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What Google’s Sidewalk Labs Ignored About Building A City

Next City

Before Sidewalk Labs targeted Toronto for its "smart city" project, it found 1,307 acres of land near downtown Detroit where its team believed they could carry out their utopian vision. There was just one problem.

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Author Talks: What poker pro Annie Duke can teach you about quitting on time

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Ever been told to quit while you’re ahead, or that winners never quit? Poker player-turned decision strategist Annie Duke explains why this advice is costing you time and money.

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Why is Ada Lovelace Day so important?

Open Access Government - Technology News

Open Access Government interviews Lin Sun on the significance of Ada Lovelace Day and what it means for women in STEM around the globe. Ada Lovelace Day provides us with an annual reminder to take a moment and reflect on our accomplishments and recognise the many successful people surrounding us. Dreaming up the world’s first computer programming language whilst raising a family.

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How to prepare for a successful foundation site visit

Professional Grant Writer

Foundations and other funders may request a site visit before they approve funding for a grant. This is often a typical part of. The post How to prepare for a successful foundation site visit appeared first on Professional Grant Writer.

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Municipal Maintenance: Ready, Set, Inspect!

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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Hybrid Work Solutions Modernize Both Government Services and Workplaces

State Tech Magazine

Over the past several years, we’ve seen nearly all of our critical industries move to hybrid models. A crowning example of this may be our school systems, which had to shift — practically overnight — to virtual learning models to keep our children’s education going. Hospitals turned to virtual care visits to limit the spread of dangerous viruses. Even manufacturers leveraged artificial intelligence and machine learning to limit the number of workers on the factory floor.

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How will US funding for defense technology innovation evolve?

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Companies that focus on defense technology innovation will benefit from a strong understanding of the US Department of Defense budget.

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Seeking Moral Clarity

Disaster Zone blog

It is a debate happening now among journalists.

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Efforts to Protect and Repatriate Native American Cultural Items and Human Remains

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

Native American cultural items—including pottery, weapons, and sacred objects—have long been the target of theft by individuals seeking to collect or sell them. Federal agencies and museums have also acquired Native American human remains and.

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Stepping up: What COOs will need to succeed in 2023 and beyond

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

COOs are increasingly important to corporations, but what skills will they need to perform at their best? Business leaders weigh in.

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From Good to Better to Best – Telling a Compelling Story of Impact

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

When it comes to making an impact on the communities and issues they have prioritized as a philanthropic body, grant funders live vicariously through their awardees. So it makes sense that they would want to know how the work of applicant organizations is making a difference in those same communities and how it is impacting the issues about which the funder is passionate. .

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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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Why Upzonings Do Not Increase Home Prices

The Market Urbanism Report

Unpacking the notion of "induced demand" in the housing market.

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A More Perfect Union: Keeping Elections Safe & Participatory

NLC (National League of Cities)

Across the country, residents are coming together to celebrate one of our country’s oldest and proudest traditions: participatory democracy. At town halls, libraries, elementary schools, and community centers, voters sign their names, take their ballot, and cast their vote, often with the assistance of a poll worker.

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Accelerating green growth in the built environment

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The industries that make up the built environment are highly fragmented and slow to change. Creating green growth requires shifts in how players design, build, operate, and decommission assets.

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Upgraded Videoconferencing Equipment Helps VA Provide Services from A Distance

FedTech Magazine

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs oversees a diverse array of operations, including healthcare services, insurance and benefits systems, and cemeteries. As recently as four years ago, its video teleconferencing technology was equally diverse; each service area used its own equipment for its own purposes. The various video platforms weren’t necessarily compatible with each other, let alone easy to upgrade all at once.

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Empower Digital Government: Strategic Workbook for Modern Transformation

Digital transformation is reshaping government interactions, bringing agencies closer to the communities they serve. However, while many have adopted new digital tools, few have implemented comprehensive strategies to maximize their benefits. Our Strategic Workbook for Modern Government offers a step-by-step guide to developing a sustainable digital strategy.

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Market, Message, and Medium: A Library Marketer Shares How She Tackles Promotions in a Time Crunch

Super Library Marketing

Photo courtesy Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. There is a powerhouse of a woman who works as program director for a library system in New York State’s Finger Lakes region. Suzanne Macaulay began her career as a Children’s Librarian at Henry Waldinger Memorial Library in Valley Stream, New York in 2005. She’s worked at a few different libraries in New York and Pennsylvania but took her current role for the OWWL Library System just three days before everything shut down due to Co

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Managing a Decade Long Effort to Recover from a Hurricane

Disaster Zone blog

There will be lessons for others in catastrophic disaster recovery.

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A devilish duality: How CEOs can square resilience with net-zero promises

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Amid turbulence on the path to net zero, leaders will have to be much nimbler to balance resilience with an energy future that is secure, affordable, and clean. Five actions can help.

