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Across the Country, Local Public Safety Agencies Detail Value of FirstNet Adoption

State Tech Magazine

The First Responder Network Authority recently released an annual report to Congress for 2021, titled “A Decade of Accomplishments,” revealing the rapid adoption by first responders of its namesake dedicated public safety network. Network adoption now spans all 50 states, five territories and the District of Columbia.

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Nominations open for the 2024 American City & County Crown Communities and Exemplary Public Servants awards

American City & Country

The Exemplary Public Servants awards were created in 2018, and since then, AC&C has selected exemplary leaders based exclusively on merit. If it has made an impact, nominate it.

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Why the creation of smart cities requires real-time data processing

Open Access Government - Technology News

Public safety and security: The overriding aim of a smart city is to provide citizens with improved living conditions. This is over six times the amount processed in 2018. The overriding aim of a smart city is to provide citizens with improved living conditions. But along with such advancements comes a lot more data.

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Disorder | Fare evaders at Columbia Heights Metrorail Station, Washington, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Council decriminalizes Metro fare evasion: ‘I’m sad that’s Metro’s losing money, but I’m more sad about what’s happening to black people.’ ," Washington Post , 2018, " Metro cracks down on fare evasion in D.C., And it's a point missed by the social justice types who fueled the decriminalization of fare evasion (" D.C.

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A debt limit breach and a government shutdown: Different crises but a terrible way to do business

Partnership for Public Service

The most notable recent shutdown occurred over a 35-day period from December 2018 through January 2019, triggering a lapse in funding that interrupted highly visible services from agencies such as the National Park Service and pausing federal operations critical to public safety, such as inspections related to hazardous waste, drinking water and chemical (..)

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2023 Year-End Boxscore Charts, Billboard Magazine

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I argued it would have happened anyway. said "no, the Arena has had significant impact." The reality is that he was right (" More sports: sports-anchored entertainment districts and LA Live." I was too parochial. Look at all the people going to a San Francisco Giants baseball game, and taking transit. Mike Kepka, San Francisco Chronicle, 2002.

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Highlights from the re:Invent 2023 public sector Innovation Talk

AWS Public Sector Blog

New center to expand effective use of AI in public sector: Arizona State University (ASU) announced the launch of its ASU Artificial Intelligence Cloud Innovation Center (CIC), powered by AWS. The AWS CIC program launched in 2018 and ASU was one of the first universities to establish a CIC.