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Emphasizing ‘people over position’: 2023 Exemplary Public Servant James Earp

American City & Country

But Earp, city manager for Hutto, Texas, and a recipient of this year’s American City & County Exemplary Public Service award , believes the winding road to his current role is evidence that he’s where he’s supposed to be. God’s hand was moving,” Earp says. Systems didn’t work or didn’t exist.”

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Understanding Fiscal Scandals and Their Impact on Localities

Barrett & Greene

We subsequently had long talks with the city manager of Durango, Colorado, as well as officials in Cincinnati, Stonecrest, Georgia and Buncombe, County, North Carolina, which had all experienced financial scandals of their own in recent years. The following is a brief edited transcript of the conversation we had with Pope in July.

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2023 – A Year In Review

AccessE11

AI Applications Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the municipal space, offering innovative solutions for improving city management and citizen engagement. In recent years, AI’s role in cities has evolved from being a novel concept to a practical tool that addresses unique municipal challenges.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The committees would concern design and maintenance, business development and recruitment, organizational development including fundraising and organizational communications, and what the model calls "promotion," which includes generally marketing of the building/district, special events and programming, and cross promotion between businesses.

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22 new or updated open datasets on AWS: New polar satellite data, blockchain data, and more

AWS Public Sector Blog

Geospatial: Amazonia-1 satellite imagery managed by AMS Kepler. Homeland Security and Infrastructure US Cities managed by Hobu, Inc. ArcticDEM and Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA) managed by Polar Geospatial Center.

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW:   The First Amendment and Personal Social Media

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

Freed, the unelected city manager of Port Huron, Michigan, violated his free speech rights when the unelected official blocked the complaining citizen from his personal Facebook page. In sum, the Supreme Court opined that public officials should maintain two accounts and keep private matters private and official matters official.