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Next City’s 2022 Gift Guide

Next City

From an urbanist booknook to bike accessories, here are our gift recommendations for people who care about creating equitable cities.

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Disaster Management and Information Technology

Disaster Zone blog

Professional Response and Recovery Management in the Age of Disasters

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How will the space economy change the world?

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Space is no longer the sole domain of governments and aerospace and defense companies. Businesses that pursue emerging opportunities now may gain a first-mover advantage.

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How to avoid and recover from cyber and ransomware attacks

Open Access Government - Technology News

Best practices for public sector organisations to avoid and quickly recover from cyber and ransomware attacks. In its 2022 annual review, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) advised that over the past 12 months, businesses and organisations in the UK reported hundreds of cyber incidents, many of which were ransomware attacks. In 2021 there was a joint advisory from the NCSC and its international partners on this increased global threat.

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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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How to Successfully Use First-of-Its-Kind State and Local Cybersecurity Grants

State Tech Magazine

In September, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, announced a first-of-its-kind cybersecurity grant program for state, local and territorial (SLT) governments across the country. In the wake of the widespread transition to hybrid and remote work and school environments, network perimeters have expanded and consequently exposed substantial vulnerabilities.

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Super Charging Your Communications Capabilities

Disaster Zone blog

Have you looked at satellite communications?

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How personalization at scale can invigorate Asian insurers

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The surge in digital consumer interactions is making possible a new era of gathering, analyzing, and responding to individual customer data strategically and with precision.

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Become a grant reviewer and improve your grant writing skills

Professional Grant Writer

Sometimes grant writers are consumed by their work, becoming too close to their subject matter. When this happens, they stop looking at it. The post Become a grant reviewer and improve your grant writing skills appeared first on Professional Grant Writer.

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End-to-End Artificial Intelligence Supports Federal Mission Sets

FedTech Magazine

Data is moving increasingly toward the edge. Gartner, for example, predicts that by 2025, more than half of enterprise-managed data will be created and processed outside the data center or cloud. At the same time, government agencies increasingly recognize the need to apply artificial intelligence to data, leveraging AI to accelerate analytics to drive actionable decision-making.

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As Cyberattacks Increase on K-12 Schools, Here Is What’s Being Done

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

In recent years, cyberattacks on K-12 schools have increased. Not only do these attacks disrupt educational instruction and school operations, they also impact students, their families, and teachers. The scale and number of attacks increased during.

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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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Author Talks: Hospitality lessons from a Michelin-star restaurateur

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Eleven Madison Park cofounder Will Guidara explains why a hospitality economy is on the horizon and shares the “unreasonable” strategies that he has used to lead restaurants to the top of their game.

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Q&A: Jason Cooley of Frisco, Texas, Talks Organic Innovation in Government

State Tech Magazine

Frisco, Texas, is a vibrant hub for venture capitalism and innovation, with a mostly suburban population of 226,000. StateTech spoke recently with Jason Cooley about his role as the city’s chief innovation officer and to learn about some of the projects in Frisco of which he’s most proud. STATETECH: How would you define your role as chief innovation officer?

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Protect critical services with new Continuity of Government IT on AWS solution guide

AWS Public Sector Blog

Citizens expect governments to continue to operate despite floods or heat waves endangering data centers, malicious actions taken against IT infrastructure, or power grid failures. During these events, governments need to protect and maintain core digital assets and records such as population and property registers, education records, and revenue and benefits systems at all times—for operational and integrity reasons.

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Welcome Your Advice on the Second Edition!

Human Transit

So I’ve just signed a deal with Island Press to do a second edition of Human Transit , expected out near the end of 2023. A lot has obviously happened in the history of public transit since book came out in 2011, including real things like the pandemic, unreal things like the hyperloop , and some things that are real but overhyped, like microtransit.

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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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Getting digital transformation right in resource-heavy industries

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Eight core principles can help companies in the energy, oil and gas, basic materials, and utilities sectors achieve successful digital transformations.

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Housing for Indigenous Peoples & Tribal Nations

NLC (National League of Cities)

*Note: There are many different naming conventions for Native American and Indigenous communities, who are in no way a monolith. Community members decide for themselves which terms best align with their identity.

