The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2025

The Housing Choice Voucher program is the nation’s largest rental assistance program, providing critical support to 2.3 Ensuring its continued effectiveness requires understanding not just where vouchers succeed, but also where improvements can help more families secure stable housing. million low-income households.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JANUARY 16, 2024

NLC’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Development team helps cities meet their economic security needs by building robust and inclusive economies. In the […] Source

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

It should be simple to build digital platforms that offer people reliable, clear ways to access government services such as healthcare, business registration, and welfare payments. We needed specialist suppliers to help us develop new services and train people to deliver them. The frameworks they developed became the GOV.UK

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Sustainability initiatives create opportunities for equitable solutions The focus on sustainability goes beyond the environment to include the social aspects of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). The project is live and is providing surplus renewable energy to families across Ireland, which would otherwise go unused.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

JANUARY 16, 2025

reached a record high in 2024, according to a new annual point-in-time count released in December by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Homelessness in the U.S. More than 770,000 people experienced homelessness on a single night.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

OCTOBER 3, 2024

State and local governments are exploring ways to take a more direct role in financing, preserving, and developing housing to address the nation’s housing shortage with an array of public development models, according to a new policy brief by the NYU Furman Center and its Housing Solutions Lab.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Today, Liam Maxwell, director of government transformation for Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced the winners of the first Future of Government Awards during a virtual ceremony. The Future of Government Awards recognize the people and projects leading public sector digital transformation around the world.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Article by Pam Blumenthal, social science analyst, Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Sarah Schaefer, social science analyst, Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 28, 2025

The potential for AI to deliver a new generation of citizen-centric public services and efficient governance is too great to ignore, but how can it be done while decarbonising and ensuring sustainability goals? It extends to infrastructure, skills development, and unlocking public and private sector data to become a global leader.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Government organizations face challenges that include tight budgets and rapidly evolving citizen demands. In the UK, 44 local government bodies—called councils—use an open approach to share expertise and pool resources to transform their web publishing platforms using LocalGov Drupal. website, launched in 2012.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Over the last few decades, these systems have become ubiquitous in almost every aspect of local government management. The Performance Management Process Cycle The adoption and implementation of performance management in community development, however, pose a unique challenge due to how these services are structured and organized.

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Center for Community Progress

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Addressing these properties requires intervention at multiple points and systems—and one powerful tool many communities use to address vacancy and promote equitable development is the land bank. They pose social, economic, health, and environmental hazards to communities and residents. 31 of The Road Ahead ) 2. 31), green spaces (pg.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A cloud marketplace is operated by a cloud service provider (CSP) and serves as a place for customers to browse and subscribe to software applications and developer services that are built on, integrate with, or supplement the CSP’s main offering.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 7, 2024

As New York City faces its worst housing crisis in over 50 years, policymakers are looking to connect affordable housing developers with a range of institutional stakeholders from hospitals to faith-based organizations to find ways to increase the supply of homes.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Governments worldwide dedicate a significant portion of their IT budget to maintaining legacy technology systems. This can pose security and operational continuity challenges and governments seek to address this challenge. For example, the cost to the UK government of maintaining legacy IT is estimated to be around 50 percent (or £2.3

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 21, 2025

Google's experiences across the Public Sector have led us to offer an adaptable framework for governments for defining and refining your governments AI & data access strategy. Defining a government Data Access Platform (DAP): A platform where individuals and businesses can easily find and access government data.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 10, 2024

Amazon DataZone is a data management service that makes it faster and easier for customers to catalog, discover, share, and govern data stored across AWS, on premises, and third-party sources. Businesses face tough challenges in achieving data governance, like compliance, security, scalability and management overhead.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In September 2021, Japan took a leap with the establishment of its Digital Agency and the creation of the government cloud. The Digital Agency’s government cloud As the central command for Japan’s digital transformation, the Digital Agency began pursuing the development of a government cloud in 2021.

