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LA’s Traffic Ordinance Went Into Effect 100 Years Ago. It Changed Streets Across America.

Next City

The Ordinance, which prioritized cars on the city’s roadways, quickly became the template for the country.

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Gain transformation momentum early by optimizing working capital

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Transformations can take a long time to show results, but if organizations optimize their working capital early on, they can demonstrate that change at pace is possible.

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Legislative Agencies Adopt Paperless Strategies to Publish and Archive Records

FedTech Magazine

The Government Publishing Office produces and distributes official government publications to Congress, agencies, federal depository libraries and the public. Specifically, GPO publishes the Congressional Record, a daily written account of the previous days congressional proceedings; the Federal Register, the official journal of the government; and GovInfo, a platform for accessing and preserving official documents from the three branches of government.

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How medtech companies can create value via inventory optimization

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

With more efficient inventory management, medtechs can reduce inventory by up to 30 percentfreeing up cash and reducing write-offs.

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Municipal Maintenance Guide: Inspections

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.

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Place breaking versus place making: Making people places | independent coffee shops, small business spaces, outdoor spaces

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

One of the major precepts of Jane Jacobs Life and Death of the Great American City is that cities need "a large stock of old buildings." East Ohio Street, Allegheny City, Pittsburgh. This wasn't because she was a historic preservationist, but because old, mostly paid off buildings were cheaper to rent space from than new buildings (" Big Data Backs Jane Jacobs: Cities Need Old Buildings ," Smart Cities Dive, Older, Smaller, Better Measuring how the character of buildings and blocks influences ur

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Author Talks: How women can overcome the ‘broken rung’

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Three McKinsey senior partners identify why women fall behind at work and how they can navigate work at every life and career stage, from entry level to motherhood to the C-suite.

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Confronting Asia’s new demographic reality

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Falling birth rates have become a hot topic around the world, and nowhere are they falling faster than in advanced economies in Asia. Together with China, these economies are undergoing a demographic wave that will soon wash over other nations, write Anu Madgavkar and Gautam Kumra in Bloomberg.

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How companies can empower more people with their current investments

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Despite progress in reducing extreme poverty, about 60 percent of the global population4.7 billion people, including an estimated 70 million in the United States and 200 million in other high-income countrieslive below the economic empowerment line. This yardstick, developed by the McKinsey Global Institute, measures if individuals essential needs are being met.