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Are combination inspectors a good choice for municipalities?

American City & Country

If you were to investigate the history of building codes, you would find they have played a critical role in public safety. Economic and political pressures, and changes in public awareness drive the political will to enforce codes. condo collapse that killed 98 people and the Grenfell Tower fire in London, killing 72 in 2017.

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Women's History Month and urban planning

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DC's Muriel Bowser is one such example, but there are many others, including Houston, Salt Lake City, and in 2017, Seattle and Montreal. In 2017, the Economist ran a provocative editorial, " Why governments should introduce gender budgeting ," building on an earlier article, " Why national budgets need to take gender into account."

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Indiana DOC works with Mi-Case to fast-track offender management system launch on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

The search for a new OMS In 2017, IDOC parted ways with a vendor and crafted a request for proposal (RFP). Now, IDOC has better reporting and utilizes data generated by its new system to pioneer better outcomes for public safety and the communities it serves. This blog post provides a brief overview of the project.

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Powering education, state, and local leaders: Insights from the AWS IMAGINE keynote

AWS Public Sector Blog

Yet when she arrived at Pitt in 2017, the university’s data trove was largely underutilized. As one example, she shared how the Texas Department of Public Safety is working with AWS and an AWS Partner to create a predictive maintenance schedule for their fleet of officer cars.

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Highlights from the 2024 AWS Public Sector Symposium Canberra

AWS Public Sector Blog

Since 2017, AWS has trained more than 400,000 Australians on cloud and IT skills. Rouse shared how he believes that the public sector has reached a tipping point in cloud adoption. In New Zealand, AWS is investing NZ$7.5 billion over the next 12-15 years.

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

To riff off this, there are five other elements at a minimum that matter a lot, that cities aren't budgeting or planning for, if their central business districts become meccas for housing: public safety.

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Mapping the Cyber Threat Landscape

GovLoop

A recent study by Tenable Research found that many organizations were falling victim to attacks that exploited well-known vulnerabilities, including some dating to 2017. Kathy Hochul said the state was strengthening its cyber defenses against possible Russian state- sponsored attacks against public institutions and critical infrastructure.