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Smart Cities: People, Place and Power

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

The simple message was that, over that period, the movement has shifted from an understandable, but distracting obsession with the technology to a more nuanced and sophisticated obsession with people. In the end, I concluded that smart cities reflect an equation: Systems + Empathy divided by Technology. Slides attached.

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Five Placemaking Projects that Empower Community Engagement

Social Pinpoint

Each project is a living testament to the transformative power of thoughtful placemaking. Informing Residents of New Precincts in a City Centre The City of Kalgoorlie Boulder had embarked on a multi-million dollar project to revitalize key precincts within the Kalgoorlie Central Business District in St Barbara’s Square.

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How to Increase Accessible and Equitable Public Engagement

Social Pinpoint

Let’s explore how the City of Pittsburgh is using digital tools to create psychological safety, availability, and meaningfulness. Digital Public Meeting Digital meetings take place over a video interface and generally copy the format of an in-person meeting. How does digital engagement bring in new voices and improve outcomes?

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Understanding Fiscal Scandals and Their Impact on Localities

Barrett & Greene

A GFOA session about ethics set us off on a determined exploration of some of the common aspects of fiscal scandals that involve powerful individuals. Our research also led us to a fascinating documentary called, “ All the Queen’s Horses ” – also recommended to us by a very smart GFOA staffer, Katie Ludwig.

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Essential Transportation Infrastructure Improvements to be Funded Through Infrastructure Act

Government Technology Insider

In January of this year, hours before President Biden was set to visit the city of Pittsburgh, PA, to discuss the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) , the nearby Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed. The Fern Hollow Bridge was one of over 30 bridges that had been rated in poor condition by the city.

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Accelerating India’s digital future: MeitY empanels AWS Asia-Pacific (Hyderabad) Region for government workloads

AWS Public Sector Blog

AWS Regions are comprised of Availability Zones (AZs) that place infrastructure in separate and distinct geographic locations. Operational since November 2022, as part of AWS’s total investment of INR 1,36,500 crores (US $16.4

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Continuing the pace of government innovation with the cloud in Asia Pacific and Japan

AWS Public Sector Blog

Many are prioritizing digital transformation, putting in place cloud-first policies directing government agencies to use commercial cloud services, or defining national roadmaps to enable modernization of their IT services and systems. Continue the momentum by scaling digitization.