AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Delivering top-notch internal customer support is crucial for nonprofit organizations. Efficiently addressing internal customer support tickets can profoundly impact an organization’s productivity and employee well-being, apart from their ability to focus on the mission at hand. To meet these demands, many nonprofits, including Thorn , are turning to innovative technology solutions.

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Policy & Politics Journal blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

by Annemieke van den Dool & Tianlei Qiu, Duke Kunshan University Why do policymakers address some societal issues but not others? For decades, public policy researchers have tried to answer this question by using the so-called multiple streams framework (MSF).

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In January, a cyberattack against water utilities in small Texas towns caused water to overflow in the city of Hale Center. “There were 37,000 attempts in four days to log in to our firewall,” Mike Cypert, city manager of Hale Center, told the Associated Press. The city defeated the attack by disconnecting the water system’s operational technology (OT) from the internet.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Yes and yes—a solid grant writing process often includes both copy editing and mock review , but from separate reviewers and at different milestones in the timeline. Each one ensures high quality, but they result in different types of feedback. Copy Editing The purpose. All types of grant documents that you create should go through a copy edit. DH Leonard Consulting has a dedicated copy editor with extensive development experience on our staff.

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Advertiser: Noratek

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Homeroom

OCTOBER 9, 2024

One year ago, Congress restarted student loan payments, and already more borrowers are current on their federal student loans than were before the payment pause began. Borrowers now have only three months until they face consequences for late payments – making our work to support student borrowers and reform the broken student loan system more Continue Reading The post What’s Next as Borrowers Return to Repayment appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Next-day delivery. Overnight shipping. Online sales in the U.S. have nearly doubled in the last few years. So has the number of employees supporting the warehouses that pack items and the delivery services that drop packages at your door. While.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Pediatrician Debra Hendrickson shines a light on the insidious and unseen link between our changing climate and our children’s well-being—and on small steps all of us can take to help.

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Super Library Marketing

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Watch this video now #LibraryMarketing Show, episode 261 Does it make sense for your library to have separate logos for your main services? It’s a fascinating question sent in by a viewer. I will give you some things to think about before you create a new logo in this episode of the Library Marketing Show. Plus we’ll give kudos to a library doing something exciting, educational, and informative this election cycle.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Decarbonization is the reduction and removal of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Acentra Health , an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced Partner, works with 45 Medicaid agencies and 25 federal agencies across 12 departments, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Department of Health and Human Services. As one of only two Beneficiary and Family Centered Care-Quality Improvement Organizations (BFCC-QIO) in the US, the company helps more than 140 million Medicare beneficiaries access and protect their Medicare rights to improve quality of care.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Federal IT modernization is often a many-headed creature. Expert technologists must determine the requirements for an IT refresh. Administrators use their years of experience to plan within budget cycles. Leadership approval must be sought, and officials must be apprised of progress. At its most basic level, however, federal IT modernization initiatives focus on two elements: applications and infrastructure.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 9, 2024

There is help for municipalities and community water providers overwhelmed by the April 2024 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announcement of its requirement that water systems remove six “forever chemicals” present in drinking water supplies across the country. The U.S. Geological Survey indicates as much as 45 percent of current drinking water supplies are impacted by PFAS.

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OpenGov

OCTOBER 9, 2024

OpenGov Procurement’s Generative AI Philosophy An Open Letter to our Public Procurement Professionals October 9, 2024 – OpenGov Artificial Intelligence technology is accelerating at an unimaginably fast pace, which is […] The post OpenGov Procurement’s Generative AI Philosophy appeared first on OpenGov.

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Princeton Public Library

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Over the next few months, we’re diving into family and local history at the library from a variety of perspectives. The post Facets of history appeared first on Princeton Public Library.

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GovPilot

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Grand Terrace, CA expands their partnership with the government management software provider to streamline operations and government services in the municipality.

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Partnership for Public Service

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The Partnership for Public Service and Microsoft designed Modern Government Leaders to convene expert executive innovators from across the federal government. Over eight months, the cohort shared best practices, critical challenges and proven methods for modernizing service delivery and improving business processes through innovation. Participants in the program wrote and refined their success stories featured in the library of Innovator’s Hours below.

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