AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Authorities have shifted from being solely responsible for managing their assets and incoming vessels to managing more complex ecosystems, including the relationship between port operations and the environment, the relationship between ports and local sustainable economic development, and the relationship between ports and onward transport networks.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Digital technologies enable islands to drive better social, environmental, and economic outcomes for citizens, businesses, and visitors. Smart solutions deliver sustainable local economic development through the optimal use of local resources.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

A data project grows too large to handle “The idea to use anonymized cell phone data to help with economic-development use cases came from Michael Podgursky, SCAER’s director. The data manager can just do the data cut and give it to the researcher without any hassle, confusion, or manual workflows,” said Shruthi.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 24, 2024

In the Philippines, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) published the country’s Cloud First Policy to drive cloud adoption and “foster flexibility, security, and cost-efficiency.” Open data initiatives Governments release public datasets and APIs to promote transparency, innovation, and economic development.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The struggle is in the balancing act between safety, regulation and economic development, as well as the tendency for lessons learned from past disasters that fade with time. A false sense of security can be deceiving and risk compensation explains this safety paradox.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

“The opening of the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region is a significant milestone for Abu Dhabi and the UAE as a whole, reflecting our efforts to generate opportunities for all,” said His Excellency Mohamed Ali Al Shorafa, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development. “It

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

These facilities are critical infrastructure and key to future economic development! These facilities are critical infrastructure and key to future economic development!

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NLC (National League of Cities)

DECEMBER 20, 2023

White families with greater household wealth are more likely to build financial security and accumulate wealth as it passes from generation to generation. Black individuals […] Source

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In addition, this initiative will provide UAE commercial companies, startups, universities, and civil and government entities access to AWS experts to help develop new products, services, or activities in the relevant areas of satellite technology, space infrastructure development, and safety and security.

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CRA Today

APRIL 9, 2024

Committed to transforming communities through the power of economic development and CRA. Listen to hear Linda describe her vision for the CRA Hub and other community development thoughts. Episode 8: Demystifying Community Reinvestment [link] In this episode of the CRA Files, Ron Brooks interviews Linda Ezuka: Consultant.

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Government Technology Insider

MAY 21, 2024

During the breakout session “The Expanding Realm of Today’s CIO,” Thomas Boon , CIO of California’s Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), discussed that technology doesn’t stay around for decades like it used to. Learn more ways to overcome manual app testing challenges here.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 18, 2023

Cyber Security.5 One difference is that in North Carolina there were no reported local government budgeted amounts as of last December for the sub-categories of Public Transportation, Roadways and Bridges, or Other Infrastructure. Sub-Group of ARP Infrastructure Spending ARP Funds Budgeted (Millions of Dollars) Sewer and Water 23.6

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CRA Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

At some point in your journey as a Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) officer, you will likely find yourself involved in a community-based public-private partnership economic development project. Senior debt is debt secured by specific assets of the organization.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 29, 2022

For state and local government, that kind of simplicity drives economic development: People want to live and work where it’s easy to do business. In addition, government needs to ensure rigorous security around its data. There needs to be good governance as well, as agencies leverage AI to make more effective use of data. “We

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

2] In addition to high construction costs, 2024 was the first year that NCHFA encouraged developers to secure “non-agency awarded” funds. In 2024, the median local government loan to new projects dropped from $41,400 to $25,800 a unit (Figure 2). [2] Non-agency could include local government and other private or non-profit funding.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

AUGUST 13, 2024

Even if interest rates decline in the near future, local governments are likely to play an even larger role in supporting the development of affordable housing as construction costs remain elevated. Securing funding from other sources will also affect developers’ ability to compete for tax credits.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 19, 2023

Banner / The Seattle Times) OTOH, it's not just office buildings (" Stress Builds as Office Building Owners and Lenders Haggle Over Debt ," New York Times ), hotels (" Difficulty Securing Financing Halts More Than Half Of U.S. Hotel Development ," Bisnow), and retail spaces that are getting crushed.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Lending for real estate development projects: interest rates & tighter lending standards In 2022, the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates to combat inflation, which increased the cost of financing new construction for real estate developments. In 2021, for example, a developer able to secure a $5 million loan with 3.5%

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CRA Today

DECEMBER 31, 2022

These help lenders identify qualifying community development transactions. An example of such a question could be, “ Is the business promoting economic development by creating, retaining, or improving jobs for low and moderate-income persons? Not all MBS investments qualify as community development investments, however.

