Wed.Sep 11, 2024

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The Urban Gardens Where Gender and Climate Justice Grow

Next City

In Ecuador, urban farms have long been a way to create sustainable access to food. But they’re also helping women flourish as gardeners and entrepreneurs.

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The beauty boom and beyond: Can the industry maintain its growth?

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The global beauty industry continued to grow in 2023, but the dynamics driving sector growth are shifting. A new analysis shows some emerging bright spots and how players can compete.

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Refresh & Secure: StarTech’s Guide to Your Next Laptop Upgrade

FedTech Magazine

A surge in laptop sales expected in 2025 will impact other workstation accessories used in offices and by hybrid workers. The surge will be fueled in part by the migration to Windows 11 from Windows 10 and Microsoft’s end of support for the latter, says John Mardinly, product performance manager for connectivity technology company StarTech.com. Agencies began clamoring for new laptops when remote work increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but inventory was constrained due to supply chain issue

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Innovation hubs: How GCCs are shaping the future of business

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Global capability centers (GCCs) are rapidly evolving beyond their traditional roles as execution centers, becoming increasingly important as enterprise innovation hubs.

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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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AI governance: Ensuring artificial intelligence is a force for good

Open Access Government - Technology News

Seizo Onoe, Director, Standardization Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), highlights the importance of AI governance, discussing the reasons behind ensuring it benefits society positively Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) are changing how we think about the relationship between humans and machines and creating compelling new opportunities to advance sustainable development.

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A new dawn for the technology officer

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

As companies strive to create value from AI, generative AI, and other rapidly evolving technologies, enterprise tech officers will make fundamental shifts in the way they operate.

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Cleveland’s new strategic plan focuses on making city government work better

American City & Country

As Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb stepped onto the Music Hall stage in the city’s Public Auditorium on March 5, 2024, it was hard not to lose your place on the continuum of past, present and future. The mayor’s purpose that day was to introduce his new 10-year operational strategic plan to an audience of some 500 employees—a plan intended to modernize the way government works, make services more accessible, empower the city workforce and improve the city’s financial outlook.

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AWS Canada launches $5 million Provincial and Municipal Cyber Grant Program

AWS Public Sector Blog

Lire cet article en Français Provincial and municipal governments are increasingly adopting cloud technology to transform the security and efficiency of their technology solutions. Government institutions across Canada are leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build secure and resilient computing environments. Our goal is to expedite the digital evolution of public services and safeguard government operations through cloud computing technology.

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5 Ways an Agency Can Benefit from Platform Engineering

State Tech Magazine

Developers often face a convoluted web of infrastructure and a high volume of tools to navigate. Platform engineering helps resolve friction in the development process by creating an internal developer platform (IDP), a self-service resource that serves up a collection of tools, services and automated workflows. Here’s what you need to know: Click the banner below to learn more about platform engineering.

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5 Benefits of Planning Upgrades with CDW’s Strategic Assessments

FedTech Magazine

Here’s what you need to know about CDW Government’s proprietary assessment tools and how they can help set up your agency for success in IT modernization. What Does Strategic Application Modernization Assessment Offer? Effective application modernization strengthens security, reduces operational costs and simplifies maintenance processes. SAMA helps federal agencies analyze existing legacy code automatically to highlight barriers to modernization, providing specific targeting and guidance for pr

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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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What Happens When Extreme Heat and Air Pollution Collide

The City Fix

On July 22, the world experienced its hottest day in recorded history. The global average temperature reached 17.2 degrees C (62.9 degrees F), prompting UN Secretary-General António Guterres to issue a global call to action on extreme heat. The problem of extreme.

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Lead the World: How the U.S. Department of Education is Building Global Citizens

Homeroom

By: Isabel Prasad, Policy Intern, Office of the Deputy Secretary Isabel is a rising junior at UC Berkeley studying Political Science, concentrating in International Relations and minoring in Human Rights Interdisciplinary Studies. To build a globally adept citizenry, the U.S. Department of Education promotes biliteracy, collaborates with relevant domestic and international stakeholders, and participates in Continue Reading The post Lead the World: How the U.S.

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Good Jobs in Great Cities

NLC (National League of Cities)

This blog was coauthored by Britt Stich, the deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. In July 2023, the National League of Cities (NLC) and the U.S.

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Town of Brandon, VT Deployed New Module With GovPilot

GovPilot

Town of Brandon, VT expands their partnership with the government management software provider to streamline operations and government services in the municipality.

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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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Re: Enable strong name-based mapping in government scenarios

Microsoft Public Sector

we use IIS client certificate mapping for some of our websites. We generate a certificate using a generic AD user account and have this installed in the user certificate store of all our laptops. Does this hardening mean we need to change anything in the way we generate this certificate?

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Why do individuals in democratic societies support stringent policies? A narrative policy framework analysis

Policy & Politics Journal blog

by Li-Yin Liu & Wei-Ting Yen While people in countries such as the United States were discontented and heavily opposed to stricter COVID-19 mitigation measures, why did individuals in some democratic societies voluntarily request and support stringent policies?

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