AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Improving public information services To better serve their community, a state agency uses an LLM-powered chatbot enhanced with RAG to provide real-time, accurate information on public transportation schedules, public health advisories, and more.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

According to the guidance from the Community Services Preventive Task Force, park and recreation and public health professionals play a role in ensuring all community members have equitable opportunities to get active. The Active Parks! Implementation Guide.

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The City Fix

JANUARY 3, 2023

When India’s federal government announced a public health lockdown on March 24, 2022 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it generated desperate scenes. Economic activity ground to a halt. Millions of migrant workers traveled back to their home states.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The article explores how the COVID-19 pandemic could become the tipping point for connecting biodiversity with human health, and we’re thrilled to be joined by the author of the article and one of her colleagues to talk a little bit more about it. How investing in biodiversity in communities contributes to more equitable outcomes.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 30, 2023

providing high quality people spaces within a hospital complex becomes very difficult (" Penn’s new hospital belatedly recognizes pedestrian space is a public health issue "). Hospitals can be strong supporters of community development efforts, but it has to be designed into the program from the outset.

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Bang the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In the last few years, there’s been an understandable reassignment of many key communication staff to booster public health campaigns, with few able to prioritize the essential task of updating (now painfully old) policy. More on the trends changing community engagement here. Make use of available funding.

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The City Fix

JULY 29, 2020

When was the last time you walked through the market without being conscious about other people walking close to you or the last time you took a stroll to a neighborhood park without thinking about the hygiene around? The COVID-19. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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zencity

JANUARY 3, 2022

Our team has a sweet spot for the Golden State, and picturesque Monterey, California , certainly hits the top of our list of places we’d like to go—for professional development and growth, of course! But more than that, this conference is a pivotal event that brings together city managers from across the State.

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The City Fix

APRIL 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a disruptive new normal for everyone through shelter-in-place orders and social distancing guidelines. But for the billions of urban poor, these guidelines aren’t just burdensome; they’re essentially impossible. Social distancing is a critically important response. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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