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. 31), green spaces (pg. 30), new businesses (pg. 46), and even a community apiary (pg.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

AWS wants to help startups develop solutions that address the needs of government agencies, with the first cohort focused on justice and public safety organizations including courts, corrections, emergency services, and law enforcement. Learn more about the AWS GovTech Accelerator and apply now.

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zencity

JULY 12, 2023

Here are four things every state and local government leader needs to know about Threads to be a successful early mover: Register your username(s) right away. Develop a basic Threads strategy. What must you consider to comply with your state and local laws? agency officials, professionals, and elected.).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

To make hearings visible to the public, even when in-person attendance is limited, state and local governments are beginning to mandate many court proceedings be live streamed, often with a very short window to do so. Read more about AWS for state and local government: Working backwards from Vision Zero to improve road safety.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

Watch this lightning talk to learn how you can empower your CloudOps teams to do more with a governance-by-default approach. This talk gives you a comprehensive guide on how to maximize the effectiveness of platform engineering, and highlights how leveraging AI can boost developer productivity.

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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. Continuous learning programs may help agencies prepare staff to use AI solutions now and innovate with them as the technology develops.

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Center for Community Progress

JANUARY 15, 2025

Housing and building code enforcement is one of local governments most important tools to stabilize and strengthen neighborhoods. In Cleveland, we are helping the City develop a new training curriculum for code enforcement officers and staff centered around a strategic code compliance approach.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

This post aims to demonstrate how public sector customers can develop a fine-grained authorization module using Amazon Web Services (AWS) identity services, extending beyond the capabilities of traditional role-based access control (RBAC), so they can achieve compliance objectives.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 10, 2024

North Carolina property tax law, nicknamed the Machinery Act, contains many dozens of full or partial exemptions for property as diverse as free drug samples, uranium 233, and Loyal Order of the Moose clubhouses. creates several uniform provisions governing deferred taxes.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The shift to remote work, whether universal or not, represents a significant challenge for public officials focused on economic development. And for local governments engaged in business location incentive negotiations with private employers, the prospect of remote or hybrid workers must now be explicitly addressed. 708 (1996).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In the world of law enforcement and justice, every piece of evidence has a significant impact. The three parties collaborated to identify application and functionality requirements and developed the application according to CCC requirements. The application is integrated with Microsoft Azure AD for single sign-on authentication.

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zencity

JANUARY 3, 2022

It’s a new year, which means our team is here to share the local government conferences we’re most excited for in 2022. But by mid-year, as things began opening up, we were back in action in person, happy to see so many of our local government friends and colleagues! 10 Best Local Government Conferences 2022.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Citi Logik provides their customers, including the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Wiltshire County Council, with valuable insights to help them make informed decisions about future transportation planning and urban planning development. Citi Logik developed the front end of the People Movement Portal as a fully serverless solution.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

His office also has worked toward a whole-of-state security approach, as per a 2019 North Dakota law that gave the cyberteam command-and-control over cybersecurity in all branches of state government. That’s a problem for any organization, and certainly for government.

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GovPilot

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The growing popularity of electric bikes in cities nationwide is an exciting development in the use of transportation technology. While electric bikes are a new and convenient addition to many cities, it is important that public officials understand both the pros and cons of integrating these fast electric bikes into their community.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ? One thing is certain: government alone does not have the resources to construct and operate the needed housing units. Accordingly, a preliminary step for a local government is to conduct an assessment of the local housing need.

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Super Library Marketing

APRIL 14, 2025

I thought that the push for full compliance was the result of a new law. There is now an official deadline for compliance for state and local government entities. The Department of Justice has drawn a line in the sand because too many government entities (including libraries) have been ignoring the legal requirement.”

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding. Davis, John E. Decker, Andrew.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 17, 2022

Eisenberg , associate professor of law at the University of South Carolina School of Law, discusses the unique challenges and approaches to addressing vacancy in rural communities. Vacant properties are, by and large, a local government issue, and urban and rural local governments are fundamentally different in size.

