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Veteran Transitioners Find Success at Google Public Sector

Google Public Sector

This formative experience drove his passion to work toward solutions for poor and water-starved countries globally, and in December 2021, Kevin was recruited to join the Google Cloud Government Affairs and Public Policy team, supporting the development of our relationships with the Department of Defense.

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San Antonio Deepens Trust With Constituents

GovLoop

In October 2021, the city launched an SASpeakUp portal, consolidating activity that used to be spread across departments. The city also has elevated the role of communications, splitting it off from what was the Department of Government and Public Affairs and creating what is now the Department of Communications and Engagement.

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Meet the New Featured Contributors

GovLoop

In 2021, after 10 years of entrepreneurship, she joined Granicus as the Strategic Lead for CX and Innovation. Micah holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and a Bachelor’s in Journalism from the University of Nebraska.

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PERFORMANCE READER’S GUIDE (PART 2)

Barrett & Greene

Hall, Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations: An Integrated Approach , 2nd Edition, Jossey-Bass, 2015.

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Risk, resilience, and security – the three key functions of public safety technology

Open Access Government - Technology News

A World Bank report in June 2021 highlighted how climate change is intensifying the frequency of these emergencies. The systems currently available handle alerting the public and continuity of communication in a bi-directional manner. It is this technology and the continued investment in it that is keeping the public safe.

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Fiscal Impacts from COVID-19–Revenue Structure Matters

Death and Taxes

Based on the real monthly updates on the Florida state and county unemployment rates in 2020, we estimated each county’ unemployment rate in 2021 and 2022 to forecast the revenue impact for FY 2022 and FY 2023. Hai (David) is an associate professor of public administration at the Department of Public Policy and Administration, Steven J.

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The 14 th August 2021 magnitude 7.2 In mid-2021, 40 districts are currently enduring a crisis of food availability, and 130,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition. million), but in mid-August 2021 only 0.1% Public Affairs, New York, 443 pp. The outbreak killed 9,000 Haitians and infected 800,000.