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Social media cases hinge on definition of what amounts to state action online

GCN

Supreme Court wrestled in two important cases over whether public officials acted improperly in blocking constituents on their personal social media accounts.

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How leaders can get comfortable with accountability

Partnership for Public Service

Accountability can be a scary word for federal leaders. We often associate the word with audits and “gotcha” exercises, but accountability is so much more than that. In fact, government supervisors need to embrace and get comfortable with accountability if they want to be effective at leading people and achieving results.

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ARP Accounting and Financial Reporting in North Carolina

Death and Taxes

Accounting and financial reporting guidance for American Rescue Plan monies seems to be a never-ending soap opera with constant twists and turns. ARP funds meet the definition of government-mandated nonexchange transactions as defined in GASB Statement No. 33, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Nonexchange Transaction s.

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Changing Perspectives: How I Define Myself as a Teacher Leader

Homeroom

By: Misael Gonzalez, High School English Language Arts teacher, Miami, Florida In many ways, my definition of teacher leadership was shaped by dramatized Hollywood portrayals of real accounts: a heroic singular leader fighting the system to make a change, a school in a “rough part of town” with a high minority-student population, and a challenge.

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Buckhead District of Atlanta looks to secede from Atlanta

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It accounts for 38% of the city's tax revenue. Definitely counter to my call for cities and counties to merge, to create bigger, more viable polities. A kind of edge city , but within the city, not on the outskirts of the metropolitan area. It's competitive with Downtown for commercial property location and development.

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Battling the food security crisis with Agents for Amazon Bedrock

AWS Public Sector Blog

The agent understands your APIs by examining an API specification definition you provide that meets the OpenAPI specification. Using these definitions, the agent can reason about which APIs to call and in which order to best fulfill the user’s request. To create an account, select Create a DIEM account.

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Decision Intelligence: Data Ethics

GovLoop

By definition, data ethics refers to the norms of behavior that promote appropriate judgments and accountability when acquiring, managing or using data. There are three goals: protect civil liberties, minimize risks to individuals and society, and maximize the public good.