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Agencies Seek Gains Through Precision Modernization

GovLoop

Recognizing that legislators and executive leaders have little appetite for sweeping modernization plans, many agencies are opting for a more targeted approach, focusing on initiatives that deliver tangible benefits. 2 – CAPTURING MORE REVENUE Legislators often question what return on investment modernization projects will deliver.

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Building Forever-Modern Unemployment Insurance Takes New Technologies and Mindsets

Government Technology Insider

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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How Nomad uses Amazon IVS to scale public court livestreams

AWS Public Sector Blog

The Nomad platform is built on Amazon Web Services (AWS), and simplifies customer access to the building blocks of AWS via an intuitive interface for managing a wide range of video demands, from live streaming and recording to metadata tagging with artificial intelligence (AI), archiving, transcription, translation, and more.

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Leaders in Land Banking: A Conversation with the Directors of the Savannah-Chatham Land Bank Authority and Omaha Municipal Land Bank

Center for Community Progress

laughs) I don’t think I’ve fully arrived, yet, but one challenge is the translation jump across state policy, legislation, and even philosophy of approach. What have been some of your biggest challenges in running a land bank so far? Leslie : Well, I’ve had this role for all of two months!

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Summit County (Utah) Community Planning Lab as an example of civic engagement and best practice technical assistance

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Unlike DC's "constituency service" programs by Councilmembers and the Mayor's Office, these initiatives are designed to support DIY self-help efforts driven independently of elected officials. DC recently passed legislation to allow non-citizens to participate in local elections, including running for office. I think that's reasonable.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Not surprisingly, the two companies highly prioritized protecting those subsidies, which meant maintaining political support in Congress to ensure no legislation was passed to take them away. 19 This support was translated into extreme lobbying power in Congress, which ensured that the two companies did not lose the subsidies.

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Budget Lessons from the States for the Feds:How to Radically Change Expectations about the Federal

Barrett & Greene

As someone who has worked at both the state and federal level, the differences are striking and suggest that some serious thought should be given to translating some valuable lessons of state budget processes and policies to the federal level. ​ During the Great Recession, I was director of Georgia’s Senate Budget and Evaluation Office.