McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MARCH 14, 2024
Economic inclusion is when people not only have their basic subsistence needs met but also are productive, fulfilled, and fully empowered to make choices about their lives.
GCN
MARCH 14, 2024
A major Supreme Court decision, a pandemic and localized issues have all conspired to reduce the number of physical voting locations. Advocates say that’s bad for democracy.
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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MARCH 14, 2024
Outperforming family-owned businesses use a combination of value-creating mindsets and actions. Private equity firms looking to engage should understand them.
GCN
MARCH 14, 2024
COMMENTARY | Reducing traffic accidents is not rocket science. Lower speeds mean fewer accidents and less severe injuries when crashes do occur.
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Get this municipal maintenance guide that provides municipalities with a detailed and structured approach to maintaining city infrastructure. This guide outlines systematic inspection procedures and best practices, ensuring the safety, longevity, and operational efficiency of municipal assets. From roadways and bridges to public buildings and utilities, the guide covers all aspects of municipal maintenance.
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
MARCH 14, 2024
Black and Latino US residents experience different levels of prosperity and parity depending on where they live. Our interactive map explores this variation across all US counties.
GAO (US Government Accountability Office)
MARCH 14, 2024
Each year, media outlets, businesses, and members of the public file hundreds of thousands of requests for government records on a wide range of topics—from consumer safety to national security. Their ability to access these records is protected.
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Homeroom
MARCH 14, 2024
By: Richard Cordray, Chief Operating Office, Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education This spring, Federal Student Aid (FSA) will begin improving how individual borrowers manage and repay their federal student loans. Through multiple phases, we will bring online an entirely new federal student loan servicing environment – a goal we have pursued for more Continue Reading The post Modernizing Federal Student Loan Servicing appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
Google Public Sector
MARCH 14, 2024
Google Public Sector and World Wide Technology (WWT), a leading global technology solutions provider, have announced a joint effort to advance the adoption of Google Distributed Cloud Hosted (GDC Hosted) , a sovereign cloud solution that provides a consistent, secure, and scalable platform for hosting applications in any location. WWT is the first partner approved by Google Cloud to operate GDC Hosted sovereign clouds in the United States as a Managed GDC Provider.
GCN
MARCH 14, 2024
Adding a white phase to stoplights that communicate with autonomous vehicles would decrease delays at intersections by 25%, researchers say, even when pedestrians are added to the model.
AWS Public Sector Blog
MARCH 14, 2024
There is increased recognition that sustainability cannot be a siloed business unit within an organisation. With government-mandated climate action targets, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting requirements, and demands from end consumers on the environmental and social impact of goods and services, sustainability needs to be intrinsically linked with each organisation’s unique value proposition.
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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.
GCN
MARCH 14, 2024
Organizations like long-term recovery groups can help rural agencies get housing, financial, health care and food assistance to victims of natural disasters.
AccessE11
MARCH 14, 2024
In today’s rapidly advancing digital environment, municipalities are increasingly recognizing the need to move away from traditional, manual processes towards more sophisticated digital reporting and analytics tools. This transition not only promises to streamline operations but also to significantly enhance decision-making through real-time data and insights.
GCN
MARCH 14, 2024
The program could make could make the state a national clean energy leader, but critics claim it’s the same tax on electricity as the state’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
State Tech Magazine
MARCH 14, 2024
Under the right circumstances, colocation can help state and local governments reduce costs and improve reliability, although the reasons for making the decision to collocate resources will be different for different organizations. Before making the move, government officials should consider these important questions: 1. What Are the Agency’s Connectivity Needs?
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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.
AccessE11
MARCH 14, 2024
In today’s rapidly advancing digital environment, municipalities are increasingly recognizing the need to move away from traditional, manual processes towards more sophisticated digital reporting and analytics tools. This transition not only promises to streamline operations but also to significantly enhance decision-making through real-time data and insights.
GovLoop
MARCH 14, 2024
AI could be one of the most significant areas of growth and development in government, as well as in places where the private sector and government meet. It is already transforming data collection, analysis and access, cybersecurity, and workforce management. The White House’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (EO) lays out a strategy focused on monitoring, regulating and staffing the development of AI-based innovations.
GovPilot
MARCH 14, 2024
The Village of Ocean Beach, NY expands their partnership with the government management software provider to streamline operations and government services in the municipality.
A Library Writer's Blog
MARCH 14, 2024
The OASPA annual conference brings the open access community together to discuss new developments and innovations in scholarly publishing, and unite in our shared goal to enable research around the world to be openly accessible in line with our mission. The 2024 conference will encourage participants to consider how we might all work towards truly equitable and inclusive open scholarship practices as well as address many timely and fundamental topics relating to open scholarly communication.
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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.
GovLoop
MARCH 14, 2024
The release of the National Cybersecurity Strategy in March was just one of several efforts in 2023 to put government agencies on better cyber footing. But the year also featured numerous incidents that reminded everyone why things need to change. Here is a sampling of the big headlines. January The Justice Department reveals that the FBI covertly infiltrated the Hive ransomware group in a monthslong effort to thwart $130 million in ransom demands by providing victims with encryption keys.
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