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Using AI to Generate Images for Public Works

Public Works Group Blog

APRIL 22, 2023

Artificial Intelligence or AI may eventually be a really useful tool for those of us working in the public works field. As noted in the last blog post, Can AI Help Fix a Water Main Break? In this post, I’m exploring its use as a tool to generate images.

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Modern Public Works Strategy for Local Governments 2023 | GovPilot

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JANUARY 20, 2023

But a lot goes on behind the scenes of a department of public works. Most residents don’t consider what it takes to ensure that their local infrastructure is safe and functional. DPW is critical to constructing, maintaining, repairing, and improving local roads, bridges, and other critical government assets.

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Using AI to Generate Images for Public Works – Post 2

Public Works Group Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

AI-generated image of a water valve In the first post on this topic I introduced the Midjourney AI tool which can be used to generate images. In this post, I’ll talk about a few more image generating tools I have tried. The first is Canva. This tool is fairly easy to use; however, you will need to make a free account to access it.

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The Top Three Pain Points that Public Works Organizations Face

PubWorks Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

When working with Public Works departments around the country, we often hear the struggles that organizations face daily. The biggest thing we hear from public works departments is that they are still relying on homemade databases, paper files or memory to keep track of assets, work activities and job costs.

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Strategies For Public Works Employees to Embrace Government Software

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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.

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CFP: ACRL Publication - Working title: Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians

A Library Writer's Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Working title: Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians Editors: Whitney Kramer (Cornell University), Evan Muzzall (Stanford University), and Iliana Burgos (Cornell University) Chapter proposal submission deadline: July 15, 2023 Publisher: ACRL View the full call for proposals.

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Reflections on government and COVID19: expertise, the role of government, the new public work, social imagination and beating the binary #3

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

MAY 1, 2020

The post Reflections on government and COVID19: expertise, the role of government, the new public work, social imagination and beating the binary #3 appeared first on Public Purpose.

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Apply Now: New Water Workforce Grant Funding Available

NLC (National League of Cities)

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Cities, via their public works departments, are eligible recipients of these grants and are encouraged […] Source

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Can AI Help Fix a Water Main Break?

Public Works Group Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Being in public works, I can’t help but wonder about all the impacts to our industry So today I thought about using the ChatGPT tool to see if it could help me figure out how to fix a water main break. After all, this is a common issue that comes up in public works, and I was curious to see how AI would respond.

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Cities Turn to Fleet Management Solutions to Confront Severe Weather

State Tech Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

The Syracuse Department of Public Works manages a fleet of 150 snow removal vehicles to clear city streets. In Syracuse, N.Y., snow typically falls from November to April, dumping significant precipitation on the city for more than five months of the year.

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Public Water Utilities Deploy Smart Meters for Cloud-Based Data Analytics

State Tech Magazine

MARCH 22, 2023

An early adopter of smart meters, Houston Public Works plans to install new smart sensors throughout its community to better track water usage and monitor and maintain the health of its water distribution system, including detecting leaks.

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Make Your Records a Productivity Asset

GovLoop

JUNE 16, 2023

Capturing those locations for public works dispatchers in real time means knowing where the plows are and deploying them in response to residents’ complaints. It enables agencies to assess data as it comes in and use it to plan future responses. Buzzelli cites the example of snowplows equipped with location sensors.

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AI trustworthiness: Is the biggest AI challenge cultivating trust?

Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

NIST launched the Generative AI Public Working Group in June 2023, with a short-term goal of developing a profile describing how the AI RMF may be used to support generative AI technologies. Cultivate trust in AI, looking ahead There is much more to be done to cultivate trust in AI.

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Re-“View”ing How to Win BIL Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

AUGUST 18, 2023

Nicknamed Justice40, this initiative challenges local governments and nonprofit agencies to actively engage people living in disadvantaged communities in participating in the planning of major infrastructure improvements such as bridges, public transportation, clean air and water initiatives, and more.