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How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

The City Fix

A New Yorker may not think about the forested Catskills Mountain Range upstate as she pours a glass of water. Londoners probably don’t consider the Amazon rainforest as they watch the rain falling on city parks. And folks in Addis.

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AWS successfully runs AWS compute and machine learning services on an orbiting satellite in a first-of-its kind space experiment

AWS Public Sector Blog

Image courtesy D-Orbit. Today at AWS re:Invent 2022 , Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it successfully ran a suite of AWS compute and machine learning (ML) software on an orbiting satellite, in a first-of-its-kind space experiment. The experiment, conducted over the past 10 months in low Earth orbit (LEO), was designed to test a faster, more efficient method for customers to collect and analyze valuable space data directly on their orbiting satellites using the cloud.

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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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The link between climate and national security

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Former Netherlands chief of defense Tom Middendorp, the “climate general,” discusses efforts to decarbonize defense forces and the security risks that could be heightened by climate change.

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The 2023 Guide to Social Media for Libraries: New TikTok Success Secrets for This Year

Super Library Marketing

Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library. This is the third installment in my series on social media best practices for libraries in 2023. The complete guide includes tips for: LinkedIn. Facebook. In the next few weeks, I’ll cover YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter (maybe!). These are the top platforms used by libraries according to the 7th Annual Super Library Marketing Reader Survey.

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A Greener, Cleaner and Better Vietnam Through Transport Decarbonization

The City Fix

This is the third installment in a series of articles documenting lessons learned across NDC-TIA country activities, to be published throughout 2022. In Vietnam, a country home to 97 million inhabitants, there are 65 million registered motorcycles and mopeds,1.5 million.

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Now available: New AWS program supporting nonprofit donor and member engagement

AWS Public Sector Blog

According to a recent report from the Association of Fundraising Professionals and GivingTuesday, the number of nonprofit donors in the first half of 2022 decreased by 7% compared to last year. Moreover, the percentage of donors who gave in 2021 and then gave again in 2022 decreased by 6.2% year-over-year. As one-time donations increasingly become the norm, nonprofit development teams are challenged to think outside-the-box to attract, retain, and communicate with their valuable supporters.

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Overcoming Operational Challenges in Parks & Recreation

Speaker: Noratek

Maintaining parks and recreation facilities efficiently is no easy task, especially when faced with scheduling issues, aging infrastructure, and inconsistent inspections. Join us for this insightful webinar where we explore the most common challenges departments like yours are facing and how digital tools like CityReporter can help you streamline operations, ensure safety, and make better use of your resources.

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What is net zero?

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Net zero is an ideal state where the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) released into the earth’s atmosphere is balanced by the amount of GHGs removed. Decarbonization efforts are needed to reach net zero.

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Weaponizing Information

Disaster Zone blog

Situational awareness in emergency management and on the battlefield.

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How to Update the FITARA Scorecard Now That Agencies Are Scoring Well

FedTech Magazine

As agencies begin to score well on the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act scorecard, which measures success in IT modernization efforts, some are suggesting the benchmarks should be updated to reflect changes in the modernization process and remove categories that no longer need to be monitored.

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Amazon and George Mason University collaborate to deliver new innovations in education and research

AWS Public Sector Blog

Photo credit: Even Cantwell, Creative Services, George Mason University. George Mason University (Mason) is on a mission to build a more student centric and technologically advanced education institution. Leveraging the breadth and depth of services across Amazon, including technical solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), the university will embark on a multi-year collaborative effort.

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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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Five lessons from AI on closing quantum’s talent gap—before it’s too late

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

To ensure organizations have access to the quantum computing talent they need when they need it, leaders will have to upskill workers and create pathways for new talent, just as they did for AI.

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New Research on Teens, Your Library, and Social Media Plus You May Soon Have More Info About Your Library’s TikTok Audience!

Super Library Marketing

Select the video above to watch this episode. The Library Marketing???????? Show, Episode 169: We have news that could have an impact on your library’s social media strategy. First, TikTok is testing audience insights, which give you a deeper look into your audience. We’ll talk about the features that could be a regular part of your data very soon.

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Nursing Shortages Are Everywhere

Disaster Zone blog

Not to mention truck drivers, cops, firefighters, cooks, wait staff.

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States enter the quantum race

GCN

Chattanooga is leveraging its high-speed fiber for the first commercial quantum network, while Maryland builds a quantum ecosystem.

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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.