AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

At the IMAGINE 2022 conference in Seattle, Washington, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the inaugural class of the AWS Education Champions community. The 2022 AWS Education Champions cohort. The 10 inaugural Champions are nationally recognized speakers and authors who inspire the next generation of educational leaders.

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zencity

JANUARY 3, 2022

It’s a new year, which means our team is here to share the local government conferences we’re most excited for in 2022. As we kick off 2022, we’re planning to attend dozens more city , county , and law enforcement conferences mapped out over 25 US states and three countries including the UK and Spain. IACP Technology Conference 2022.

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GovLoop

JUNE 21, 2023

Increasingly, government leaders recognize the need to approach cybersecurity in the same way they approach public health: There must be a holistic network in which the well-being of individuals, or individual systems, depends on and benefits the well-being of others. In February 2022, New York Gov.

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iGrantWriters

DECEMBER 20, 2021

¢ Programs and initiatives to combat mis- and dis-information around COVID-19 and vaccinations and promote the importance of science-based public health measures in response to the pandemic. Deadline To Apply July 06, 2022

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The City Fix

JANUARY 3, 2023

When India’s federal government announced a public health lockdown on March 24, 2022 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it generated desperate scenes. Economic activity ground to a halt. Millions of migrant workers traveled back to their home states.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 18, 2023

As the pandemic public health emergency declaration comes to an end, agencies continue to grapple with the question of whether employees should be in the office.

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GovLoop

JUNE 12, 2023

Problem statement: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) ability to gather and gain insights from public health data was hindered by wide variability in how that data was being managed at the state and local levels. Daniel Jernigan, Deputy Director for Public Health Science and Surveillance at CDC.

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Bang the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

So here are the top 6 agenda items to help you focus time and energy on what matters in 2022. In the last few years, there’s been an understandable reassignment of many key communication staff to booster public health campaigns, with few able to prioritize the essential task of updating (now painfully old) policy.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The city was certified in March 2022. A version of this article appeared in our guide, “Innovations 2022: Conversations That Matter. Here’s how officials did it. Find Partners and Learn Together. And now the departments are telling us to move faster. We’re having trouble keeping up with them. Get the guide. Favorite.

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The City Fix

JANUARY 24, 2022

During these unprecedented times, there’s a great deal of uncertainty about the future. The COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the effects of climate change are already being felt worldwide, and people across the planet continue to face inequity. And that’s just. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Center for Community Progress

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In December 2022, Congress passed an appropriations package that included statutory provisions allowing for additional eligible uses for the American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (ARPA SLFRF). To quote Treasury directly, “ (T)he existing eligible uses, as discussed in the 2022 final rule, remain unchanged.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

These properties, as Community Progress Senior Fellow Alan Mallach recently discussed on NPR’s 1A , actively harm neighbors and neighborhoods by threatening public health and safety, keeping residents from building wealth, and destabilizing local government finances.

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Grant Training Center

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The Biden Administration’s FY 2022 Budget for higher education signals support for innovation in agriculture and science, climate change, rural development and access as well as equity via the funding of minority institutions. For higher education, research and development in the sciences as well as equity takes a leading role.

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Policy Chats

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In this episode, Associate Professor Katie Attwell talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about vaccine hesitancy, mandates, and public health policy. A/Prof Attwell is a global expert in vaccine hesitancy and vaccination policies for childhood and COVID-19 vaccines.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Because Yom Kippur was on 10/5 this year, in the US it was pushed to the second Wednesday in 2022. -- Walk & Roll to School Day Although it's sadly pretty rare, this day should be leveraged by school districts, planning agencies, and transportation departments as a way to promote sustainable mobility options to get to and from school.

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Reprogramming the City

MARCH 22, 2022

The result of a call for proposals put out in 2020, BART announced in early March 2022 the eight winning ideas for old subway cars. We’d like to see them repurposed and have people continue to enjoy these cars.”. A new life for the old trains is on the way. Image Courtesy Courtesy Hernandez-Eli Architecture.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 20, 2024

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023. How level of understanding and type of used sources relate to adherence to COVID-19 public health measures in Canada. Paediatrics & Child Health, 2019. Digital Health, 2022. Courdi, C., Scientific Reports, 2023.

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Policy Chats

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In this episode, Associate Professor Katie Attwell talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about vaccine hesitancy, mandates, and public health policy. A/Prof Attwell is a global expert in vaccine hesitancy and vaccination policies for childhood and COVID-19 vaccines.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 1, 2022

LANSING, MI – On June 30, 2022, the Michigan State House and Senate passed H.B. With this investment, Michigan is taking an important step to strengthening economic growth, reducing crime, and improving overall public health and quality of life.”. “Vacant properties are a statewide issue.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 22, 2022

I have to understand how our sheriff’s office operates and what their unique constraints and requirements are vs. that of the court vs. that of animal care and control vs. that of public health,” he said. Technology always gets a spotlight,” but communication is just as important.

