American City & Country

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

State and local governments employed 20.5 million as of October 2024, according to the U.S. Job openings in September 2024 in state and local governments in the U.S. So, if local governments need to hire qualified workers to replace those leaving, where can they turn to when recruiting?

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 1, 2024

DFI in the news: Report on upcoming Transylvania housing summit cites UNC DFI research in Brevard. The factors mentioned that local governments can influence: zoning and traffic patterns. link] Fascinating listen for anyone who wants to understand how retail businesses from Walmart to Starbucks decide to locate stores.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 27, 2024

Housing Choice Vouchers are a critical source of funding for North Carolina’s lowest income renters to access affordable housing. Of those renters, 73% are extremely low-income, earning less than 30% of the local area median income. [1] For instance, the 2024 FMR was calculated using ACS data from 2017 to 2021.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Alan Shark is an Associate Professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, an affiliate faculty member at GMU’s Center for the Advancement of Human-Machine Partnership, and Executive Director of the Public Technology Institute. The book was drafted, edited and illustrated with the aid of AI.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

These posts are meant to inform local governments about current conditions facing private developers and development projects in their communities. However, some economists have said that higher than expected inflation numbers released in January 2024 could delay those rate cuts. 1] Source: National Multifamily Housing Council.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

The West Virginia Tech Alliance will directly connect more than 750 learners to cloud employers throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. Employers worldwide seek a better and more consistent pipeline of in-house talent in order to compete in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 10, 2024

Local governments may not create their own custom exemptions; they all need to play by the uniform, statewide rules created by the General Assembly. For example, eligibility for exemptions from property taxes levied for the 2024-2025 tax year was determined by the ownership and use of property as of January 1, 2024.

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Government Technology Insider

JUNE 13, 2024

State and local government agencies quickly have begun to include artificial intelligence (AI) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in IT modernization plans. Here we explore the AI challenges state and local agencies face and six best practices to guide government AI adoption strategies.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Bateman and her team focus on demographics and work extensively with Census data, but also create their own datasets based on local input. Their research supports policy development around a wide array of issues, from transportation, energy and natural resources to education and housing.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 29, 2024

When : October 9-11, 2024. The room rate ends on September 16, 2024 or when the room block sells out. You’ll learn about new laws and issues affecting vacant property. Your community is facing different challenges in 2024 than it was in 2007, and even in 2022. The sessions at RVP reflect that!

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GovLoop

JUNE 12, 2024

Priorities for States Each year, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) publishes federal advocacy priorities that represent areas of focus for the upcoming year and how states can collaborate with federal agencies, Congress, the White House and strategic partners. Here’s a look at recent developments.

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Center for Community Progress

MARCH 6, 2024

But when property conditions harm its occupants, or the property’s deterioration threatens the safety of neighbors or the stability of the neighborhood, local governments need tools to step in. What can local government do to address vacant and “blighted” properties? What is code enforcement?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Photograph: David Rowe/Alamy Under Conservative control of the UK from 2010-2024, local governments were severely crushed by actions of the central government, austerity and other cuts, and further mandates meant that local governments faced up to a 2/3 drop in revenues.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

According to Deloitte, 60% of current government investments in AI and data analytics are intended to directly impact real-time operational decisions and outcomes by 2024. And local governments, including Washington, D.C.,

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article was updated with new findings as of October 2024 from WRI’s Electric School Bus Data Dashboard, which is updated monthly and contains the most recent data on electric school bus adoption. Previous versions of this article are.

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The City Fix

JULY 5, 2024

The most recent installment, ICLEI World Congress 2024, held June 18-21 in São Paulo, Brazil, converged over 1,500 global attendees to. Every three years, ICLEI hosts the ICLEI World Congress to showcase how subnational actors advance sustainable urban development worldwide.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

With the goal to build a society in which no one is left behind by improving convenience, health, and happiness through digital technology, Japan’s Digital Agency represents the nation’s bold commitment to digital innovation across government and society. The architecture of these blocks is centered around AWS Managed Services.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS) previously featured its work to achieve “functional zero,” the state of reaching a balance between the number of people becoming homeless (the inflow) and the number of people becoming housed (the outflow). But what does that mean to individuals doing the work? They need context.”

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The City Fix

JUNE 5, 2024

In March 2024, the inaugural Buildings and Climate Global Forum convened more than 1,000 participants to spur action towards built environment decarbonization and resilience. The first-of-its-kind forum was welcome, as the sector needs a shakeup. The big issue on the table was.

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GovLoop

APRIL 1, 2024

Government is under pressure to update its legacy technology systems. Modernization is crucial for agencies to stay agile, secure, and responsive to evolving needs,” said Francisco Ramirez, Chief Architect of State and Local Government at Red Hat. Getting there, however, has often proven problematic.

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Center for Community Progress

JANUARY 6, 2025

In September 2024, Community Progress convened a learning exchange in Cleveland for leaders in land conservation and their partner land banks and local government agencies from four cities: Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, and Detroit.

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GovLoop

JUNE 11, 2024

The Equity Issue For local government, zoning regulations are one of the most powerful ways to give shape to a community — to spur growth in some areas and limit it in others. This article appeared in our guide, “ Building Trust With Tech In State and Local Government.”

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Center for Community Progress

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Additionally, ARPA SLFRF used for Surface Transportation and Title I projects must supplement, not supplant, other federal, state, territorial, Tribal, and local government funds that are otherwise available for these projects. 8 What are the obligation and expenditure deadlines?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 30, 2022

And various phases of a new central station complex --station, retail, office, hotel--are opening between now and 2024. in parts of New England, Washington State, California, Maryland, etc.). -- " Two train/regional transit ideas: Part 1 | Amtrak should acquire Greyhound ," 2021 Transformational Projects Action Planning.

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GovLoop

MARCH 15, 2024

Although cyber innovations will come largely from industry and academia, the federal government is attempting to bolster those efforts by offering technical guidance best practices, spearheading public/private collaboration and, in some cases, making financial investments. This article appeared in our guide, “The 2024 Cyber Agenda.”

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Social Pinpoint

JANUARY 24, 2024

Before we look forward and reveal our predictions for the top 2024 trends in online community engagement, let’s look back. This was a great way to get younger members of the community engaged in what local government does at an early age and a good example of the value of hybrid engagement.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

These programs, which are aimed at assisting first-time homebuyers (FTHBs), are primarily run by state and local governments as well as non-profit organizations. 7 Second, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the largest government agency that helps finance homeownership, routinely insures mortgages with just a 3.5

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