McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JUNE 27, 2024
Labor productivity over the past 25 years has been a success story for some, a tale of stagnation for others. Investments and digital transformation can boost productivity for all economies, McKinsey research shows.
NLC (National League of Cities)
JUNE 27, 2024
By Mayor Rick Elumbaugh, Batesville, Arkansas Before becoming Mayor of Batesville, AR, the population of 11,000, I was a Physical Education teacher and spent 32 years managing the municipal pools in the city. An avid mountain biker, I introduced the first mountain biking class in the state.
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FedTech Magazine
JUNE 27, 2024
Cloud service providers must ensure they can integrate new federal security and privacy controls into their processes if they want to continue doing business with agencies. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program revised its security controls baseline to align with Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and verify that CSPs are protecting operations, assets, other organizations and the nation from cyberattacks, human err
GCN
JUNE 27, 2024
COMMENTARY | Policy advances in areas such as prison conditions, reentry and record clearing may seem incremental, but they will produce durable, measurable results.
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Breckenridge’s short-term rental boom—over 4,200 licenses —put intense pressure on the town’s small staff and manual processes. Facing compliance and efficiency challenges, the town teamed up with GovOS to automate its STR licensing. The new system: Cut admin time Reduced errors Improved the experience for property owners and town staff Discover the full impact of automation on Breckenridge’s STR management—download the case study.
Paul Cairney
JUNE 27, 2024
What is the difference between the study of policy implementation and ‘implementation science’? Here are some simple distinctions and their implications: 1. The starting point for discussion, or the problem to address.
GCN
JUNE 27, 2024
Efforts to streamline cybersecurity regulations across governments, industries and sectors are underway. The nationwide program StateRAMP has launched its initiative to standardize those rules and regulations.
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GCN
JUNE 27, 2024
From creating drug price review boards to bulk purchasing medications, state officials are keen on keeping health care costs down amid skyrocketing prescription costs.
AWS Public Sector Blog
JUNE 27, 2024
In a previous Public Sector Blog post , we introduced Amazon Web Services (AWS) Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) 3.0 overlays to help agencies securely apply TIC 3.0 requirements to AWS deployments. In this post, we show you how you can push or pull your security telemetry data to the National Cybersecurity Protection System (NCPS) Cloud Log Aggregation Warehouse (CLAW) using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) or third-party solutions.
GCN
JUNE 27, 2024
Two new studies attempt to answer that question as education activists and politicians debate the impact of federal spending, and as states and school districts consider which pandemic-era programs to continue.
GAO (US Government Accountability Office)
JUNE 27, 2024
The number of drones in the U.S. has grown substantially in the last few years and will soon reach nearly 3 million. Drones are currently being used for business, research, education, and recreation—for everything from lighting up the skies in.
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Maintaining parks and recreation facilities efficiently is no easy task, especially when faced with scheduling issues, aging infrastructure, and inconsistent inspections. Join us for this insightful webinar where we explore the most common challenges departments like yours are facing and how digital tools like CityReporter can help you streamline operations, ensure safety, and make better use of your resources.
State Tech Magazine
JUNE 27, 2024
Citizen satisfaction is the top priority of state and local governments, and agencies can make big strides toward happy citizens by breaking down data silos and becoming more collaborative. One way in which they can do so is through application optimization, adopting practices to “eliminate redundancies, streamline workflows and increase interoperability so that applications work together in a cohesive, orchestrated system,” as CDW explains in a recent blog post.
Grant Consulting Services, LLC
JUNE 27, 2024
Just when you thought Grantegy: Don’t Leave Your Grants To Chance could not get any better, Grantegy has been accepted into the GPCI Accepted Education Program. Now, you can earn up to 3.5 CEUs towards acquiring the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) or maintaining your GPC certification when you complete all seven courses in the Grantegy program.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JUNE 27, 2024
Gosh, years ago I wrote about an approach to planning I called "action planning," focused on implementation, and to be successful included elements of social marketing and branding and identity. My thinking about planning and how it should be performed has moved from action planning (" Social Marketing the Arlington (and Tower Hamlets and Baltimore) way ," 2008, " All the talk of e-government, digital government, and open source government is really about employing the design method ," 2012), to
GovPilot
JUNE 27, 2024
Maplewood, NJ expands their partnership with the government management software provider to streamline operations and government services in the municipality.
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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.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JUNE 27, 2024
The building uses brick and is kind of two buildings, with one set back. There are 175 AH units, from studios to three bedrooms. It's in NYC, so of course it's larger than the project in other cities (" Inwood development with public library and 100% affordable housing opens ," 6sqft). In " Opposition to affordable housing in Chevy Chase, DC ," last year I wrote about a proposal to rebuild the Chevy Chase Community Center to include affordable housing.
Partnership for Public Service
JUNE 27, 2024
The Door to New Horizons Since its enactment in 1983, the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) has opened doors for federal employees to enrich their careers through cross-sector details. As a recent participant, I’ve experienced first-hand how an IPA detail can be transformative, offering a chance to develop professionally and contribute significantly to another organization’s mission.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JUNE 27, 2024
Salt Lake Downtown Skyline at night This isn't news, more of a reiteration. This affects cities both in terms of urban, especially downtown, vibrance, but especially local government revenue streams, which tend to be dependent on commercial property taxes, especially in major cities. There's lots of talk about office to residential conversion, but that will take a couple decades to have significant impact ( Myths about converting offices into housing—and what can really revitalize downtowns , Br
NLC (National League of Cities)
JUNE 27, 2024
This is one in a series of blogs focused on Gun Violence Awareness in June. To connect with the National League of Cities’ Justice Initiatives Team and other cities doing the work to address violence in their communities, e-mail justiceinitiatives@nlc.org. Violence is a significant issue for many cities.
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Join this insightful webinar on how local governments can reduce costs and optimize resources. Discover how municipalities like yours are leveraging technology to enhance service delivery, reduce operational costs, and generate lasting ROI. Key Takeaways: Learn actionable steps to reduce operational costs and increase community engagement Explore how digital tools can streamline inspections and reporting Understand the financial and operational benefits of digital management solutions Hear real-
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JUNE 27, 2024
I've been amazed at how much cleaner Salt Lake City tends to be compared to DC. For example, a few years ago, I walked from Manor Park to Columbia Heights and back, and picked up and disposed of over 500 recyclables. This is a query on Reddit DC, looking for people to help clean up H Street NE. As chair of the H Street Main Street Promotions Committee back in 2003 this is something we did too.
GCN
JUNE 27, 2024
They cite opposition to ‘welfare’ and administrative costs in declining to participate in Summer EBT.
Partnership for Public Service
JUNE 27, 2024
Amid mounting proposals to do away with the merit-based, nonpartisan civil service in favor of hiring based on political loyalty, the Partnership for Public Service hosted its second annual Trust Summit , which focused on the role of civil servants in our democracy and convened leaders across government, media, business and philanthropy to discuss the consequences of politicizing the federal career workforce.
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