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Announcing customer and guest speakers for Max Peterson’s Leadership Session at re:Invent 2022

AWS Public Sector Blog

Discover how Amazon Web Services (AWS) empowers organizations across the public sector in the AWS Public Sector Leadership Session, on Tuesday November 29, from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM. She completed her second mission in 2007, as the first female commander of the International Space Station, on Expedition 16.

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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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How to Convince Your Boss to Send You to the Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference

Center for Community Progress

We’ve delivered customized, expert guidance to leaders in over 300 communities and provided hundreds of hours of free educational resources as well as leadership programming to help policymakers, practitioners, and community members across the country return properties to productive use. The sessions at RVP reflect that!

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Leaks And Leadership: What The Era of WikiLeaks Portends For Traditional Theories Of Leader Information Sharing Practices

Public Policy Blog

In many instances, individuals in leadership positions derive power from their access to information that is not widely available to the rest of the organization they lead. In turn, this creates a potential motive for centralizing information in the hands of a single leader” (Komai et al, 2007, p. Leadership and Information.

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New “Blight Elimination Program” Offers Transformative Grant Funding to Rural and Urban Michigan Communities

Center for Community Progress

Leadership included Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Jim Stamas (R-36), Sen. Leadership on the House side included House Appropriations Committee Chair Thomas Albert (R-86) and Rep. The blight elimination program was originally proposed in the Senate through Senate Bill 834. Kenneth Horn (R-32), and Sen. Curtis Hertel (D-23).

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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

A governing thought leadership paper, produced by Governing and sponsored by OMNIA Partners entitled, How Procurement Can Support IT Sustainability Cooperatives , offers expertise and resources for green operations. Tammy Rimes, MPA, is the executive director of the National Cooperative Procurement Partners (NCPP).

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Swarming and Followership; Distance Leading

Public Policy Blog

2007) In Athena’s Camp: Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age, Santa Monica: RAND. Regarding the topic of followership and technology, particularly in the realm of social media there seems to be a gap in the literature that should be resolved as it pertains to participation, technology, followership and public administration.