Disaster Zone blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Make way for new leadership.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The energy transition is spurring unprecedented market volatility and uncertainty. Here’s how traders, producers, and broader energy players can prepare.

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Sustainability 133

NLC (National League of Cities)

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Negotiations continue in Congress to fund the federal government. Failure to pass a funding agreement before the deadline could lead to a federal government shutdown on October 1, 2023, which would have wide ranging consequences for American communities. This includes significant repercussions for local public safety programs.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

If you dread public speaking, small talk, or delivering feedback, you’re not alone. Matt Abrahams shares tips for mastering communication in spontaneous situations.

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Public Speaking Communications Education 101

Speaker: Noratek

Maintaining municipal operations is no small task, especially when budgets are tight and public expectations are high. In this webinar, we’ll explore how local governments can streamline their maintenance operations while ensuring safety, compliance, and efficiency. What You’ll Gain: Proven strategies for effective inspection management Insight into leveraging digital tools Practical tips for addressing common maintenance challenges Examples of municipalities that have achieved success.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Cultural backgrounds significantly influence an individual’s perspectives, decision-making, viewpoints, and various other aspects of our life experiences. From familial influences to shaping values, heritage, and even elements like food and music, cultural backgrounds also play a pivotal role in shaping our professional journeys.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Zero-basing transcends cost cutting—offering leaders visibility into operations, investment, and growth strategies.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Chief Technology Officer at Zama Dr Pascal Paillier talks to Open Access Government about why privacy in healthcare matters, the privacy barriers faced by the industry and how Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) could help Q: Tell us a bit about you and your area of expertise I’m currently the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and co-founder of Zama, a startup that powers machine learning and other applications with homomorphic encryption to ensure data privacy.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

When you file your taxes each year, you expect IRS to keep your personal and financial information safe. This information includes things like your income, any loans you might have, where you live, Social Security number, and more. But recently.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Recent investments in cloud have come with a cost — increased attack surfaces that make agency networks more vulnerable to cyberthreats. So how can agencies reduce their network vulnerabilities while still taking advantage of the benefits cloud offers? One solution is cybersecurity consolidation , which combines traditionally separate tools, such as intrusion prevention, anti-malware, or DNS security, into a single platform that provides all those protections together.

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

When Delaware County, the largest of four counties in New York’s scenic Catskill Mountains, began planning a data center refresh in 2021, it knew cloud would play a role. It didn’t know how limited that role might be. “Twenty percent,” says Delaware County IT Manager David Cucciarre. “I thought it would be a higher number, but as it turned out, only about 20 percent of what we did was going to benefit from the cloud.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Achieving a seamless, functioning IT infrastructure while focusing on creating great customer experiences poses a formidable challenge. Today’s IT staff faces three main challenges in achieving their goals: 1) While moving to the cloud has freed IT professionals of some tasks (such as networking infrastructure and monitoring, powering and cooling data centers), a significant portion of the work they did to manage data centers and IT infrastructure still persists in today’s cloud-based environmen

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Park Leaders

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

“What you’re doing is making a difference not only for this generation, but if you do it right, it’s making a difference for future generations.” Phil Gaines and I had the chance to record an episode together while attending the 2023 State Park Director’s Conference at the Mormon State Historic Site in Genoa, Nevada. It was the perfect opportunity to discuss our experiences at the conference, with Phil sharing his unique perspective as a former park director now rep

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Parks And Recreation Sustainability Management 59

FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Whether they’re turning on the lights, running the faucet or commuting to the office, citizens expect power, clean water, transportation services and other critical infrastructure to work every day. Critical infrastructure ensures the security, health, safety and well-being of all citizens. Cybersecurity threats represent one of the most significant strategic risks to the continued operation of these fundamental services.

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Advertiser: Noratek

The holiday season brings joy and celebration, but it also introduces unique challenges for municipal operations. From ensuring safe snow removal and managing icy sidewalks to organizing festive events and addressing increased community needs, municipalities play a critical role in keeping residents safe and operations running smoothly. This eBook provides actionable safety tips to help your team navigate the holiday season effectively, protect staff and citizens, and ensure compliance with safe

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

At this stage, Eric Holdeman is one of the “old dogs” in the room. Today we have a host of new emergency management leaders who have risen through the ranks and are assuming leadership positions across local, state and federal agencies. It is heartening to know that as one generation of emergency managers fades away, there is this new, competent, and energized group of leaders on their way up.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Agencies need the ability to generate insights and track potential problems throughout their IT ecosystem and all cloud environments — whether it’s public, hybrid, on premises, and multi-cloud. A unified observability platform offers comprehensive visibility across all your cloud environments, making sure all systems are talking in the same language and connected, so you don’t miss anything that could put a stop to your services.

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GovPilot

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Local governments across the nation are grappling with the pressing need to modernize and optimize their operational processes. The challenges stemming from manual, time-consuming, and outdated workflows have become all too familiar for government officials.

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CarahCast

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Join us as thought leaders from Ohio agencies and the business community discuss their high-level vision and day-to-day objectives in adopting new technologies to revolutionize government IT. Join us as thought leaders from Ohio agencies and the business community discuss their high-level vision and day-to-day objectives in adopting new technologies to revolutionize government IT.

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Government agencies that rely on tax revenue to fund critical services and infrastructure are finding it more urgent than ever to bridge the gap between under-reported tax revenue and taxpayers’ understanding of the processes. This is especially true as things like short-term rentals (STRs) have grown in popularity and become new sources of income for residents.

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GovCast

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The Air Force Research Laboratory, the hub of innovation for the Department of the Air Force, has created a new directorate that will improve business processes to enable faster research and better decision-making. Leading this Digital Capabilities Directorate is the newly-appointed Alexis Bonnell, who concurrently serves as AFRL’s first CIO. She is now charged with making the digital dominance the service is working to achieve a reality.

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A Library Writer's Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The Reference Services Review (RSR) journal invites submissions for papers exploring a wide range of reference, public, and user services topics. As you may know, the RSR is an international, peer-reviewed journal that focuses on current research, practice, and trends in library reference, user, and public services. RSR publishes manuscripts from a range of library and information science perspectives.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

I am very excited for today’s episode for a couple of reasons. First, if you’ve been listening to the show for a while, you know I haven’t always been a solo host. Well, we have some exciting things happening and I’m very pleased to announce that one of my future co-hosts is making her debut on the podcast today. Cara Myers is NRPA’s marketing and engagement manager, and she joined the NRPA team recently, coming to us from the marketing team at City of Aurora Parks and Recreation in Colorado.

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