Policy Chats

JANUARY 2, 2024

During that time, he focused on projects like securing state funding and accreditation for the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside, advocating for reform and relief for businesses against predatory litigation, and securing local control of Ontario International Airport.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Business considerations: Appoint a cross-functional team A cross-functional team will be best able to balance AI skills with knowledge of the target business process(es) and considerations around the source data and what happens to it. This may already exist across internal line-of-business systems.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 15, 2024

Needless to say, the local business advocacy group didn't agree. But they did make a good point, that in times like covid, being able to do drive through/pick up helped them survive. It's likely what generated the call for action. Salt Lake. There was an ice cream manufacturing plant, now slated for housing.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When Sullivan decided to transform the records system, he saw it as a wise long-term investment and an opportunity “to think about the future, and not focus on how we’ve always done things, but think about how we could evolve and do things better moving forward,” he said.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It’s looking at your data like an ecosystem,” said Winston Chang, Chief Technology Officer for the Global Public Sector at Snowflake, a leading data cloud company. Think of the quality data that lives and breathes as an ecosystem.” In data transformation, it helps to view things through a different lens.

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GovLoop

MARCH 5, 2024

But there are strategies that make effective cyberattacks less likely and that protect data on which government depends. It’s a matter of if, not when,” said Chris Sprague, Principal Technologist with Pure Storage, which delivers forward-thinking security and data protection via a cloud experience. Breaches will happen.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2024

Not as scintillating as the Boston Globe series (" Blueprints for a downtown Boston | Boston Globe "), but at least the business community is concerned about reputation and brand and identity management. the natural environment (open space, rivers, tree cover, watershed, etc.), DC has other issues in addressing crime too.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

It’s the people’s response to a site that we think should have a lot of input from the public,” said Rashida Ng, a University of Pennsylvania associate architecture professor who helped lead the session, cosponsored by the Coalition to Save Chinatown. They don't want an arena, they want green roofs. No one spoke in favor of a Sixers arena.

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Human Transit

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

And like many people with their backs against the wall, they often scream. My job as a public transit planner requires a lot of public engagement, as it should. In the projects we do for transit agency clients, mostly around bus network redesign, the task of seeking public feedback is at least one third of the project budget.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 21, 2023

In tech and cybersecurity, change is constant, and evolving is necessary for business protection. This is why it is vital to prioritise security and to future-proof your business. How can you future-proof your business? Many ways a business can be future-proofed are also good business practices for other reasons.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 23, 2024

Plus I read works like Kirkpatrick Sale's SDS and Todd Gitlin's The Whole World is Watching about "the movement." Interestingly, now that I think about it, from Perry's perspective, Republicans in Congress reason dualistically, which isn't particularly sophisticated. I think Hamas was wrong.

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Super Library Marketing

JUNE 19, 2023

I decided to write this series now because: Summer is stressful and busy for library promotions. I like you. Outside threats, like book challenges, hostile library boards, and antagonistic community members. I put this first because, to be honest, I think it’s the biggest threat to libraries right now. But I never do.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

" One of the problems with nightlife districts in DC is that retail wise they are unbalanced, focused on the night (not like how Wrigleyville by the Cubs Stadium changed once the Cubs moved from daytime to night time games; the retail was pushed out by taverns etc., see It's Hardly Sportin' ).

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Okay, probably not that last one, but funders do get all up in our business.). We dream of a promotion at work, a seat at our organization’s leadership table, our own consulting business, open communication with funders, software that makes our lives easier, training that helps the newest batch of grant professionals, and so much more.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Blogger keeps destroying the post, although I think it's the connection.) Private equity doesn't do stuff "out of goodness" but to make a profit, and quickly--often much faster than it is possible for a developing business to do. Regardless, I think the premise is wrong. It wasn't the kind of business that could scale up.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Some residents and business owners don't like the event, And that includes someone who had been the commercial district revitalization manager for the district back in the 2000s. It also reminds me of some opposition by businesses on St. True, not every business benefits from such treatments. Bridge Street, Phoenixville.

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Super Library Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2023

I know what you are thinking: LinkedIn is all about finding a new job, and nothing more. This means your library will need to think about how to start a real conversation about each post. LinkedIn for libraries The number of libraries using LinkedIn for marketing remained steady this year. They are positive. Users are 56.3

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Grant Writing Made Easy

DECEMBER 11, 2022

But today, I would like to explain the difference and make the case that vision casting and goal setting go hand in hand. When I think about the difference between vision and goals, I think about maps – vision is your destination, and goals are more like the route from your current location to the destination.

