GovPilot

JULY 5, 2023

In an era characterized by rapid modernization, increased constituent expectations, shrinking budgets, and unpredictable outside disruptions, local governments’ reliance on arcane paper-based processes drains its scarce resources and limits its ability to fully serve constituents.

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Local Government Constituents Government Budgeting 105

GovLoop

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Let’s say you launch a constituent engagement initiative and within one year you see a significant rise across various metrics: website hits, comments received and event registrations. San Antonio launched an initiative called SASpeakUp in 2015 to gather better input on the city’s budget and its services. Do you call it a success?

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Constituents Social Media Communications Engagement 59

Barrett & Greene

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At the end of November, a survey was released that investigated how local government finance leaders feel about their current budgeting practices and their readiness to embrace modernized approaches. One cautionary note, according to the report which was titled Rethinking Budgeting: Results from the Local Government Budget Survey.

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Budgeting Elected Officials Strategic Planning Local Government 64

Government Technology Insider

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

When constituent services and benefit programs moved their application processes online, they were made far more accessible to malicious actors – we found this out during the COVID-19 pandemic. This results in many cases requiring a mix of automated and manual reviews of constituent applications. That’s something we need to change.

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Constituents Government Agency Budgeting Public Sector 59

GovPilot

DECEMBER 21, 2023

From budget constraints, to crime and public safety , to environmental issues, local government officials deal with numerous problems on a daily basis. While tackling these problems, they must keep their constituents happy by being transparent and holding themselves to the highest standard of accountability.

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Constituents Local Government Public Safety Government 52

GovLoop

MARCH 25, 2024

Building trust with constituents is difficult. The article explains that agencies can fall anywhere on the spectrum, and “depending on their position, will have different relationships with their constituents.” It means establishing and maintaining relationships as you carry out your agency’s mission.

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Constituents Regulations Education Engagement 102

AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 15, 2022

With budget left to spend before September 30, agencies need to obligate their remaining 2022 fiscal year funds. The end of the US federal government fiscal year is fast approaching. Amazon Web Services (AWS) can provide federal agencies with options to procure future cloud computing resources using current-year funds.

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Public Sector Constituents Government Budgeting 200

AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

Richard Turnquist, assistant athletic director of data and analytics, was interested in how the department could use analytics to drive the department’s budget and financial goals. “We Unifying data sources to gain a more complete picture of football fans Pitt knew they wanted to start with a project focused on enhancing fan engagement.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 24, 2023

“What people are expecting is personalized, online, digital services for those things that can be digitized,” said Charlie Francis, Senior Consultant at Questica, which provides multi-user budgeting, performance measures, transparency and data visualization software for governments.

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Budgeting Local Government Constituents Government 52

GovLoop

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Long wait times, multiple transfers to get to the “right” person, and unsatisfying responses are leaving constituents dissatisfied with the service experience provided to them by government agencies. Why is it so hard for agencies to replicate the level of service of a private company?

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Constituents Budgeting Government Agency Government 52

GovLoop

AUGUST 8, 2024

As you make your services more accessible online for your constituents, unfortunately, it can also open the door to cyber criminals. Have you strategized and budgeted for enhanced security? Modernization can improve your agency’s service delivery, but while you upgrade your tech and processes, you can’t forget about security.

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Community Engagement Constituents Budgeting Security 98

AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

AWS Marketplace helps simplify and streamline procurement for public sector organizations, enabling them to spend their budgets driving their missions forward rather than on administrative overhead. Do you have questions about how AWS can help your government agency provide innovative services for constituents?

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When well-designed, it improves constituent experiences (CX) and promotes equity and engagement. A new term to some, “civic tech” relates to technology that directly facilitates CX, constituent experience or communication. The benefits of thoughtful civic tech are big, and include the potential to promote constituent trust.

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Constituents Urban Planning Communications Translation 81

GovLoop

JULY 18, 2023

Agencies seeking to improve customer experience face multiple hurdles — some that start long before direct interaction with constituents. And, Barry said, government systems tend to grow more complex, although simplicity would improve internal processes and constituent experiences. Of course, you must consider budget, too.

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Security Constituents Communications Budgeting 98

AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 3, 2024

The state’s Human Services Department (HSD) manages a budget of $7 billion of state and federal funds as it works to transform the lives of 800,000 low-income New Mexicans. Discover how government agencies across the country use AWS to better serve constituents at the AWS Cloud for Health and Human Services hub.

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GovPilot

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Unlike the Federal Government, which can and does run a large budget deficit, most local governments are legally required to prepare a balanced budget. Because local governments cannot spend more than they’ve budgeted each year, preparing a budget is one of their most critical jobs.

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Local Government Budgeting Government Constituents 52

American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Louis struggle with resource constraints and grapple with the significant challenges cities face in balancing budgets, maintaining public services and managing infrastructure needs. It results from past budget deficits and requires ongoing management through interest and principal repayments.

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Government Budgeting Public Sector Sustainability 97

AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 21, 2024

They often rely on donor and grant funding, so they have to justify every expense to their constituents. Going over budget is not an option. They strive to improve the human condition in innumerable ways, yet they cannot raise capital like a commercial organization, so they have to make the most of the resources they have.

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Grant Training Center

JANUARY 16, 2023

That this is a substantial and needed project with real outcomes that serve the constituents. The Budget (1-2 paragraphs) should be abbreviated; save the detail for the complete proposal. The Closing Paragraph should refer to the solicitation instructions and the contribution that the intervention will make to the field/constituents.