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Grant Central USA

AUGUST 15, 2023

In the challenging landscape of small businesses, securing funding is often the most formidable hurdle. Community Development: Many grants aim at supporting businesses that contribute to their local community's economic development. If your small business plays a role in this, you could be eligible for such grants.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 18, 2024

In turn, these partnerships have elevated connectivity to become a key driver for economic development, while supporting changes in behaviours, such as hybrid working. We work closely with council services, such as street lighting engineers, to ensure knowledge around our deployment protocols is understood and approved.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2024

For either a BID or a conservancy extra services are likely to include security, sanitation, capital improvements, and marketing and economic development activities. Asking questions like "why is our meager budget earned from pavilion rentals paying for security?" and they collect special monies to pay for it.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 1, 2022

Cities, townships, counties, and land banks can apply for the grant funding. In Michigan, land banks are quasi-governmental entities, created pursuant to Michigan’s Land Bank Fast Track Act (Public Act 258 of 2003), and represent rural and urban communities across the state.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

State law permits a housing authority to issue bonds for the purpose of providing these loans—and in connection with the issuance of these bonds, a housing authority may make the bonds payable from and secured by “ [e]xclusively the income and revenues of the housing project financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds.”

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

Securing Public Benefits: Conditions to Impose on Affordable Housing Projects. When providing subsidy or conveying property for affordable housing, local governments must secure public benefits in return. This final section explains in broad terms how to secure these interests in appropriate legal instruments.

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CRA Today

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A basic transaction account is an important first step in establishing a mainstream banking relationship, depositing earnings securely, accessing credit and saving for the future. The Washington Area Community Investment Fund’s (Wacif) mission is to promote equity and economic opportunity in underserved neighborhoods in the Washington, D.C.

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The City Fix

AUGUST 17, 2023

New data from WRI’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas show that 25 countries — housing one-quarter of the global population — face extremely high water stress each year, regularly using up almost their entire available water supply. And at least 50% of the.

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CRA Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Episode 44: Economic Development as a Key to Community Development Services. Your bank is likely full of subject-matter experts that can enhance your existing services or perhaps even build out an entirely new external partnership. Episode 43: How to Increase your CRA Services By Partnering with Impactful Organizations.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Security Deposit Act. Typically, the security deposit is not addressed in actions for summary ejectment because the landlord (or their agent) has usually not had a chance to inspect the rental property for damages and deliver an accounting to the tenant prior to the summary ejectment hearing. 42-50, -51. See Borders v. Newton , 68 N.C.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 19, 2024

By fostering seamless e-commerce and creating a fertile landscape for digital innovation, the Tech for Trade Alliance seeks to unlock the immense potential of digital technologies to empower African businesses and energize economic development across the region.

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Government Technology Insider

JUNE 9, 2023

Agencies are working towards uncovering the vast potential of the quantum internet, which is expected to revolutionize computing, scientific research, and data security. Continue reading to explore the concept of the quantum internet, its extraordinary capabilities, and the technological advancements driving its development.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JULY 18, 2023

Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs [link] accessed via [link] Accessed July 18, 2023. Main Street, Mebane, N.C. Source: Library of Congress – U.S.

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Government Technology Insider

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This revolutionary technology will connect quantum computers to the benefit of solving currently intractable problems, hastening the pace of scientific research and driving economic development. Furthermore, they can facilitate the transfer of larger amounts of data in a more secure manner than current capabilities allow.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The world recently experienced a 13-month streak of record-breaking global temperatures. And as blistering heat waves punish communities across several continents, 2024 is on track to be the hottest year on record. Global average temperatures are now perilously close to exceeding 1.5.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 12, 2023

160D-1311 (a)(2) provides broad authority for a local government to appropriate and expend funds for “community development programs and activities,” including programs “concerned with employment, economic development, crime prevention, child care, health, drug abuse, education, and welfare needs of persons of low and moderate income.”

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 10, 2024

For example, " Residents offered free health checks in libraries ," BBC and " Creative library project underway in Wilmington to spur community and economic development ," Wilmington News-Journal. Other developments. Library staff in SF hold a press conference and protest about understaffing. Photo: Martin do Nascimento, KQED.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Economic value. square-mile public improvement district, established in 2014 to help fund park programming, security and maintenance by way of special assessments on nearby properties. It wasn't economic development. One is currently under construction in Philadelphia.

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