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How Can Political Conflict in Adversarial Policy Networks Promote their Coordination?

Policy & Politics Journal blog

by Jeongyoon Lee and David Lee Policy actors often clash during policy processes, especially in contentious areas like climate change, gun control, and healthcare reform.

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Better Communications Tops Data To-Do List

GovLoop

Gardner Policy Institute. The institute, which is based at the University of Utah, provides state and local leaders with economic, demographic and public policy research. Their research supports policy development around a wide array of issues, from transportation, energy and natural resources to education and housing.

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Frugal architecture in action: The Urban Institute innovates with R and Serverless on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

They have also observed that university programs that focus on public policy and statistics often teach R programming, so using R helps new graduates get up to speed quickly. To simplify the user experience for the SEDT tool, Urban used AWS Step Functions to orchestrate and coordinate workflows.

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Driving people-centered digital transformation in public safety with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

After Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, Davis recalled that their legacy communication system made it nearly impossible to coordinate rescue efforts. “We Threats to the availability of communication—both natural and human-made—are a reality across all public safety agencies.

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Rethinking Food Insecurity in the Inland Empire w/ Feeding America CEO Carolyn Fajardo

Policy Chats

In this episode, CEO of Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino, Carolyn Fajardo talks with the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about modern approaches to food insecurity and long-term, sustainable solutions. Thank you so much to our generous sponsor for this episode, the Wall Street Journal. Later, she was appointed CEO.

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Benyamin Chao: The Challenges of Immigration Policy

Policy Chats

In this episode, the Health & Public Benefits Campaign Coordinator at the California Immigrant Policy Center. Benyamin Chao talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about Immigration Policy.

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The Challenges of Immigration Policy (with Benyamin Chao)

Policy Chats

In this episode, the Health & Public Benefits Campaign Coordinator at the California Immigrant Policy Center. Benyamin Chao talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about Immigration Policy.