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PAA Announces Leadership Changes

Public Administration Associates

Dave Bretl , a PAA partner and Vice President since 2019, has assumed the role of interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Legal Counsel. Chris Swartz, who has served as a partner and PAA Secretary-Treasurer since 2019, has become a PAA Senior Associate, and partner Kevin Brunner continues as President.

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The New Modernization Mindset: Focus on Innovation

GovLoop

Additionally, in July 2019, it established the National Center for Collaborative Healthcare Innovation in Californias Silicon Valley, a strategic choice to ease collaboration between VA and innovating companies. One of those is AI, with a focus on GenAI.

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Don’t Wait to Modernize: A Q&A on Preparing for The MGT Reform Act

Government Technology Insider

The Department of Defense just retired the 8-inch floppy disks that were part of the nuclear missile launch process in 2019, and the IRS has plans to finally retire its outdated system for processing taxpayer data in 2030. Aside from those high priorities, every agency should consider upgrading its technology. Ready to learn more?

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10 Tips to Make The Most of Your Next Library Marketing Conference

Super Library Marketing

For example, this year at LibLearnX, I attended a session on strategic planning for libraries. I knew that I needed to learn more about the process so that I could encourage libraries to add communication initiatives to their strategic plans. Then pick the sessions that will help you to meet those challenges.

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Driving Change: A Mid-Year Reflection from Community Progress

Center for Community Progress

The City successfully advocated for a change to state law that would open up their ability to use in rem code lien foreclosure, a tool developed by Community Progress in 2019 for the city of Mobile. Our work in Birmingham uplifted the need for a better tool to move deteriorated properties stuck in the code enforcement cycle to new ownership.

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How Can the Academic Community Recover from the Impact of COVID-19

Grant Training Center

Northwestern University led study found that although researchers’ productivity levels have mostly returned to pre-pandemic highs, scientists who did not pursue COVID-19 related research initiated 36% fewer new projects in 2021 compared to 2019. The results of the survey were as follows: Stress Levels. Extremely. Not at all.

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Data Driven Insights to Kickstart Local Housing Strategy Planning

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Communities use it for strategic planning, market studies, site selection, grant applications and impact analysis. In Boulder, CO, the median home value increased 157% from 2000 to 2019 versus 78% for the median family income in the same period. from 2014 to 2019, compared with the 4.2%

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