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Improving retail customer experience with virtual reality

Open Access Government - Technology News

Real-life examples: Merrell and Topshop Merrell, an American footwear manufacturer and retailer, has launched a VR marketing campaign to promote its Capra hiking boots. Topshop, a UK-based retailer of women’s clothing, shoes, and accessories, promoted the start of its summer season with an outstanding VR campaign.

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Why 3 National Orgs Came Together to Promote Proximity to Parks — Episode 010

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

On October 10, 2017, the Trust for Public Land (TPL), the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) came together to launch a campaign called 10-Minute Walk. To date, over 140 mayors have signed on to the 10-Minute Walk campaign. That’s why three have come together to make this happen.

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Post columnist Colbert King says the DC Council needs to do more oversight

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And in " Outline for a proposed Ward-focused (DC) Councilmember campaign platform and agenda " (2015), I suggest more tools for ward-specific oversight. I've written about this over the years, " Continued musing on restructuring DC's City Council (mostly) " (2013), is probably the most complete summation of recommended changes.

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Why Everyone in San Francisco Lives Within a 10-Minute Walk to a Park — Episode 014

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

In May 2017, Mayor Lee announced that San Francisco was the first and only city in the nation where 100 percent of the residents live within a 10-minute walk to a park. To learn more about how you can help bring more great parks to your city and the communities that need them, check out the 10-Minute Walk Campaign.

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City of Toledo Mayor Hopes Move to PBB Will Restore Faith in City Government

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

It will include recommendations and data that could be used to help create the city’s 2017 budget, she said. City Finance Director George Sarantou asked all city directors to start writing their budgets for 2017. Sarantou said the process will include seeking input from the public.

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

AWS Public Sector Blog

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. She also has served on the Marketing Board for the March of Dimes and continues to be involved in the Our Promise Campaign.

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Data science examined: AI and data in detail

Open Access Government - Technology News

Much web data is blocked, spoofed, and attributable to weaponised false data campaigns or an artefact of simply having more bots out on the web. Generative AI (Gen AI), introduced in 2017, has had limited influence on most practising data scientists.