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State Park Leadership School

Park Leaders

On this episode of the Park Leaders Show, guest co-host, Phil Gaines, returns to discuss his final experience at the State Park Leadership School. . Started by the National Association of Park Directors in 2005, Phil unpacks his role with the school in finding instructors, inspiring attendance, and delivering content.

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Meet the featured customer speakers for the Worldwide Public Sector Innovation Talk at re:Invent 2023

AWS Public Sector Blog

This includes keynotes, leadership discussions, technical sessions, training opportunities, and more. Karen Johnson provides executive leadership for Administrative Services, Financial Management, and Information Technology at Covered California. Louis University. She is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant in California.

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Why is Ada Lovelace Day so important?

Open Access Government - Technology News

A Harvard Business Review study conducted in 2019 revealed that women and men have different approaches to leadership. Leadership comes in many forms, but the key to a more equal future is realising our strengths and understanding how we can complement each other. Yet, only 5% of the Fortune 500 CEOs are female.

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Public sector customer service and the adoption of cloud technology

Open Access Government - Technology News

When I think about how things have changed, I have to cast my mind back to 2005 when as a Civil Servant, I co-authored ‘Better Practice Guide- lines for Government Contact Centres. Success in technology changes leadership.

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How Xavier University of Louisiana’s migration to AWS is creating a “technology renaissance”

AWS Public Sector Blog

Mable Moore has been XULA’s vice president of technology administration and CIO for the past five years, and has a 30-year career in technology and higher education leadership. The university IT infrastructure had not been updated or improved since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The leadership of the FHLBs, along with various beneficiaries of their subsidies, has also begun to aggressively lobby and advocate against virtually any proposed change that it views as detrimental to its bottom line. As an example of their lobbying power, in 2004 and 2005 the George W.

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

This should have been done as part of BRAC planning, something I first suggested in 2005.) Washington Post , July 13, 2003. Extending the Yellow Line south on Rte. 1 to Fort Belvoir , adding four stations: Beacon Hill; Hybla Valley; Mount Vernon; and Fort Belvoir.