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Government Technology Insider

MARCH 27, 2025

Highlighting findings from NASCIO 2024 Mid-Year Conference and a study on AI implementation, this article looks at the opportunities and challenges AI presents for government leaders. Here we explore the AI challenges state and local agencies face and six best practices to guide government AI adoption strategies.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 20, 2024

You need to craft data-driven narratives that connect with the intended audience, whether government officials, legislators or constituents. Their research supports policy development around a wide array of issues, from transportation, energy and natural resources to education and housing. Its not enough to dig up good data.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 11, 2024

These posts are meant to inform local governments about current conditions facing private developers and real estate development projects in their communities. Figure 1) Source: Fannie Mae Developers continue to report challenges caused by high interest rates.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

Introduction Government authorities such as tax, unemployment insurance, and other finance agencies across the US and globally are seeking ways to innovate. As the volume, velocity, and variety of data grows, government authorities are now investing in modern data strategies that treat data as an asset and allow it to be used effectively.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 27, 2023

How can we use IoT data to improve social care and housing to protect the elderly and vulnerable people? In fact, research from UNISON revealed that local authorities responsible for delivering social care and housing are facing a massive £2.1bn shortfall, which is expected to lead to huge service and staff cuts.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

If a local government wants to re-do its IT setup, its leaders should collaborate with knowledgeable teammates, says Matt Sprague , industry strategy director, local government at Trimble , a U.S.-based He urges government administrators to ask prospective vendors how their company is working to make processes better.

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GCN

APRIL 5, 2024

Adam Schiff and Jimmy Gomez cosponsored legislation that would direct the Housing and Urban Development Secretary to help refashion certain federal, state and local government properties into affordable residential rental projects. California Reps.

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GCN

MAY 6, 2024

A new book by Charles Marohn and Daniel Herriges of Strong Towns encourages local officials to promote small-scale developments, even if it means using city financial tools to get them off the ground.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Housing is a basic issue for anyone interested in CED. Behind the headline are a host of issues that both foster hope in how to address affordable housing needs and the realization of the many steps it may take to get there. Manufactured homes are a statewide feature of North Carolina – we have more than almost any other state.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This blog post is the first in a regular series aimed at informing local government partners about current conditions facing private developers and development projects in their communities. In 2021, for example, a developer able to secure a $5 million loan with 3.5% link] [2] Source: National Multifamily Housing Council.

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Google Public Sector

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Realizing its full potential to improve government services, enhance decision-making, and ultimately create a more efficient and effective public sector requires leadership and a clear commitment. At Google, we've long believed that AI is a foundational and transformational technology, with the potential to benefit people and society.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

Across the country, more than 5 million low-income Americans rely on housing choice vouchers to help cover their housing costs. Across the country, more than 5 million low-income Americans rely on housing choice vouchers to help cover their housing costs.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 11, 2025

It is also important to remember that the use of technology is not confined to those seeking to use it for altruistic or business/government purposes, and it is increasingly part of the threat landscape. appeared first on Open Access Government. M Hughes et al., Accessed 06/02/2025. Accessed 06/02/2025. International. International.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

At AWS re:Invent 2022, I connected with inspiring customers around the world who are using the cloud to drive innovation in government, education, nonprofit, space, and healthcare. Today’s citizens expect a frictionless experience when interacting with government. And many are rising to the challenge.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 23, 2023

Office to residential conversions are a once-in-a-generation opportunity to provide affordable housing in New York City. In their “ Making New York Work for Everyone ” plan, released in January, Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul expressed eagerness to build more housing in New York City’s business districts after COVID.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 10, 2024

This blog post attempts to identify which of these property tax breaks that might be relevant to a local government’s community and economic development plans. Local governments may not create their own custom exemptions; they all need to play by the uniform, statewide rules created by the General Assembly.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The UMBS makes up 70 percent of the total MBS market in the US and was established in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to provide stability, liquidity, and resiliency in the US housing market. CSS delivers an industry-critical function and is regulated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Plus, CSS realized $10.7

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Center for Community Progress

JANUARY 6, 2025

In September 2024, Community Progress convened a learning exchange in Cleveland for leaders in land conservation and their partner land banks and local government agencies from four cities: Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, and Detroit. Traditional land conservancies work to permanently conserve natural landscapes and working lands.

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Now that Congress is back from August recess, it is racing around the clock to fund the federal government for the next fiscal year, which starts on Oct. When annual funding bills aren’t passed through the appropriations process, the government shuts down. The full House and Senate still need to consider and vote on these bills.

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