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

AWS Public Sector Blog

Karen Johnson provides executive leadership for Administrative Services, Financial Management, and Information Technology at Covered California. Johnson joined Covered California after serving as the chief deputy director at the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California’s Medicaid agency, from 2007 to 2017.

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

Center for Community Progress

After all, you’ll have to be away from your day job and spend money on travel and conference registration—it can be a tough sell for a manager! What : The Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference has been around since 2007, bringing together about 1,000 attendees in cities across the country every two years.

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Helping prevent sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes with AI

AWS Public Sector Blog

On the morning of November 30, 2007, Rafe Maccarone laid on the grass to catch his breath between warmup runs during school soccer practice. Rafe passed away on December 1, 2007, only a few days before his 16 th birthday. As the rest of his team stretched and recovered, Rafe stayed down.

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Technology: What, When and How to Adopt

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

In 2007, Jim was appointed General Manager of the Los Angeles Emergency Management Department, where he led a successful departmental reorganization and restructuring of Los Angeles’ emergency management protocols and processes. The podcast guest is Jim Featherstone , He is a native of Washington D.C.

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

About the same time, 2007, Dr Michael Leavitt of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote: "We don't know when a pandemic will arrive. are crises which have to be managed simultaneously at several levels, from international to local. McCaw 2007. PLoS One 2007:2(11): e1220, 1-6. Mathews et al. McVernon, E.S.

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Maui Wildfire Disaster Recovery

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Since its release in 2009, Sean's book The Red Guide to Recovery - Resource Handbook for Disaster Survivors has been adopted by emergency management agencies, fire departments, Native tribes, relief organizations, and fortune 500 companies across the U.S.

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Governor Appoints CDT Deputy Director of Communications & Stakeholder Relations

California Department of Technology

She also held several positions at the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) from 2007 to 2021, including Director of Innovation and Partnerships, Communications Manager, and Public Information Officer. Continue reading Governor Appoints CDT Deputy Director of Communications & Stakeholder Relations at TechBlog.