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There Goes the Sun: NASA Upgrades Technology to Prepare for a Total Solar Eclipse

FedTech Magazine

To prepare for the total solar eclipse in 2017, NASA focused on technology that would keep its livestreams running for those who couldn’t see it in person. 21, 2017, the first to cover much of the U.S. 21, 2017, the first to cover much of the U.S. About 12 million people watched the eclipse on NASA sites on Aug.

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2017 IAP2 North American Conference

Social Pinpoint

” The post 2017 IAP2 North American Conference appeared first on Social Pinpoint - A Place to Engage Your Community. The events of the past twelve months have left many people in the public participation community wondering, “What is the future of the practice?” Does it have any place at all?”

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The 2017 Las Vegas Mass Shooting

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

In this podcast we learn about the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the United States, the Las Vegas Mass Shooting event in 2017. In this podcast we learn about the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the United States, the Las Vegas Mass Shooting event in 2017.

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2017 NEWi Awards Winner – Best Government Solution

Social Pinpoint

The post 2017 NEWi Awards Winner – Best Government Solution appeared first on Social Pinpoint - A Place to Engage Your Community. Everyday, our customers bring forward great ideas, inspiration and comments about how we can improve our products to help make collaboration easier and more effective.

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Resources for Communities Following Natural Disasters

Homeroom

Since 2017, there have been over 500 presidentially declared major disasters across all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Recent natural disasters have significantly impacted communities and their education institutions. Outlying Areas.

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After the storms: Research on How to Improve Marine Transportation System Resilience after the 2017 Hurricane Season

Data.gov

Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS) gathered recommendations and ‘lessons learned’ from the 2017 hurricane season on how to improve resiliency across the marine transportation system. The report notes that “over the course … Continued.

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Q&A: New Orleans CIO Kimberly LaGrue Discusses Cyber Resilience

State Tech Magazine

Mayor Mitch Landrieu appointed her as acting CIO in 2017, and Mayor LaToya Cantrell made her appointment to CIO permanent in 2018. Kimberly LaGrue is CIO of New Orleans and president of the Cities Today Institute North America Cities Leadership Forum on Digitalization. She began her IT career with New Orleans in telecommunications.