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2023 NextGen Public Service Award Winners

GovLoop

Department of Health and Human Services Caroline Goon, Director of External Affairs, White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, U.S. This person will push the envelope to find innovative ways to share their message while keeping employees and stakeholders engaged.

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Defining Open Data

GovLoop

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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Unhoused individuals gain shelter, prove their identity using AWS-powered solution Kiip

AWS Public Sector Blog

The issue of document access and related administrative burdens is so ubiquitous that public health researchers have published papers about the detrimental impact a lack of identification has on those experiencing homelessness. This interaction seems minor but for someone in a vulnerable community, it is potentially life-altering.

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International SOS

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Prior to his service at FEMA, he served as the Director of Preparedness Policy for the White House Homeland Security Council. and a Master’s Degree in Public Health and Homeland Security from the Pennsylvania State University. and a Master’s Degree in Public Health and Homeland Security from the Pennsylvania State University.

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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Broken Windows theory (" Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety ," Atlantic Magazine , 1982) posits that communities where there are vacant buildings, litter, abandoned cars etc. communicate that it's okay to commit crime.

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RFA-DP-24-081 Effectiveness of Telehealth-Based Programs to Detect Glaucoma Among High-Risk Populations in Community Health Settings

iGrantWriters

The goal is to investigate the feasibility, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of innovative public health interventions targeting these populations. The NOFO consists of two components: Component A: Comparative effectiveness trials of community-based interventions in high-risk populations.

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Talk in Plain Language

GovLoop

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.