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Grant Central USA

JULY 3, 2023

So when I was I have now called me in for an interview, I was like, well, I don't have any experience in grant writing. So when I was I have now called me in for an interview, I was like, well, I don't have any experience in grant writing. Denise Sailes Well, you know, I didn't even think about it until you brought it up like I won.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Recently, I thought about demolition of historic buildings in cities like Detroit as deaths, and that they were worthy of a listing in my annual article on "Urbanism-related Obituaries (2022)." I have listed failures of retail businesses like Sears or Debenhams, why not buildings? Homeless Deaths from Exposure.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 25, 2023

The European data protection law gives individuals more control over their personal information and enforces any company collecting the personal data of EU citizens to reframe how they think about data privacy. For some organisations, GDPR can be seen a bit like taking an exam.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Visionary thinking comes up because of a recent matter I lost out on, in my board service, over the inability to see the value in responding to changed circumstances and take advantage of an opportunity "suddenly" presented. Based on my observation of cities like Bilbao (" Why can't the "Bilbao Effect" be reproduced?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Partly what got me thinking about city-county consolidation--places like Indianapolis (1970), Knoxville, Macon-Bibb County, Georgia (2012), and what SF and Philadelphia did in the 1800s--was seeing mention of a Brookings Institution report about Pennsylvania c. I also think Detroit should do it, but ideally with Oakland County!

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GovLoop

JANUARY 31, 2023

The neurodiversity movement challenges the medical model’s idea that a neurodivergence, like autism or ADHD, is dysfunctional and inherently requires treatment. Creative reasoning, analytical thinking, technology design and programming, and complex problem-solving skills are in great demand.

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Grant Central USA

JULY 3, 2023

So when I was I have now called me in for an interview, I was like, well, I don't have any experience in grant writing. So when I was I have now called me in for an interview, I was like, well, I don't have any experience in grant writing. Denise Sailes Well, you know, I didn't even think about it until you brought it up like I won.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

AI technology has a vital role to play in the future of business and academia, and the better our understanding of it, the more it can expand across sectors and skill sets. What makes them human-like is the lack of predictable outcomes – humans simply aren’t predictable! Most forms of technology applications are well understood.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 22, 2024

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 think in the public sector, it’s about making sure that our folks understand that they actually are making a difference,” Mayta said. “I We’re not doing that,” he said.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

Sustainability is now an integral part of business strategy, even as the sustainability landscape is continuously evolving. As observed by the Met Office, the signs of climate change are increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather events like heat, drought, and flooding.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Now it’s barely holding on ," about the decline of the H Street NE entertainment district in DC, because of a rise in crime, loss in patronage, and closure of many businesses. That's why I advocated for the separated blue line although now I think it should be a separated silver line.) Flickr photo by BeyondDC. And finally, crime.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

I'd be embarrassed writing a piece like this, " Viewpoint: Want workers back in the office? Stop Connecticut Avenue bike lanes " ( Washington Business Journal ). And I don't think any North American city is particularly exemplary on that dimension. -- " Revisiting assistance programs to get people biking: 18 programs ," 2020 P.S.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 21, 2022

Sounds like you’ve got a lot of relevant experience in some really unique roles. I know we’re going to talk about passwords and things like that, but that’s one of the big holes. I don’t think so. In fact, I would think the opposite. Identity is actually highly related. Yeah, it’s funny.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 9, 2023

Successfully exploiting a vulnerable system allows an attacker to execute a wide range of malicious activities, particularly if the exploitation of a vulnerability enables a malicious actor to access business-critical applications that lie at the centre of every organisation. Greater reliance on the cloud is exposing more risk for businesses.

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GovLoop

APRIL 29, 2024

For example: A lawmaker who might not understand the need to upgrade network infrastructure will likely see the value of providing constituents with more reliable and secure services. But the latest generation of artificial intelligence (AI) has agencies thinking about automation in new and bigger ways. CASE IN POINT: Oklahoma Gov.

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GovLoop

JULY 6, 2023

Think about speed dial on your phone. Rather than staring at a blank page, you can use a tool such as ChatGPT to give you something to work with and spur your thinking. In time, automation is likely to eliminate positions that focus solely on the repetitive, rules-driven work at which automation excels, experts say.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 2, 2023

Why ecommerce apps are important for retailers Ecommerce businesses can gain remarkable advantages by launching a mobile app in addition to their websites. Also, think about using cutting-edge technologies like augmented reality to allow customers to virtually try on your products or place items in their home spaces.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 14, 2023

I don't think this is a good idea or at least, particularly lucrative, either. When the Walmart came to Georgia Avenue in DC, they touted that were supporting local business by having two edge retail spaces, one for a soul food restaurant, the other for a credit union. Roast Beef Sandwich ," Newsbreak). I hope their rents are minimal.

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GovLoop

APRIL 29, 2024

Agencies need a robust business continuity and disaster recovery plan to ensure that vital government services are still working. NextGen Government Training Virtual Summit: Maximize Your Career Potential Ready for sixteen different sessions focused on the skills and concepts public servants like you need to advance in their careers?

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