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AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance expands to Texas

AWS Public Sector Blog

The tech industry in the state of Texas is booming, with a growing demand for skilled workers in cloud, information technology (IT), software development, and data analytics roles. AWS has a long history of collaborating with organizations in Texas to advance workforce development and skills attainment initiatives.

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Resident Engagement in Vacant Lot Greening: Empowering Communities for Neighborhood Revitalization

Center for Community Progress

Greening programs support the systematic upkeep of vacant lots and may include activities such as obtaining professional mowing services or engaging residents to purchase and maintain side lots, mow community lots, plant gardens, or create pocket parks. Resident engagement in greening is one such approach.

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Why you should apply to the Mission Support Leadership Program

Partnership for Public Service

Focusing on the core tenets of our Public Service Leadership Model , the program helps professionals in mission-support roles make a positive impact at their agency and develop as leaders. Recently, the Partnership sat down with a few program alumni on LinkedIn Live to discuss the benefits of this leadership training opportunity.

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(Contact-Free) Human Touch Helps Transform a Riverscape

GovLoop

That allowed the city to use multiple types of outreach to share updates with people as the project developed. Skowera not only sees engagement benefits from offering virtual options, but also environmental and budgetary advantages. Engagement as an Agency-wide Priority. Get the guide. Favorite.

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Make an Impact by Leading with a Mentoring Mindset — Episode 150

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

As you may know, January is National Mentoring Month, and all month long, NRPA has been sharing content around how mentoring through parks and recreation is helping youth develop positive connections with trusted and caring adults, which we know can support their long-term success.

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Measuring & Managing Business Tax Incentives

Barrett & Greene

In our work at Smart Incentives and PFM Group Consulting we’re often called upon to advise economic development organizations and evaluate incentive programs. In these efforts, we have identified two key questions: How will the incentive be managed? What data is necessary to determine if it is working?

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The Power of Mindfulness

GovLoop

In the latest installment of Management Minutes With Mika, government transformation expert Mika Cross chatted with Mindful NOAA co-founder and program manager, Garth Smelser, discussing the meaning of mindfulness and strategies to apply it in agencies to become better public servants.