AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Colonel Lamar Davis of the Louisiana State Police (LSP), recently summed up the law enforcement landscape, saying, “When you look at crime today, it’s not just a public safety or law enforcement problem—it’s a social problem.”

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

MARCH 3, 2025

Since 2005 when the World Health Organisation started to advocate serious viral disease planning the United Kingdom ran or participated in nine major simulation exercises on pandemics, some of them pan-European initiatives. Its tasks will be life-saving response, damage limitation, public safety and launching recovery.

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Coordinator Stewardship Social Media Public Safety 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2024

," 2024 The thing is to improve cities in the post industrial entertainment city paradigm, you have to do everything you can to attract patrons, and urk, even casinos (" As Bally's troubles mount, City Hall has to make sure casino is a winning bet ," Chicago Sun-Times ). -- " Crain's Chicago Business: Crain's Forum on Rebranding Chicago ," 2024 - " (..)

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Public Safety Budgeting Housing Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

I wrote about it in a couple entries: -- " Every Litter Bit Hurts ," 2005 -- " Community cleanups (and other activities) as community building and civic engagement activities ," 2011 I would say it gave me a much better ground-based appreciation about the nature of the trash. This article is interesting.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2024

The thing is to improve cities in the post industrial entertainment city paradigm, you have to do everything you can to attract patrons, and urk, even casinos (" As Bally's troubles mount, City Hall has to make sure casino is a winning bet ," Chicago Sun-Times ). -- " Crain's Chicago Business: Crain's Forum on Rebranding Chicago ," 2024 - " The unintended (..)

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Social Media Public Safety Housing Management 52

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. From destination managers to city brand managers to community asset managers.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In 2005, I served on the advisory committee for the International Public Markets Conference which covered both DC and Baltimore that year, led a tour, etc. I suggested many things over the years including: -- creating a transportation management district for the Capitol Hill area, serving Eastern Market. They still haven't.

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