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5 benefits of modernizing transportation asset management software in the cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

As they consider where to allocate these funds, public infrastructure owners, especially Department of Transportation (DOT) and public works agencies, have to assess the condition of their assets, determine what to prioritize while rebuilding, and identify what needs maintenance.

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Peak Efficiency with PubWorks

PubWorks Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

What’s the right mix for Public Works? Public Works departments will always have demand maintenance issues to contend with and while most recognize the benefits of adopting a planned maintenance approach, it can be hard to implement.

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AWS Partners help public sector organizations harness the power of data

AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Working with AWS Partner OpenGov on a new solution, Grand Island’s finance department saved 1,000 hours of manual labor—equating to half the time of a full-time staffer.

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April is National Safe Digging Month

Public Works Group Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

Yes construction can and does take place all year long. But in the Midwest where frost can get down to about three to five feet, activity tends to drop off as winter sets in.

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Salt Lake City Capital Improvement Program process allows for citizen initiated projects

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Citizen-initiated projects are managed and constructed by one of the four city divisions deemed the subject area for the project (Parks and Public Lands, Public Works and Transportation, Economic Development & Neighborhoods, etc.). Generally they are supposed to.

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Building Safety Month Kick-off

Public Works Group Blog

MAY 1, 2022

Well it’s here! Building Safety Month – a month to promote pretty much what it says: BUILDING SAFETY. And because all of us need to spend time in buildings or some sort of shelter, Building Safety Month is really for everyone.

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Free and Online Access to Building Codes

Public Works Group Blog

MAY 3, 2022

Did you know anyone with access to the internet can check out current building codes at the International Code Council (ICC) website? It’s true!

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Another lost opportunity in parks planning: Joint Management Plan for Cromwell Valley Park; Lock Raven Reservoir; and the Northern Central Trail in Baltimore County

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 27, 2023

Loch Raven Reservoir isn't a park per se, it's part of the regional water system, and owned and operated by the Baltimore City Department of Public Works. Cromwell Valley Park is a Baltimore County park.

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One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

MAY 26, 2022

Lofton is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. Her research investigates public finance, public budgeting implementation, public working capital management, and fiscal institutions.

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Building Safety Month Webinars

Public Works Group Blog

MAY 2, 2022

Every good campaign is backed up with a series of related webinars, and Building Safety Month has a group of them ready for you. The first one will focus on Tiny Homes and Affordability and will be held May 3, 2022, at 3-4 pm ET. The International Code Council (ICC) will also host at least two Facebook live events.

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National Building Code Adoption Tracking Portal (BCAT Portal)

Public Works Group Blog

MAY 9, 2022

In a blog post the other day I shared information about the No Code No Confidence website where people can put in their zip code and find out the status of building codes in their area. Today I am going to introduce a similar site called the National Building Code Adoption Tracking (BCAT) Portal.

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What Homeowners Need to Know about Building Codes

Public Works Group Blog

MAY 7, 2022

While I encourage everyone to check out the publication, I thought I would summarize some of the main points here in addition to adding a few of my own suggestions. In June 2021 FEMA released a Building Codes Toolkit for Building Owners and Occupants. Why do we have modern building codes?

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Interactive Sites, Games for Kids, and Building Safety Handouts

Public Works Group Blog

MAY 4, 2022

Today I am sharing a few resources available to help people learn more about building safety: Interactive Building Safety Month Poster – by clicking on the green dots on this site you can find out the codes which ensure these building components are safe.

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How Google Cloud is helping U.S public sector agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

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APRIL 3, 2020

Using a Google Maps interface, residents and visitors can subscribe to a targeted area, like their neighborhoods or workplaces, and define what public works and event information they’d like to receive (and at what frequency).

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Does digitization make sense for small municipalities?

AccessE11

JUNE 10, 2022

Almost all reported that the AccessE11 was deployed to handle requests for multiple departments, with a majority of customers leveraging it for public works, by-law/code enforcement, waste/garbage, water and animal control.

