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

AWS Public Sector Blog

Cost, resilience, and performance are non-functional requirements that are often at tension with each other.” — Werner Vogels, The Frugal Architect, Law III Nonprofit organizations are typically frugal and responsible. Going over budget is not an option. “In architecture, every decision comes with a trade-off. Department of Energy.

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How the Norton Police Department saves time and money with AWS Public Sector Partner SOMA Global

AWS Public Sector Blog

In early 2020, the Norton Police Department’s (NPD) on-premises, legacy system, failed them for the last time. The deployment and results SOMA is a leading technology partner providing critical response and operating software solutions for law enforcement, first responder, and government agencies. Lifesaving services were down.

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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 has become much better at utilizing data to make informed decisions in recent decades. 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. About 21% (53.8

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The Legislative Process in Congress

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

The importance of the Budget and Rules Committees is also highlighted. What can you do to influence the making of laws at the national level is also addressed. They have the most reliable 5G according to umlaut based on crowdsourced user experience data (Sept 2020 to Feb 2021). The role of committee staff is discussed.

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?A Road to Trust in Government

Barrett & Greene

Then, in 2020, in the middle of a global pandemic, we were faced with the community outrage surrounding the death of another Black man, George Floyd, dying at the hands of law enforcement. Since it was probable there would be budget implications, we knew we couldn’t promise all ideas would be acted upon.

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Meeting at the intersection of race and ethnicity in federal data analysis

Partnership for Public Service

residents believe the 2020 census questions about race and ethnicity represent their identity “very well.”  However, this is likely to change due to recent Office of Management and Budget efforts to formally review and update demographic data standards by the summer of 2024. 15 in 1977.

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Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

As bathrooms became more prevalent in housing and as local government budgets declined and demands increased, provision of public restrooms was one of the first services to be eliminated. This is common for many cities--no public restrooms. Early on cities had public restrooms and baths because much of housing did not.