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SeloVerde uses geospatial big data and AI/ML to monitor deforestation in supply chains, powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

post-2008 deforestation). We believe these tools are critical elements of the solution to deforestation in Pará and across the Brazilian Amazon, and we are pleased to support leadership from the State of Pará.” SeloVerde 2.1’s The vision behind SeloVerde and CAR 2.0 [the How SeloVerde 2.1

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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. In 2008, when F&F entered into conservatorship, the three reforms described above occurred immediately.

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Progress in topological superconductors for quantum computing

Open Access Government - Technology News

ORNL’s investment in ARPES expertise led to its leadership in the Quantum Science Center (QSC), a DOE Quantum Information Science Research Center formed in 2020. A Majorana particle is its own antiparticle,” Moore said. This method helps scientists understand electron behaviour in materials.

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Creating a results-focused city government: An interview with Michael Nutter, former Mayor of Philadelphia – Episode #138

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

We get insights from Michael Nutter who served for eight years at the Mayor of Philadelphia, from 2008 to January 2016. Under his leadership, Philadelphia became known as a leader in the use of data and evidence. We get insights from Michael Nutter who served for eight years at the Mayor of Philadelphia, from 2008 to January 2016.

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Building Resilience: Leveraging Innovative Partnerships and Low Cost Capital to Meet Affordable Single-Family Housing Needs

Center for Community Progress

In particular, the organization’s Foreclosure Response Program—launched in 2008 in direct response to the devastating foreclosure crisis—has proven a resilient model for affordable single-family development.

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OUR CHALLENGE

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

On 12th October 2008 I attended a conference at which an epidemiologist stood up and said "My job is to tell you something you don't want to know, and ask you to spend money you haven't got on something you don't think is going to happen." Current leadership by the United States tends to favour collapse rather than protection.

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Grant Decision Making. How do you choose which grants to chase?

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

As grant writers, we’re sometimes in a position of responding to requests from well-intentioned leadership or program staff to “look at this grant opportunity” or asking, “can you help us find funding for this project?” Remember 2008/2009, the Great Recession? Who determines which projects will receive grant-funded support?