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Dispelling the top 8 cloud myths holding back Canadian public sector IT transformation

AWS Public Sector Blog

The outdated perception of cloud being expensive stems from a narrow focus on migration costs , ignoring long-term value such as increased productivity, resilience, agility, and sustainability. Prioritizing in-house skill development and a culture of continuous learning is crucial. billion in Canada between 2022 and 2037.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding. Meehan, 2014). Davis, John E.

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How human-centered design can help public agencies design better digital services

AWS Public Sector Blog

I am a design strategist at the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech Singapore), an agency that develops government digital services to make a difference to the everyday lives of people in Singapore. With this new focus, the project team conducted field research, user testing, and app development.

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What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

Land banks are a powerful tool to address vacant properties in rural communities, and West Virginia passed land bank enabling legislation in 2014. In their previous role at the West Virginia Community Development Hub, Bennett worked as the primary statewide convener and advocate for land bank-based policies. in West Virginia.

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Sprawl washing/sprawlwashing

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The term "greenwashing" is used to refer to organizations that announce sustainability initiatives as a way to detract from their generally poor practices. Photo: Steve Griffin, Deseret News So a development or two here and there, using nonsprawl principles, doesn't make any difference. It's 700 acres. A tad over one square mile.

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Manatee County Sheriff’s Office transforms performance management to improve service

American City & Country

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office’s HR team recognized that its method of performance evaluation, which was time-consuming and required extensive spreadsheets and paper forms, was no longer sustainable. The improved performance management system provides a solid foundation for ongoing development and improvement.

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility. Promoting biking, walking, and other sustainable modes is another element of TDM. Coordinating Parking/Developing a shared parking scenario One of the big problems with capitalism is every property does its own thing.