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GovLoop

JULY 11, 2023

According to an August 2022 ResumeBuilder.com survey , almost 21% of 1,000 working Americans say they themselves are quiet quitters. Malissa has over 11 years of public health experience and leadership experience. This article first appeared August 22, 2022. What is quiet quitting?

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

She’s held that post since June 2022. “My But as somebody in public health, I’ve been working with models my entire career.” My role now is helping to transform the way we use technology to implement our programs,” she said. We asked her to share what she’s learned as CDSO.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In her article “ The Innovative State ,” Beth Simone Noveck highlighted an initiative by Chicago’s Department of Public Health. When the initiative launched in 2015, the city had more than 15,000 food establishments but only three dozen health inspectors. They needed to figure out where to put their energies.

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 26, 2023

On July 20, the Partnership for Public Service announced that, after weeks of voting, Megan Meacham, Allison Hutchings, Sarah O’Donnell and the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Team won the 2023 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® People’s Choice Award. More than 75,000 votes were cast to determine this year’s winner.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 17, 2023

The Healthy Food Policy Project , funded by the USDA, is a collaborative of Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at the Vermont School of Law , the Public Health Law Center , and the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health at the University of Connecticut.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Women’s Attitudes and Beliefs on Using Public Restrooms ," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2020) -- " Female restrooms in the tourist destination: how the socio-spatial conditions of public toilets influence women’s perception of safety ," Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering (2022) Other issues.

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zencity

JANUARY 19, 2023

Local government officials have just encountered one of the biggest public health emergencies of their careers. Over the course of 2022, the Zencity team attended nearly 70 government conferences across 22 states. This was a moment to celebrate the renewed sense of community, which was clearer than ever before.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

Trees as Nature-Based “Shade Sails” ," American Journal of Public Health ). A Sensor in Space Has Answers. ," New York Times, " What About the Trees? Tree planting a, s a city equity measure is an important priority of the Salt Lake Mayor. Should we have more water stations?

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NLC (National League of Cities)

AUGUST 1, 2024

On June 25th the Surgeon General issued an advisory declaring firearm violence a public health crisis. In 2022 alone, there were over 48,000 deaths from firearms in the United States, representing nearly 132 people dying each day. Another 100,000 survivors […] Source

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 5, 2024

From the first article: Alcohol killed 1,547 people statewide in 2022 — fewer than the 1,799 who died of overdoses. This table from the first article lists the leading causes of death in Colorado as of 2022. But it's a major oversight in a city like DC, where addiction is high, for example 461 opioid-related overdose deaths in 2022.

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GovLoop

JUNE 19, 2023

CDC Data Maps Illustrate Threat Impacts It’s often impossible to confine environmental and public health events to a specific jurisdiction, agency or area of responsibility. It is the first national geographical tool that measures — and releases to the public — cumulative environmental impacts and related public health vulnerability.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Recently, I thought about demolition of historic buildings in cities like Detroit as deaths, and that they were worthy of a listing in my annual article on "Urbanism-related Obituaries (2022)." Although to be fair to public health departments, many do address it. Mention this a lot.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

s newest hospital ," Washington Post ), in a manner that combined acute care, wellness programming including addressing chronic conditions, and public health with a hospital providing acute care at the center. 2018) -- " Part Two: Creating a graduate health and biotechnology research initiative on the St.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 30, 2023

providing high quality people spaces within a hospital complex becomes very difficult (" Penn’s new hospital belatedly recognizes pedestrian space is a public health issue "). In August [2022], the hospital system opened its affordable housing project Vía Sana in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood. Reading room.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

. -- " Fighting blight by fixing up homes could bring down Philly gun violence, new study shows ," WHYY/NPR -- " Abandoned house repairs reduced nearby gun violenceAbandoned house repairs reduced nearby gun violence ," Penn Today (2023) -- " Urban Blight Remediation as a Cost-Beneficial Solution to Firearm Violence: A Citywide Cluster Randomized Trial (..)

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Paul Cairney

MAY 31, 2022

Sumnall, Tracey Price, Paul Cairney, Josh Dumbrell, and Tessa Parkes (2022) ‘Drug Consumption Rooms and Public … Continue reading → This is my interpretation of this new article: James Nicholls, Wulf Livingston, Andy Perkins, Beth Cairns, Rebecca Foster, Kirsten M. Trayner, Harry R.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 27, 2024

While the department doesn’t provide direct medical services on-site, DC Health does focus on making federal dollars work for city residents, funding nonprofits and community groups working with people who need public health resources.

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