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Q&A: NASCIO’s Doug Robinson Discusses the Expanding Role of the State CIO

State Tech Magazine

Not since 2004, the year Doug Robinson became NASCIO’s executive director, has the organization tweaked its concisely worded mission to advance government excellence. In January, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers updated its mission statement for the first time in 20 years.

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Lax Regulation Doesn’t Fully Explain Unsafe Buildings in African Cities: A View from Ghana

The City Fix

One study counted 54 building collapse deaths and 122 injuries in Kampala, Uganda, between 2004 and 2008. Incidents of building collapse are worryingly common in large African cities. Another identified 112 cases in Lagos, Nigeria, from 1978 to 2008. Cities in Ghana and Kenya, Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect

AWS Public Sector Blog

This origin story traces back to the founding of the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud ( Amazon EC2 ) service in 2004, which is now regarded as one of the fundamental pieces of cloud computing technology.

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Nominations open for the 2024 American City & County Crown Communities and Exemplary Public Servants awards

American City & Country

Since 2004, the Crown Communities awards have recognized government projects with long-term implications for a city/county/municipality and its constituents. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2024 American City & County Crown Communities and Exemplary Public Servants awards.

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Our friendly bookstore

Princeton Public Library

Since we opened The Sands Library Building back in 2004, the Friends of the Library have run a bookstore on the first floor. One of the great features of the Princeton Public Library is The Library Store. From its humble beginnings as two bookcases next to the stairs, the bookstore has expanded to include over […]

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Cyber Awareness Month Resources

GovLoop

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency started Cybersecurity Awareness Month back in 2004 with the goal of increasing awareness around cyber threats in both the public and private sectors.

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Rayful Edmond's death reminds me of my introduction to Washington, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FWIW, this area gave me another lesson, my lodestone in revitalization, in that investments in transit infrastructure in the right places has the fastest ROI, when the infill NoMA Red Line subway station opened in 2004 ( case study ) which brought about a huge influx in new residents.