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Digital Signage Guides Travelers and Tourists to the Right Location

FedTech Magazine

Visitors entering the partially reopened National Air and Space Museum will be greeted by new high-resolution digital signs to guide them to the refurbished exhibits. They will also find signature artifacts augmented by technology designed to better show off the museum’s collection. The popular Washington, D.C.-based museum, in the midst of a seven-year, $1 billion face-lift, completed the first phase of its modernization effort in early October.

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7 Signs Your Local Government ERP Is Holding You Back: A Guide for Small Municipalities

Local governments and municipalities serving populations under 200,000 face distinctive challenges in delivering efficient and effective services to their communities. To overcome these challenges, many rely on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems tailored to their specific needs. Not all ERP systems are created equal, and some may hinder progress rather than support it.

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Your Library Needs To Use Camel Case Hashtags on Social Media: Join the Movement To Force Change!

Super Library Marketing

The Library Marketing???????? Show, Episode 165: I need your library’s help forcing a change that will make social media more accessible to everyone. I’ll explain why your library should use camel case hashtags and how you can join the movement to make camel case the default option for all social media platforms. Kudos in this episode go to the Superior Township Public Library in Michigan.

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Disaster Zone Podcast: ‘Disaster Damage Prediction Using AI and Aerial Imagery’

Disaster Zone blog

Helping insurance companies price their policies and estimate damages.

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Author Talks: How to learn and lead calmly through volatile times

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Three McKinsey veterans condense decades of boardroom experience and cognitive science into a guide for learning proactively and leading dynamically amid the most uncertain circumstances.

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AWS and Project Kuiper to support the US military’s Hybrid Space Architecture project

AWS Public Sector Blog

Whether on land, in air, or at sea, having connectivity and access to information in the field is critical for the US Department of Defense (DoD). Satellite communications systems provide the DoD with critical capabilities—from delivering satellite imagery to enabling communications—that support military users operating around the globe. As the DoD looks for ways to enable greater connectivity and information sharing, it’s increasingly exploring ways to bolster government capabilities to improve

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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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Microsoft Priva is generally available to GCC, GCC High and DoD

Microsoft Public Sector

Microsoft Priva is generally available to GCC, GCC High and DoD. Safeguard personal data, automate risk mitigation, and manage subject rights requests with Microsoft Priva. For years, existing privacy regulations like the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) have been paving the path for how g overnment organizations prioritize privacy.

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10 Years Later, Superstorm Sandy Causes NYC to Rethink Building

Disaster Zone blog

Abandon some places and fortify others from climate impacts.

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Accelerating capital projects to secure advantages in the net-zero transition

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Ambitious net-zero deadlines require speedy project completion. Here’s how leaders of capital projects can strike a balance between the costs and benefits of accelerating delivery.

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Don’t let grants be the scariest thing this spooky season

Grant Writing Made Easy

Happy Halloween! This is my favorite holiday, and in honor, I’m sharing 10 grant writing tips to help you make sure your grants aren’t the scariest thing this spooky season. #1: Keep a grant prospect sheet & update it regularly. One of the best things you can do is to make time regularly to search for grant opportunities. I recommend keeping a spreadsheet with all the important details and sorting the sheet into high-, medium-, and low-priority categories.

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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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Operating with a Sense of Urgency

Park Leaders

On this episode of the Park Leaders Show, guest co-host, Phil Gaines, returns to discuss the importance of operating with a sense of urgency. While urgency is often discussed as a function of time, as Phil explains, the term for park rangers should be viewed through intentionality. Like business leaders, park rangers should not reduce urgency to deadlines but enhance it through deliberation.

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Bogotá and Cali Connect Local Action to National Ambition to Transform the Buildings Sector

The City Fix

Following the launch of Colombia’s first National Roadmap for Net Zero Buildings in June 2022, the cities of Bogotá and Cali are setting the foundation for how to implement the roadmap at the local level. The municipal governments of both cities have.

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Keeping the semiconductor industry on the path to net zero

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Growing demand for semiconductors means industry emissions are likely to increase. Semiconductor companies are making sustainability commitments, but more is needed to achieve net zero.

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New Tech Tools Mean Better Experiences for Federal Workers and Customers Alike

FedTech Magazine

Once upon a time, there was a popular TV show called The Six Million Dollar Man, about a former astronaut given superhuman strength through technology. According to the opening credits, he became “better … stronger … faster.” In current dollars, he’d be The Forty Million Dollar Man — a solid chunk of the $65 billion requested for civilian IT spending in President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2023 budget — but he’d still be a federal employee who was able to do his job better and faster with the help of m

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ASPA TIMES Magazine: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

PA TIMES Magazine is a publication of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), a not-for-profit corporation. This edition focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in public administration, including guest columns, insights for the field and interviews with city government DEI officers about their work at the local level.