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Frugal architecture in action: The Urban Institute innovates with R and Serverless on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Going over budget is not an option. To expand their reach, they often collaborate with academia and other nonprofits, and they engage early-career talent. The SEDT has processed more than 2,600 requests since Urban launched it in September 2020. For programmers, Urban also built a SEDT API and R package.

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Boost Your Community Engagement Rates with QR Codes

Social Pinpoint

As people get used to using them, we can see them playing a huge role in boosting community engagement too. However, they really gained prominence with the general public in 2020 as the world tried to slow the spread of coronavirus. There is a strong chance that you have started seeing a lot more QR codes around the place. million U.S.

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Our Report on Public Engagement Barriers

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Our research insights on inclusive engagement from community members and engagement practitioners. Are you an organization that is trying to develop an inclusive engagement culture and practice in your organization? 2020 was an unprecedented year for humanity. Yet providing a tool for community engagement was not enough.

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Summit County (Utah) Community Planning Lab as an example of civic engagement and best practice technical assistance

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The second cohort of the county's Community Planning Lab wrapped up last month after the class spent weeks learning about urban development and design, planning and zoning, public engagement, affordable housing, transportation, land use and more. Citizen engaged planning practice. Participatory Budgeting initiatives.

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Omnichannel Customer Service Helps Agencies Adapt to New Demands

GovLoop

The problem is that the surge in demand is happening when agencies are dealing with budget constraints and worker shortages. In 2020, GHVP partnered with Zendesk to streamline and centralize its communications as well as support employees and agencies across the state. More Engagement, More Trust.

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?A Road to Trust in Government

Barrett & Greene

by Dawa Hitch, Communication and Public Engagement Director, Asheville, North Carolina. This process helped us to hone in on communication and public engagement. That tragic event served as a further catalyst for change in Asheville and it was clear that engagement with the public needed to be improved – and quickly.

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Untapped feedback at our fingertips: a Former Police Chief’s Response to the Recent Police-Public Contact Survey

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Law enforcement relies on crime data to identify trends and deploy resources accordingly, to use in budget formulation and planning, and to assess the efficacy of crime reduction efforts. In November, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released its report summarizing the findings of the 2020 Police-Public contact survey (PPCS).

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