Next City

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Our annual recommendations for gifts that will spark action and support the hearts, hands and minds pushing our cities forward.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Biodiversity is the multitude of diverse organisms across an ecosystem. It is essential for supporting the health and sustainability of all life on Earth.

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Sustainability 128

FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The federal government relies on forms and other documents. Many important forms sit on the web, while others sit in storage boxes. The wealth of information available to government agencies is often locked in these forms due to a lack of manpower to process and analyze them for correlations and relationships. Unlocking this data requires significant work due to the requirements for data entry, validation, and proper routing and categorization of the information.

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Government Agency Government 109

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

There are bright spots for growth in global life, retirement, and health insurance. But to combat stagnant demand, the industry needs to find new sources of growth beyond its core products.

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Advertiser: Noratek

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.

Public Safety

State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

After Hurricane Helene struck North Carolina, 1.5 million people were without power. State CIO Jim Weaver told StateTech at NASCIO 2024 that as many as 17 public safety answering points were damaged or inaccessible. Normally, this would hinder access to emergency services for the communities served by those PSAPs. But North Carolina’s cloud-based, next-generation 911 service enabled calls to overflow into other contact centers, ensuring people had access to emergency services when and where they

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Public Safety 106

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The global energy transition is entering a new phase. These ten McKinsey Explainers highlight what leaders need to know to grow through—and not just react to—the new climate era.

Sustainability 120

Sustainability 120

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The personal property and casualty insurance industry grew in 2023, fueled by rate increases in developed markets. The opportunity now is to expand coverage to new markets and sectors.

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Development 109

American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In today’s fast-paced and budget-conscious public sector environment, efficient procurement practices are more crucial than ever. Cooperative purchasing , by combining the needs of many agencies, not only lowers costs but also improves access to quality products and services, simplifies procurement processes, and ensures compliance with regulations.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Profitable growth is increasingly hard to find. Commercial property and casualty insurers need to be deliberate about where and how they compete.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When it comes to procurement, having a clear, strategic approach is key to delivering value to your organization. Whether you’re in education, government, nonprofit or the private sector, procurement can be a powerful tool for maximizing savings, streamlining operations, and ensuring compliance. Strategic procurement is more than just buying goods and services—it’s about creating value, optimizing resources, and aligning purchasing decisions with organizational goals.

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Regulations Sustainability Nonprofit Strategic Planning 58

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Year-end review season is here. How can organizations deliver performance reviews that motivate employees and support their development?

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Development 103

American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Ensuring public safety at large-scale events, whether concerts, sports games, or community gatherings, comes with unique challenges. With the responsibility of protecting attendees, crowd control, and maintaining security, procurement teams play a critical role in making sure the staff has everything they need to execute the event. From acquiring security staff and surveillance technology to event-specific safety gear, having a well-coordinated procurement plan is essential for effective crowd a

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Public Safety Coordinator Security Budgeting 58

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Finding profitable growth is an imperative for the world’s personal and commercial property and casualty insurers, while life carriers must adjust to changing consumer needs.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

As agencies step up their efforts to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-based tools, they are quickly realizing they need to focus on the data that will drive those solutions. The challenge is not gathering enough data. It’s ensuring their data consistently adheres to key governance practices, including data, security and interoperability. “In the conversations we’re having with large organizations, there’s a lot of caution around AI,” said Andrew Churchil

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Speaker: Noratek

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.

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GovPilot

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Folly Beach, SC expands their partnership with the government management software provider to streamline operations and government services in the municipality.

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Operations Management Government Press Release 52

American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

It’s no secret that procurement professionals nationwide are struggling with budgets, bandwidth and staffing shortages. These roadblocks reveal opportunity though, as teams look toward cooperative purchasing for relief. With the help of a cooperative purchasing organization, you can increase savings at your organization by leveraging pre-awarded cooperative contracts and streamlining your purchasing process, resulting in a stronger overall strategy.

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Budgeting Coordinator Management 58

The City Fix

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In a time of polycrises – from economic and political instability to health and environmental emergencies – water is a resource that cannot be relegated to the background. Especially in urban environments, water demand is ever-increasing and in too many.

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Community Engagement Accountability Sanitation Local Government 69

NLC (National League of Cities)

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

As local leaders gather for NLC’s City Summit in Tampa, the U.S. Department of Labor will be celebrating the 10th annual National Apprenticeship Week on November 17-23, 2024. National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) is an annual celebration of the impact and potential of apprenticeship.

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Education 84

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When it comes to libraries and media centers, it’s important to create flexible spaces that adapt to the changing needs of students and teachers. With Virco , America’s leading manufacturer and supplier of school furniture, you can create a dynamic library or media center to engage and support every curious mind. In the heart of every educational institution lies a place where students can fall in love with books, open their minds to new possibilities, work together to find solutions and think f

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Barrett & Greene

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

A couple of weeks ago, our B&G Report published a series of answers to the question: “What should members of the press know in order to more effectively cover their governments?" We published a post about it on LinkedIn, and received a comment from a friend, a journalist whose opinion and work we respect enormously. He wrote “Always find the effective date of a new rule or law.

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Super Library Marketing

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library This is the first in the 2025 series of library social media guides. Every Monday for five weeks, I’ll share updates for platforms including LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook. I will not be covering Twitter/X this year. TikTok for libraries According to the annual Super Library Marketing Survey, the number of libraries posting on TikTok rose by four percent in 2024. 20 percent of libraries say they use the platform to pr

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