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Constituents Budgeting Sustainability Communications 96

GovPilot

JULY 22, 2024

Local government officials shoulder large responsibilities , from budget restrictions to catering to the needs of their constituents, all while trying to stay green. Doing this while also maintaining environmental integrity can become very complex.

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Constituents Local Government Budgeting Government 52

AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The rise in cybersecurity threats means city, county, and education leaders must consider how best to protect constituent and student data, financial information, services, and more. The Cyber Readiness Grant Program’s initial budget isn’t large enough to provide security software to every city, county, and school.

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Local Government Security Public Sector Education 130

Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget attributes this bottleneck to the “time tax,” or the amount of effort required to fill out applications, assemble documents, and schedule government visits. This has led to increasing frustration among government workers and citizens. One source estimates that in the U.S. In Dearborn, Mich.,

Public Sector 105

Public Sector Government Constituents Security 105

GovLoop

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It takes teamwork — and a lot of it — to keep agencies operating, meeting missions and providing for constituents. We aligned our outcomes back up to…organizational success and ensured that we had the fiscal budgeting to support the bottom line,” Benjamin said. Government employees don’t operate in a vacuum.

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GovLoop

JUNE 9, 2023

That is, how do issues like data quality, data maturity, compliance monitoring and so on actually contribute to the well-being of a community or improve service to constituents? A Better Business Case The idea of arguing from outcome rather than policy has ramifications when it comes to the budgeting and appropriations processes.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The private sector has set the service bar high, and government agencies are striving to deliver the same level of speed and simplicity that constituents have come to expect elsewhere. How can organizations enhance their service deliverability when they’re already facing budget pressures and staff shortages? Favorite.

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Constituents Budgeting Government Agency Communications 52

GovLoop

DECEMBER 6, 2022

But in the past, the city struggled to get feedback about the project from many stakeholders and constituents. In-person meetings are tough for people to attend because of work schedules, childcare needs, and mobility and health limitations, for instance — challenges that could prevent many constituents from participating.

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Constituents Parks And Recreation Outreach Engagement 59

GovPilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Local government officials serve as the backbone of community governance, holding the responsibility of representing the interests of their constituents and overseeing the functioning of local administrative affairs.

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Constituents Local Government Budgeting Implementation 52

GovLoop

APRIL 18, 2024

For example, a system upgrade can slow employees’ computers if they’re dated and need reconfiguring and budget constraints have prevented an agency from replacing older equipment. Clunky, old, public facing systems frustrate constituents and reduce engagement, she said. What is Change Management? But backend changes matter also.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

Just that one tool alone is so powerful for our time and budget,” said NPD Sergeant Bucky Culbertson. For example, because of SOMA, prosecutors have access to our court system, saving us about $40,000 annually in the discovery process alone—no more burning copies, no more redundant task entry.

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Public Sector Public Safety Laws Government Agency 130

GovLoop

MARCH 27, 2024

Join us online Monday, April 15 at 4 p.m. PT to hear from a government CX expert about how to ramp up the effectiveness of your public surveys. The key is to find ways to bring that innovation forward and use it as a catalyst for change. Join us online Wednesday, April 17 at 12 p.m.

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Budgeting Constituents Development Public Sector 80

GovPilot

JUNE 12, 2023

They also recognize how difficult modernizing infrastructure can be with limited local government budgets. US federal and state governments both recognize the key infrastructure developments needed to bring American physical and digital infrastructure to the modern world.

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Local Government Budgeting Development Government 90

AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2023

Stay on budget and on timeline because that’s where you’ll lose stakeholder support. AWS Marketplace helps to simplify and streamline procurement for public sector organizations, enabling them to spend their budgets driving their missions forward rather than on administrative overhead. Be transparent and don’t overcommit.

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Public Sector Housing Coordinator Local Government 130

GovLoop

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Now comes the hard part: keeping pace with constituents who’ve loved what they’ve seen and are looking for more. The problem is that the surge in demand is happening when agencies are dealing with budget constraints and worker shortages. Managing Multiple Channels.

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Constituents Communications Engagement Housing 59

Government Technology Insider

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

These are good user experience design and language constituents can understand. These states are using creative techniques to optimize their budgets, resources, and employee skills, while ultimately achieving the goal of a modern, efficient, and equitable solution. Both impact on how well the system works for users.

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Constituents Sustainability Public Sector Government 64

GovLoop

MAY 12, 2023

But in the past, the city struggled to get feedback about the project from many stakeholders and constituents. Constituents don’t have to pay transportation costs to commute to a meeting, and there are fewer custodial and security expenses when meetings are fully virtual.

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Constituents Parks And Recreation Outreach Engagement 52

GovPilot

JUNE 10, 2022

No matter where your local government's size or where it is located geographically your community is not alone in needing to make critical updates to your physical and digital infrastructure. Perhaps your community has one of the 220,000 bridges in need of serious repair work.

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Local Government Budgeting Government Constituents 52

Government Technology Insider

AUGUST 6, 2024

As a program serving a diverse group of constituents, UI programs must be able to adapt to changes in constituent demands, changes in legislation, and changes in economic conditions, without requiring a disruptive system overhaul.

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Constituents Translation Legislation Implementation 52