Tue.Oct 17, 2023

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How El Paso’s Streetcars Rose Again

Next City

The rise and fall and – thanks to a guerilla art campaign and the tenacity of several city officials – rise again of El Paso's iconic streetcars.

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New silicon carbide prospects emerge as market adapts to EV expansion

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Rising electric-vehicle adoption is boosting demand for crucial silicon carbide power electronics components. How can semiconductor players, automotive OEMs, and others create value amid disruption?

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How Data Center Optimization Helps Agencies Address Security Threats

State Tech Magazine

In its list of State CIO Top 10 Priorities for 2023, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers cited cybersecurity and risk management as the top concern, while digital government and digital services ranked second. These two issues are closely connected: As states pursue ways to offer new services to citizens and improve current ones, they also face greater security challenges.

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Thriving Communities TA: Helping Local Governments Coordinating Housing and Infrastructure

NLC (National League of Cities)

Article by Pam Blumenthal, social science analyst, Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Sarah Schaefer, social science analyst, Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Holiday Safety Tips for Municipal Operations

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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Green energy in Africa presents significant investment opportunities

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

It is possible to address Africa’s large and growing energy needs while simultaneously transitioning to sustainable energy production on the continent.

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The Insider Threat Related to Cybercrime With GovPilot

GovPilot

Cybercrime is on the rise, there is no denying that as hackers get more advanced and the rise in ransom amounts to retrieve stolen data is steadily increasing. Every organization, business, or individual that has a computer, smart phone, or any electronic web-based device or holds sensitive information, data, trade secrets, bank accounts, or intellectual property on a digital file can be a victim of a devastating cybercrime.

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The McKinsey Crossword: Sleight of Eye | No. 150

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

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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Stanford center makes comprehensive COVID dataset available on Google Cloud

Google Public Sector

As an interdisciplinary research center, Stanford’s Center for Population Health Sciences (PHS) aims to improve the health of populations by bringing together researchers and data to understand and address social, environmental, behavioral, and biological factors on both a domestic and global scale. This entails making large-scale biomedical datasets available for research and analysis while keeping personal health information and electronic health records private and secure.

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Creating a “Digital Commons” to Harness Data for Africa’s Urban Transport Systems 

The City Fix

In Africa, as elsewhere, advances in computing power, data storage, and sensor and satellite technologies have unleashed unprecedented opportunities but also challenges. The mobile phone has become a powerful tool for generating vast amounts of data. This data can, in.

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Evaluating long-term value in migrating ERP and SIS applications to AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Organizations can realize significant benefits when migrating their enterprise resource planning (ERP) and student information systems (SIS) to Amazon Web Services (AWS), including reduced costs, fewer security incidents, and improved agility. Education institutions, though, face slightly different decision-making contexts when evaluating which cloud provider to use to host these applications.

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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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New Technologies Means New Protocols

Disaster Zone blog

Electric-powered trucks are part of the equation.

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Artificial Intelligence 101: Definitions

GovLoop

Reading about AI can feel like learning in reverse: The more you learn, the more you realize how much you don’t know. At the risk of making us all feel more confused than we already are, here is a quick dive into some AI basics (and maybe not-so-basics). What are the different types of AI programs? Here are definitions of the more popular forms of AI, with a focus on the intended purpose of each: Artificial general intelligence mimics basic human cognitive abilities, making it possible for it to

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Job: Public/Private Partnerships Program Manager, Washington State

Disaster Zone blog

One of the best jobs in emergency management.

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Maine Legislature Adopts Paid Family and Medical Leave: Defining the Path to Success is the Next Step

Government Technology Insider

Recently, Maine became the 13 th state , plus the District of Columbia, to adopt legislation guaranteeing paid family and medical leave for residents. And with a wave of interest in supporting workers’ rights, it won’t be the last state or territory to adopt universal paid leave legislation. However, like the states that have preceded it, Maine’s Department of Labor, which will take the lead in implementation and administration of the program, will need to identify the path forward that will ens

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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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A New Model for Emergency Management

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Emergency management as a profession is constantly evolving. The evolution of federal programs and major disaster events have a way of swaying the priorities of state and local jurisdictions based on new programs and the funding that comes with those programs.In this podcast we explore a number of topics about how emergency management might evolve in the future and the relationship of disaster resilience to our overall disaster response operations that have become much more frequent.The guest fo

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Episode 80: CRA Tips: CRA Services Hours, Events, or Instances? What the What?!?

CRA Today

Episode 80: CRA Tips: CRA Services Hours, Events, or Instances? What the What?!? [link] In a recent CRA fundamentals office hours session, we discussed current practices around community development services. One bank professional asked why, at her last bank, they counted the number of hours of qualified community development services, but at her current bank, they count both the number of occurrences and hours.

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GovForward FedRAMP Headliner Summit: Streamlining FedRAMP Authorizations with Automation and Data Standards

CarahCast

GovExec and Carahsoft co-hosted the annual GovForward FedRAMP Summit in Washington, D.C. to discuss the evolving threat landscape of federal cloud adoption. This event brings together government experts and industry innovators to examine the impact of threat-based cloud adoption, Federal policy changes and the power of knowledge sharing that drives technological advancements.

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Season 6 Episode 29 - Protecting the Healthcare Ecosystem from Cybersecurity Threats

GovCast

The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the Department of Health and Human Services leads the nation’s medical and public health preparedness for all disasters and public health emergencies. After spending more than a decade at the Government Accountability Office, Brian Mazanec is taking on a new challenge as the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Director, Office of Security, Intelligence, and Information Management at ASPR.

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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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CFP: CJAL Special Issue: Libraries and/as Extraction

A Library Writer's Blog

CFP URL: [link] CJAL Special Issue: Libraries and/as Extraction 2023-10-16 The concept of extraction (or extractivism) has been used in myriad disciplines — geography, international relations, environment, economics — often to describe social formations around natural resource management. However, we can also think about how extraction functions in academic libraries—with libraries being extracted from, or libraries doing the extracting—in how we see, for example, the growth of library consultin