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Government Technology Insider

JUNE 13, 2024

State and local government agencies quickly have begun to include artificial intelligence (AI) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in IT modernization plans. Continuous learning programs may help agencies prepare staff to use AI solutions now and innovate with them as the technology develops.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In their previous role at the West Virginia Community Development Hub, Bennett worked as the primary statewide convener and advocate for land bank-based policies. To account for these limitations, we’re seeing land banks step in as the property developer. Bennett has served as the Executive Director of WVLSC since 2021.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

While restrictive zoning is not the only reason housing costs are high in the United States, it does play a major role in limiting housing development, especially in parts of the country with high paying jobs in fast-growing industries. Researchers found preliminary evidence that these laws had their intended effect.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The next steps will require an investment of time to teach the computer the language of tax, including tax laws and IRS requirements. Develop AI implementation guidelines that include transparency of algorithms used. Read related stories on the AWS Public Sector Blog: Taxes, governments, and great experiences using the cloud.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 17, 2023

But having government work with food systems as a specific vehicle of local CED efforts? In fact, a significant new resource on local food system development (discussed below) was released just this morning. a geographic approach (joint city/county efforts, or government-based regional partnerships).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

The deployment and results SOMA is a leading technology partner providing critical response and operating software solutions for law enforcement, first responder, and government agencies. government security and compliance requirements.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In a May 2022 post , Tyler outlined many of the ways in which North Carolina’s local governments can aid the development of privately owned affordable housing. 2] In these cases, a local government is both an “issuer” (i.e., 2] In these cases, a local government is both an “issuer” (i.e.,

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Introduction The Nebraska Judicial Branch is a vital component of the state’s government for interpreting and applying the law to resolve disputes and uphold justice.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 29, 2024

It is the only national community development conference dedicated specifically to reusing “ blighted ” properties—what we call vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) properties. When : October 9-11, 2024. There is an optional service project (a creative placemaking installation on a vacant lot) happening in the morning.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 3, 2024

One highlight has been the generous grant of over $1 million from JP Morgan Chase to support our Developers of Color initiative. This initiative, led by our Director of Engagement Odetta Macleish-White, creates opportunities for marginalized local developers and promotes equitable development in underserved communities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Flexibility – With microservices, changes and updates can be made to individual components without affecting the entire system, making it easier to adapt the system to new laws, regulations, or business requirements. Faster development – The modular nature of microservices enables parallel development and deployment of different components.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 15, 2023

State laws gives land banks their unique powers. Community priorities and state laws determine what land banks can do with properties. A land bank’s primary purpose is to acquire properties that some call “ blighted ” and temporarily hold and take care of them until they can be transferred to new, responsible owners.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 26, 2023

Indeed, most local governments report that almost all owners pay their property taxes on time. The Supreme Court ruled that by allowing the County to keep the surplus from the property sale, Minnesota law violates the “takings clause” of the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For example, citizens want to report issues to their local governments in a fast and simple manner and not have to worry about identifying the right government agency or phone number—for instance, if a fire hydrant is broken, or a road sign has fallen over. Amazon Rekogniton Developer Guide.

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zencity

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In their paper, “The Responsive City Cycle,” Stephen Goldsmith and Betsy Gardner present a model of trust-building between local governments and their residents based on responsiveness. Gone are the days when local governments could get away with simply sending out information and calling it a day.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 19, 2022

In this chapter, Reinvestment Fund ’s Emily Dowdall and Ira Goldstein discuss vacant property remediation and prevention plans in the Leigh Valley as a case study of data-driven community development. The plan focused on action steps and funding approaches that could be taken by local government entities and partners.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 5, 2022

And whether that involves helping people pay their water bills or allowing law enforcement to preserve crime data, the cost of IT security is worth it, she believes. Here are her suggestions to keep government agencies cyber-secure. In August 2019, 23 local governments, from one end of Texas to another, were hit by ransomware.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

In textbooks on organizational psychology, behavior and development, there is an extended discussion of boundary spanning, where people have conflicting responsibilities to different groups with different priorities. Planning as boundary spanning and serving multiple masters. Planners are the classic example of boundary spanners. U Street NW.

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