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NYC’s Independent Recyclers Emerged From the Pandemic Stronger Than Ever. Here’s How.

Next City

New York’s canners and lateros have acquired property, created a redemption facility and community hub – and begun to organize.

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Leadership and Perception

Careers in Government

How you perceive things, events, people, and interactions is an ongoing activity, second by second, minute by minute, day by day. The post Leadership and Perception appeared first on Careers in Government.

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Reimagining the apparel value chain amid volatility

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Our latest apparel CPO survey highlights five themes shaping the industry. Brands embracing selected best practices can turn their supplier base into a competitive advantage.

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Define Your Work Culture with Respect, Accountability & Cooperation

Careers in Government

The biggest issue facing business leaders during a transition is that for many, the work culture in place pre-crisis wasn’t very healthy. The post Define Your Work Culture with Respect, Accountability & Cooperation appeared first on Careers in Government.

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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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Are modular homes the future of affordable housing?

GCN

In Buena Vista, Colorado, a public-private partnership crafted a patchwork of legislation, partnerships and regulatory tools to help a local company quickly deliver factory-built, affordable rental units.

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14 Tips for Improving Feedback

Careers in Government

When working with others, there is ample opportunity to provide feedback. The post 14 Tips for Improving Feedback appeared first on Careers in Government.

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Strengthening public safety collaboration with AWS Wickr and the Android Team Awareness Kit

AWS Public Sector Blog

For public safety agencies, secure collaboration and situational awareness are essential to preparedness and response. First responders need secure, uninterrupted communication to help them get oriented quickly and support complex coordination efforts. This post highlights how Amazon Web Services (AWS) secure communication service AWS Wickr integrates with the Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) to enhance the efficiency of emergency response with a user-friendly, map-based solution that expands t

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Ya Xu on building AI and machine learning products

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Ya Xu, vice president of engineering and head of data and AI at LinkedIn, discusses how leaders can prioritize and mature AI use cases, and capture the impact of AI in any organization.

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Automate cybersecurity analysis with MBSE workflows enabled by AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, US government customers face numerous challenges in modernizing the design, building, testing, and sustainment of the next generation of major weapon systems. Organizations have relied on a systems engineering approach to design complex systems. Platforms have evolved into tightly integrated systems of systems, which is driving organizations to transform their document-based systems engineering processes into digital engineering and model-base

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Q&A: The State Department’s Tech for Life Initiative Lets Workers Keep Devices Longer

FedTech Magazine

With one of the most mobile civilian workforces in the federal government, the State Department reprovisions devices every time an employee transfers to a new post. The department’s 13,000 Foreign Service officers serve in 270 countries — including locations the department describes as “hardship posts” — and change duty stations every two or three years.

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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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Manchester Airports Group looks to AWS to transform the passenger experience

AWS Public Sector Blog

This is a guest post written by digital leaders from the Manchester Airports Group (MAG). Airports are mini cities that at any one time serve and support thousands of people who need services to keep them informed, comfortable, and safe. Airports are also complex environments with multiple technology systems that traditionally exist in silos. And they are ripe for digital transformation.

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Ending the confusion in cloud transformations: The dashboards and metrics everyone needs

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

A cloud transformation has a much greater chance of success if companies know what to track—and how to track it.

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New doula program helps parents tackle substance use disorders

GCN

The Philadelphia Community Doula Support program can help new parents avoid overdoses and court-ordered family separations.

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Work-Life Balance & Competitive Pay: Discover State of Oregon Jobs

Careers in Government

Find jobs in Oregon offering work-life balance and competitive pay. Explore rewarding opportunities with Careers In Government. The post Work-Life Balance & Competitive Pay: Discover State of Oregon Jobs appeared first on Careers in Government.

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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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How bullish are Americans on EVs? It depends on where the nearest charger is.

GCN

People who live closer to public electric vehicle chargers view the cars more positively, even when accounting for people’s party identification and the type of community they live in, a new analysis shows.

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Driving innovation: Japan’s approach to ICT R&D and building a resilient society

Open Access Government - Technology News

Dr Preethi Kesavan, Director of Studies, Head and School of Advanced Technology and Digital Media at London School of Business and Finance Singapore, charts Japan’s approach to ICT R&D and building a resilient society In today’s interconnected world, Information and Communications Technology’s (ICT) role cannot be overstated. From powering economies to facilitating communication and innovation, ICT has become the backbone of modern society.

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From priced out to economically empowered: Why affordability matters

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

A worker who gets a raise should be pleased to bring home a bigger paycheck. But that bump in income doesn’t improve living standards in any meaningful way if their average rent is still far beyond their means. Most countries gauge prosperity by looking at income or wage growth, but those metrics don’t fully reflect what it takes to get by, writes Kweilin Ellingrud in Forbes.

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States shift toward kin-first foster care

GCN

Kinship caregivers and advocates have long expressed frustration at unequal support for raising their own.

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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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Scale matters more than ever for European competitiveness. Here's why

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

As we enter a new geo-economic era, Europe's competitiveness is under pressure. New research highlights the need for bold action if European firms are to compete globally. Scaling up across Europe, in areas such as R&D, will help companies increase their competitiveness, write Sven Smit and Jan Mischke in World Economic Forum.

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Re: Understanding Compliance Between Commercial, Government and DoD Offerings - September 2023 Updat

Microsoft Public Sector

Regarding CUI and ITAR. You state "Export-controlled data such as ITAR technical data is one of the categories of CUI". Need to be careful here. While CUI can include ITAR (ITAR is one of the categories of CUI), ITAR is not a subset of CUI - I can have ITAR information that is not also CUI. Think of a Venn diagram with CUI and ITAR circles - there is an intersection of them, but the ITAR circle is not a subset of the CUI circle.

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America’s productivity growth is recovering to pre-great financial crisis rates. Europe has more work to do

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Labor productivity growth in the United States, Canada, and advanced economies in Western Europe and Asia, has been dismal for almost a generation, hovering around 1% a year. Is this lackluster performance all we can expect for the next generation? Chris Bradley, Olivia White, and Jan Mischke help answer this in Fortune.

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