health does focus on making federal dollars work for city residents, funding nonprofits and community groups working with people who need public health resources.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

Plus, the need for future-ready workers with specialized tech training is growing along with it. In Virginia, where Amazon Web Services (AWS) has an important and growing presence, AWS is investing significantly in supporting skills and education programs to promote a thriving workforce.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

Proposal for a new Downtown baseball stadium in Kansas City that is tightly integrated into the urban fabric. My writings on stadiums and arenas have a framework of elements to consider when dealing with a project. The writings on "transformational projects action planning" discuss both interior and exterior elements.

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 22, 2023

This initiative empowers ManTech to bring best-in-class collaborative, cloud-based software to their workforce and to every branch of the federal government in supporting critical mission needs. ManTech, a high tech, high-end engineering and cyber provider to the federal government, is making the move to Google Workspace.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 11, 2022

Open Access Governments speaks with Gareth Owenson, one of the founders of Searchlight , to uncover the murky underbelly of the world wide web. Gareth Owenson provides an insight into what really goes on behind closed doors. Gareth Owenson provides an insight into what really goes on behind closed doors.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Fundraising is the core of non-profit organisations that allows them to continue their vital work in society. By having a more human approach to fundraising, the telephone helps to build that all-important connection linking potential supporters, donors and volunteers to the cause. Is telephone fundraising still relevant? Most notably, the Cloud.

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Partnership for Public Service

JANUARY 3, 2023

I wanted to offer a counterpoint to that and ideally show some of the diversity and the different people that are energized by working in the government and why they do it,” he said. Public servants have no shortage of inspiring stories to tell—and Humans of Public Service is on a mission to put them in the spotlight.

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Grant Central USA

JULY 20, 2023

Do you work in the nonprofit sector and want to advance your career? It can be difficult to navigate all the different to write grants and certifications available, but this article will give you an introduction to how having one can help boost your career in the non-profit sector.

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 4, 2021

The way we describe it to our citizens, you call 311 for a burning question, and 911 for a burning building. Through the portal and app, we gave citizens an omnichannel experience enabling them to interact with the city to request improvements, access useful information, and get emergency help when they need it.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 26, 2023

Along premier Inquirer urban design writer Inga Saffron argues the proposal will have significant negative effects on the Jefferson Street SEPTA station, which serves regional rail and the Market Street line (" Off track? A Sixers arena at 11th and Market would compromise Jefferson Station "). That's a legitimate argument.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

That didn't happen, but did with an campus adjacent development--Monroe Street Market--on land owned by CUA, but creating a competing retail center against the 12th Street commercial district, which still limps along today, 10 years after the opening of Monroe Street Market. Student spending. 1 in 2021 ," Philadelphia Inquirer ).

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zencity

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Today’s blog takes you through both the challenges and the successes of social media’s impact on civic engagement and why it has so much to offer local government. Today’s blog takes you through both the challenges and the successes of social media’s impact on civic engagement and why it has so much to offer local government.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 30, 2023

Elizabeths campus ," 2018 -- " Part three: the potential for donations around an expanded program ," 2018 -- " Update on DC's plans to build a new United Medical Center ," 2018 I argue that "a building" isn't enough, you have to have a plan to address health inequities in innovative and novel ways. Plan + program + building.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 9, 2019

If you are curious too, you can visit Sant'Orsola, which is a massive complex that occupies a whole city block in the centre of Florence. Or rather, you can't visit it without using a pneumatic drill and a sledgehammer, as due to a dispute over ownership, for decades all the doors and windows of the building have been bricked up.

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Super Library Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2024

But just before the pandemic, Mike saw an opening for a new position at the L.E. We’d just moved back in and reopened the doors in October of 2022. We had 750 people show up. Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library Mike Paulus had a career path like many library marketers I know. So, I jumped at the chance.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

And they had "parking innovation districts" for awhile, but they were idiosyncratic, not systematic, and had many restrictions. And they had "parking innovation districts" for awhile, but they were idiosyncratic, not systematic, and had many restrictions. A TMD is the way to go, focusing on everything, not just parking, which is more typical.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 2, 2023

Thank you both for taking the time to talk with us today! Can you share a bit about yourself, your land bank, and how you got into this work? Can you share a bit about yourself, your land bank, and how you got into this work? Alison : I have been land banking for twenty-six years.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a 2023 report identifying critical federal IT legacy systems in need of modernization that were written in older languages, such as COBOL. As the aforementioned GAO report observes, finding people who still know the application logic is difficult.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

But, in order for data to unleash its power, it must be analyzed, interpreted, and shared with those who need it. From pop quizzes in grade school to global annual crop yields, data provides information to empower decision makers. In Virginia, this data sharing was instituted by Carlos Rivero.

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CRA Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Are you looking to take your community development services to the next level? After collecting information about existing employee involvement through board service and volunteerism, it’s apparent you need to increase your bank’s community development services…but where do you start?

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The Public Sector Needs to Do More to Protect Itself From Cybersecurity Attacks. The recent cybersecurity threats on the U.K.’s s national health service (NHS) demonstrate the necessity for better national protection against cyberattacks. The incident was made worse because it occurred during early August when the U.K.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

And lots of times when people try to do this, they don't understand why the original project was successful and they fail. But even before that I went back and forth on it. A good example is Bilbao. -- " Why can't the "Bilbao Effect" be reproduced?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2024

In any case, people like to volunteer, hold classes, do demonstrations, etc., Public facing civic assets--libraries, parks, schools, sustainable mobility programs like walking, biking, and transit, Safe Routes to School, public markets, farmers markets, etc.--should It's an interesting book. at farmers and public markets.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It's a term popularized by Ray Oldenburg in a book of the same title. -- Third places” as community builders , Brookings A lot of the time they are commodified spaces, places where you have to spend money to participate. Third places are what we might call community hubs. Union halls and fraternal organizations too (like the Masons).

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