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A Short Story of Catastrophic Land Subsidence and Jonas’ Lake

Public Works Group Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The other day a colleague told me about a bean field in Polk county, Minn. which catastrophically dropped 25 feet. After watching the video I noticed the land was located near a river, and the video points out that the land also seems to be pushing into the river.

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The Hinckley Firestorm of 1894

Public Works Group Blog

JUNE 7, 2021

Hinckley, MN, 1894. The top photo was taken before the fire consumed the town. The photo on the bottom was taken after the fire. Photos from A History of the Great Minnesota Forest Fires, Sandstone, Mission Creek, Hinckley, Pokegama, Skunk Lake by Elton T.

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In extremis: what Ukraine 2.0 tells us about reforming government and the public sector

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JUNE 25, 2023

It is also a story freighted with insights about the way to conceive and prosecute systemic reform in governing and public work. The emergence of Ukraine 2.0 is not only an object lesson in silver linings in the darkest of clouds. reform movement.

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How city managers can support the mental health of residents & employees

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JANUARY 18, 2022

You have staff who cannot work remotely: your police officers, firefighters and paramedics, your public works crews, your bus drivers, water and wastewater plant operators, and more. Your workforce is extremely important, and identifying the different challenges they are facing is a first step in supporting their mental health.

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National Preparedness Month is Here!

Public Works Group Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

We made it – National Preparedness Month is here, and we are prepared! If you followed along, congratulations to you too! Below is a photo of the result of our efforts in our household over the last 20 weeks.

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Billions of Us – Virtual Solutions for a COVID-19 World

Public Works Group Blog

MARCH 29, 2020

Even those who still go to their workplace, like those in public works or emergency or medical services, are figuring out how to operate in a much changed work environment. We’ve mainly been figuring out how to establish a home base from which we can accomplish the things we need to do.

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10 Interesting Facts About the History of Public Administration

Masters in Public Administration

JUNE 13, 2011

At the time, the Civil Rights Act is only implemented in the private sector work force. In 1972, the Civil Rights Act is passed for the public work sector as well. This protects disabled in the work place and applies the Civil Rights Act towards disabled people accessing public and private domains.

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Using AI to Generate Images for Public Works

Modern Public Works Strategy for Local Governments 2023 | GovPilot

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Using AI to Generate Images for Public Works – Post 2

The Top Three Pain Points that Public Works Organizations Face

Strategies For Public Works Employees to Embrace Government Software

CFP: ACRL Publication - Working title: Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians

Reflections on government and COVID19: expertise, the role of government, the new public work, social imagination and beating the binary #3

Apply Now: New Water Workforce Grant Funding Available

Can AI Help Fix a Water Main Break?

Cities Turn to Fleet Management Solutions to Confront Severe Weather

Public Water Utilities Deploy Smart Meters for Cloud-Based Data Analytics

Make Your Records a Productivity Asset

AI trustworthiness: Is the biggest AI challenge cultivating trust?

Re-“View”ing How to Win BIL Grants

5 benefits of modernizing transportation asset management software in the cloud

Peak Efficiency with PubWorks

AWS Partners help public sector organizations harness the power of data

April is National Safe Digging Month

Salt Lake City Capital Improvement Program process allows for citizen initiated projects

Building Safety Month Kick-off

Free and Online Access to Building Codes

Another lost opportunity in parks planning: Joint Management Plan for Cromwell Valley Park; Lock Raven Reservoir; and the Northern Central Trail in Baltimore County

One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Building Safety Month Webinars

National Building Code Adoption Tracking Portal (BCAT Portal)

What Homeowners Need to Know about Building Codes

Interactive Sites, Games for Kids, and Building Safety Handouts

How Google Cloud is helping U.S public sector agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Does digitization make sense for small municipalities?

A Short Story of Catastrophic Land Subsidence and Jonas’ Lake

The Hinckley Firestorm of 1894

In extremis: what Ukraine 2.0 tells us about reforming government and the public sector

How city managers can support the mental health of residents & employees

National Preparedness Month is Here!

Billions of Us – Virtual Solutions for a COVID-19 World

10 Interesting Facts About the History of Public Administration

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