McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JULY 12, 2024

The former CFO of the LEGO Group shares insights and lessons for finance leaders.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 12, 2024

Exciting advances in hydrogen technology mean that fossil-free air travel could soon become a reality. Find out more here: Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have unveiled groundbreaking studies indicating that nearly all air travel within a 750-mile radius (1200 km) could be powered by hydrogen aircraft by 2045. Hydrogen aviation This development promises to revolutionise short and medium-range flights, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional fossil-fuel-powere

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JULY 12, 2024

Our latest procurement benchmarking data reveals the tools, capabilities, and ways of working that are helping leading companies protect their profits in turbulent times.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 12, 2024

A tool to enable your organisation to grow – no one knows your organisation as well as you do; allow SMS Tech’s operational management software for the NHS to work around your organisation when responding to health challenges The NHS faces numerous challenges that affect operational efficiency and overall quality of care. Key issues include time wasted on non-value-added tasks, low staff morale, high consumable spending, environmental concerns, and maintaining CQC compliance.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JULY 12, 2024

The offshore wind industry is facing macroeconomic pressures that are halting growth and profitability. Developers can embrace four key actions to help navigate this changing environment.

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FedTech Magazine

JULY 12, 2024

Moving applications to the cloud doesn’t mean you can shut down your old data center. Agencies need basic computing services, such as on-premises print and directory servers. Applications that can’t be “lifted and shifted” will need a place to live in an onsite data center. With real estate at a premium, IT managers can save space by building new, smaller data centers to handle the few on-premises devices required.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JULY 12, 2024

Co-authored by Becky Anderson, M.S. Program Manager, WaterNow Alliance and Joni M. Palmer, Ph.D., APA, American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Clean water infrastructure needs, including wastewater treatment and water quality improvements, total $630.1 billion nationally over the next 20 years. Similarly, the national drinking water infrastructure needs represent another $625 billion.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JULY 12, 2024

Do your goals overshadow your desire for happiness? Olympic gold medalist Mark Tuitert shares how you can separate the two and discover what it means to live a great life.

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Leadership 83

NLC (National League of Cities)

JULY 12, 2024

Co-authored by Emma O’Reilly, Intern, National League of Cities According to a report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), using behavioral science can promote residential electrification and help overcome common deterrents, like high costs and perceived inefficiencies of electric appliances.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JULY 12, 2024

The deployment of AI and generative AI along with other economic and business shifts is redefining work in Europe and the United States, writes Kweilin Ellingrud in Forbes.

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JULY 12, 2024

Effective grant writing demands precision and strategy in today’s competitive funding landscape. To maximize your grant writing effectiveness, implementing SMART goals is essential. This powerful goal-setting framework encompasses five key objectives that can be easily implemented and monitored throughout the grant-writing process. In this article, we’ll explore how to leverage Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound (SMART) objectives to elevate your grant proposa

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A Library Writer's Blog

JULY 12, 2024

We are pleased to announce that the NASIG Autumn virtual conference is scheduled to take place online October 15-17, 2024, and the call for proposals is now open. We are accepting proposals for the following session types: Short (7 minutes): fitting for concise overviews or burgeoning ideas Medium (15 minutes): perfect for case studies Long (30 minutes): ideal for more detailed presentations All of the session types are ideal for demonstrations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2024

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Open Data Sponsorship Program makes high-value, cloud-optimized datasets publicly available on AWS. We work with data providers to: Democratize access to data by making it available to the public for analysis on AWS Develop new cloud-native techniques, formats, and tools that lower the cost of working with data Encourage the development of communities that benefit from access to shared datasets Through this program, customers are making more than 100 petabytes (PB)

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