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HR Innovation: Mentirement

ASPA National Weblog

Take my retirement in 2014. After 36 years within state and local government (and in many roles) I filed retirement documents about 90 days in advance of my final date. I put in my retirement documents, a replacement is hired, and then for most of those final, 90 days, I train that replacement. But those 90 days came and went.

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OpenFold, OpenAlex catalog of scholarly publications, and Capella Space satellite data: The latest open data on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Named after the ancient Library of Alexandria, the dataset aims to discover, disambiguate, index, and document the connections between all the world’s scholarly papers, journals, authors, institutions, and concepts. Launched this quarter, OpenAlex is an open and comprehensive index of the entire scholarly research ecosystem.

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Uber: criminal?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Hailo didn't last long (" Hailo Shuts Down: How Taxi Drivers Sabotaged a Golden Opportunity and Handed Uber and Lyft the Keys ," Frommers, 2014). Guardian has many stories based on the leaked documents. -- " The Uber Files ".

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ScannX achieves success at the 2024 LibraryWorks Awards

Open Access Government - Technology News

They’ve been at the forefront of the industry since their company entered the market in 2014.” ScannX’s achievement at the MLAs reinforces its position as a document and book-scanning solutions leader.

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Why is smartphone addiction on the rise, and are you being affected?

Open Access Government - Technology News

In a 2014 review of internet addiction, the authors considered how internet addiction affects our daily lives. The authors commented that this was probably the first study that has documented physical changes in brain structure in relation to mobile phone use. © DGLimages| iStock How does smartphone addiction affect us?

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Celebrating 20 Years of Land Banks in Michigan

Center for Community Progress

Positive impacts of land banks in Michigan All across the country, land banks have documented positive benefits for the communities they serve. Of the more than 15,000 homes sold by the Detroit Land Bank since 2014, about 70% were bought by Detroit residents. and the mortgage rate increased 5.6% What’s next for Michigan land banks?

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Choosing a Grant Database Based on Your Needs and Budget

Peak Proposals

A database eliminates this time-consuming step of documenting your search results. Instrumentl ( [link] ) Founded in 2014, Instrumentl is a more recent addition to the grant database scene. You can set up tasks through Instrumentl, receive task and deadline reminders, and store notes and documents.

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