Wed.Mar 13, 2024

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The future of Medicare Advantage

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The Medicare Advantage program is undergoing its biggest shifts in more than two decades. Payers can take steps now to mount a strategic, agile response as the changes unfold.

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Leveraging AI to Speed Incident Detection and Response

GovLoop

With greater observability, federal agencies can gain actionable insight into the performance of their IT systems and applications. And by adding AI to their IT operations (AIOps), they can supercharge their ability to apply intelligent incident detection and response in order to speed remediation and keep the mission on track, said Nathan Stacey, Senior Manager with Elastic.

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Working nine to thrive

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Better aligning employment with modifiable drivers of health could unlock years of higher-quality life and create trillions of dollars of economic value.

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‘Brain gain’ in rural America and who is behind it

GCN

Young people leave their homes to explore and learn everywhere, not just in rural America. But rural spaces offer some unique advantages that inspire many to return and bolster their communities.

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How Breckenridge, CO Ensures Tax & Licensing Compliance

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.

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Implementing generative AI with speed and safety

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Generative AI poses both risks and opportunities. Here’s a road map to mitigate the former while moving to capture the latter from day one.

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From paper to portal: How one city brought tax filings online

GCN

Under an aggressive modernization strategy, Columbus, Ohio, has built a one-stop shop for filing income tax returns.

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New Teams rollout schedule for GCC and GCC High customers

Microsoft Public Sector

I am thrilled to share with our GCC and GCC High customers the exciting news about the rollout of the new Teams client. This new version of Teams is designed to provide a faster, simpler, and more flexible experience for our users, with optimizations for device performance and support for multiple accounts or tenants. The new Teams client is available for a wide range of platforms, including Windows, Mac, VDI, Edu, and Web, and adheres to the Modern Lifecycle Policy, ensuring that users always h

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The Philippines economy in 2024: Stronger for longer?

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The Philippine economy was more resilient than expected in 2023—current projections indicate that it could again achieve healthy growth in 2024.

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Cities dip into immersive technologies

GCN

Digital twins are helping streamline city planning and apprenticeship programs, but governments must step up adoption to fully realize the benefits, an expert says.

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Optimizing the US mortgage market with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Common Securitization Solutions (CSS), a joint Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae venture launched in 2013, supports a cornerstone of the American economy: home ownership. CSS built and now operates the largest and most advanced mortgage securitization platform in the US, supporting Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae’s 70 percent market share of the industry with flexibility, scalability, and security at its core.

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Overcoming Operational Challenges in Parks & Recreation

Speaker: Noratek

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.

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Despite Volatility, Micromobility Thrives in European Cities

The City Fix

Since the mid-2010s, cities around the globe have witnessed the explosion of free-floating electric bikes, mopeds and scooters on their streets. NUMO, the New Urban Mobility alliance, began tracking this phenomenon in 2019 with the New Mobility Atlas. Between 2019 and.

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Get excited for IMAGINE: Nonprofit 2024

AWS Public Sector Blog

Attendees network during IMAGINE: Nonprofit 2023. On March 20 , the Amazon Web Services (AWS) IMAGINE: Nonprofit conference returns to the Washington, DC metropolitan area for our eighth year of learning with nonprofit leaders from around the world. This annual event inspires nonprofits to rethink what’s possible for their mission, through the latest innovations in the cloud.

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Time Flies When You’re Planning a Windows 11 Deployment

FedTech Magazine

Deadlines are never as far away as you think. A year and a half can pass by pretty quickly, and if your agency doesn’t begin planning for the transition to Windows 11 now, you could miss one. Oct. 14, 2025, is that deadline; that’s when support for Windows 10 ends. Granted, Microsoft will probably extend some support past that date, but it’s better, safer and cheaper to transition to Windows 11 as soon as possible — and this is the best time to start the nitty-gritty of planning.

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Review: Microsoft Windows 365 Government Provides a Reliable Desktop on Demand

State Tech Magazine

Many state and local governments were already supporting teleworking programs to some degree before the pandemic, especially in large states where both state and local government agencies (and those who work for them) needed to venture outside of their main offices to reach remote constituents. As such, the transition to high levels of teleworking during the pandemic was not as much of a strain on many states compared with their federal counterparts.

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Boost Revenue With Simple Short-Term Rental Registration and Tax Collections

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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If schools won’t ban kids’ cellphones, some lawmakers say, they will

GCN

Florida now bans cellphones during class, and lawmakers elsewhere like the idea.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Three | Planning for Climate Change

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Gaps in park master planning frameworks -- " Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part One | Levels of Service " -- " Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Two | Academic Research as Guidance " -- " Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Three | Planning for Climate Change " -- " Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Four | Planning for Seasonality and Activation " -- " Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Five | Art(s) in the Park(s) and/Public Art " -- " Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Six | Civic Engag

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Montgomery Township, NJ Deployed DPW General Services Work Order Module With GovPilot

GovPilot

Montgomery Township, NJ expands their partnership with the government management software provider to streamline operations and government services in the municipality.

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Activists have legitimate feelings and policy makers might want to start listening 

Policy & Politics Journal blog

By Michael Orsini and Jennifer M. Kilty We think with emotions. We reason with emotions. Straightforward enough?

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Maximizing Municipal Budgets: Cutting Costs Without Cutting Corners

Speaker: Noratek

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-

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Poetry in Parks

Princeton Public Library

The post Poetry in Parks appeared first on Princeton Public Library.

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$3.3B in federal grants announced for communities split apart by highways

GCN

The one-time infusion of cash for highway caps, bike trails and other improvements shows the Biden administration’s priorities for one of its most high-profile infrastructure initiatives.

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