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2021 Spotlight: The U.S. Cities with the Most Satisfied Residents

zencity

When we think about resident feedback, oftentimes negative feedback comes to mind: complaints about sanitation, unhappiness with police-community relations, or the mishandling of public communications. As 2021 comes to a close, we took a look at which cities have the most satisfied residents, and at what makes those cities so great.

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Why hide from data?

Barrett & Greene

Though this may be short sighted, we can certainly understand that there's pressure to use limited resources on direct services, like sanitation, pot-hole filling or public safety. percent in 2021. It's a simple equation: Clean up the potholes and it’ll help you get re-elected. Measure the number of potholes and nobody will notice.

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How public sector organizations use AWS to build sustainability solutions

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2021, the Government of Canada committed to investing millions into its satellite programs, which placed an extraordinary demand on the Earth Observation Data Management System (EODMS). According to the UN, access to water and sanitation is a human right. Improving access to water. In Chile, Aguas Nuevas S.A.

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WypAll® Disinfecting Wipes: Meeting Efficacy with Accessibility

American City & Country

Between 2009-2021, there were 2,063 reported norovirus outbreaks in educational institutions, leading to 116,360 illnesses. Hand washing is crucial in the fight against norovirus, as hand sanitizer is not approved by the FDA to kill it. Gastro-intestinal illnesses like norovirus can significantly impact educational environments.

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How to Isolate the Weakest Link

GovLoop

Never let the end user have access to it, but instead, always deliver to them a safe, sanitized version.” Isolating the Human Factor A 2021 global study by IBM found that 95% of successful attacks or breaches involved human error. “With isolation, our default approach is that all content is malicious, and we treat it as such (i.e.,

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How Enrolling in an FSA Can Help Beat Rising Costs

GovLoop

Health care costs rose faster in 2021 than they have in at least ten years. Masks and hand sanitizing wipes (with 60%+ alcohol base). Everyone is facing higher costs for almost everything. Medical and dependent care expenses are no exception. Childcare and elder care also went up. For federal employees, the FSA is FSAFEDS.

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Times Square Alliance Streetwatch program for reporting problems in the public space

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

STAND WITH US poster by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya on trash receptacle along Broadway between West 45th and West 46th Street in New York City, NY on Tuesday night, 24 August 2021 by Elvert Barnes Photography I happened to notice a sticker on the can, promoting contacting the TSA when people see problems.