Sat.Jul 27, 2019 - Fri.Aug 02, 2019

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Educated against all odds

Princeton Public Library

We have a great capacity to distract ourselves, put up barriers and engage in all kinds of self-sabotage. As C.S. Lewis said, “We are always falling in love or quarreling, looking for jobs or fearing to lose them, getting ill and recovering, following public affairs.

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Season 2 Episode 16 - Mitch Zeller, Director of Center for Tobacco Products, FDA

GovCast

As director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, Mitch Zeller has an important public health mission to reduce disease from tobacco use. With a background in law as an attorney, Zeller discusses the importance policy and technology play in the center's mission.

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Episode 68: LIVE at AGA PDT New Orleans

FedHeads

The FedHeads have hit the road again - this time to the Association of Government Accountants annual conference in New Orleans, LA with guest host Carlos Otal! FedHeads Francis Rose and guest host Carlos Otal welcome Srikant Sastry and Former Governor Martin O'Malley live at AGA PDT in New Orleans. Former Governor O'Malley introduces his new book Smarter Government : Governing for Results in the Information Age.

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Examining The Fiscal Solvency Of U.S. Cities

The Market Urbanism Report

U.S. cities are generally solvent - or not - for very specific reasons.

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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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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Bertrand Russell once observed, "Most people would die sooner than think--in fact they do so." Perhaps this goes some way to explaining the common failure of risk estimation and the tendency willingly to take unnecessary risks. However, an understanding of risk requires, not only an ability to think things through, but also enough information with which to make informed decisions.

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Season 2 Episode 15 - Matt Montano, Centers of Excellence Director, GSA

GovCast

A leader from GSA's newest initiative with its Centers of Excellence toward collaborative IT modernization talks the importance of partnerships and agile methodologies to solve some of government's toughest technological challenges.