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Governments Find Strength in Numbers

GovLoop

CISA Coordinates a National Effort The federal government has collaborated with state governments on cybersecurity over the years. But the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2021 institutionalized those efforts by creating a network of state coordinators under CISA’s purview.

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What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

Bennett has served as the Executive Director of WVLSC since 2021. However, because the person responsible for managing the land bank also works in these other areas, they bring that breadth of expertise to the table and can more efficiently coordinate with municipal and county government departments.

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Driving people-centered digital transformation in public safety with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Colonel Lamar Davis of the Louisiana State Police (LSP), recently summed up the law enforcement landscape, saying, “When you look at crime today, it’s not just a public safety or law enforcement problem—it’s a social problem.” Share data and facilitate collaboration For first responders, poor communication can have dire consequences.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Welcome to the 'riskscape' On one day in July 2021 fires devastated large areas of Sardinia, flooding occurred for the second time in two weeks in London and I received a message from research colleagues in Germany that read "the institute was quite destroyed and many colleagues have suffered tremendous damage to their houses."

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Japan: Science and technology policy

Open Access Government - Technology News

Open Access Government examines some aspects of science and technology policy in Japan, including cooperation and research promotion The Science and Technology Basic Plan in Japan, based on the Science and Technology Basic Law, was implemented in November 1995. 3) Before this, the role was taken by NAGAOKA Keiko, commencing in August 2022. (4)

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CED through Local and Regional Food Systems: The Latest Resources

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

The success of efforts to improve healthy food access will depend on coordinated action from state and local government agencies, community development organizations, charitable foundations, the supermarket industry and others (emphasis in the original).”. Maintaining a FPC can be difficult, however.

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Straws and puffery: USC's DC "campus" as a lever for downtown revival

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In " How the closure of a Pfizer research center in Ann Arbor, Michigan led to the development of a more robust and independent biotech sector " (2021) I suggested that some colleges are particularly good at spin off business development and we should figure out how to duplicate and replicate that. 1 in 2021 ," Philadelphia Inquirer ).