Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Join us in Reston, VA , on October 15th, 16th, or 17th for our Microsoft 365 Copilot GCC Readiness Days ! This exclusive in-person event is your chance to learn how AI and Microsoft 365 Copilot GCC can address the unique challenges of public sector missions. Tailored for IT professionals, administrators, and decision-makers in government agencies, these readiness days offer practical, actionable insights to help you drive secure productivity, efficiency, and innovation in your organization.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

What do you do when a tight budget forces projects and service cuts that many community members love? The weight of these difficult local government budget decisions does not have to fall on the council, city management and budget offices alone.

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Homeroom

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Recent natural disasters have significantly impacted communities and their education institutions. Since 2017, there have been over 500 presidentially declared major disasters across all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Outlying Areas. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) closely follows the impacts of natural disasters on students, educators, staff, families, and others.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Consider the technology that makes effective policing possible. Where would we be without the ability to conduct DNA testing—or even fingerprint suspects? How would police communicate and coordinate without computers? What about radios? This is technology that today’s law enforcement officers can take for granted, but it wasn’t always that way. The truth is the technology involved in policing has evolved dramatically—even in just the past several years.

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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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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Our September obituaries also include a legal trailblazer, an innovative ophthalmologist, and a publishing pioneer who forged a path for women authors.

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Summer Camp Programming

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Kelie and Shauna ARE BACK! In this episode, they recap their AMAZING summers and absolutely GUSH about their 2024 Staff. Shauna shares the celebrity children she had as campers and Kelie finally has a great summer after last year’s fiasco of a season. Links: Yowie Candy Camp Snap The Other Side: Ep 35, Understanding Bullying […] The post Episode 36: Our 2024 Summer Recap appeared first on Summer Camp Programming.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Public-sector fleet managers may want to consider delaying replacing their internal-combustion-engine (ICE) vehicles with electric vehicles/trucks (EVs) says Randall Taylor , CEO of The Fuel Ox , a global provider of fuel treatments and lubricants. For more than 10 years Taylor has led daily operations at the firm, which helps consumers and fleet managers reduce their footprint on the environment with bio-based, eco-friendly and almost completely toxin-free products.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A new McKinsey analysis quantifies the impact that digital and AI can have on consumer goods businesses and where consumer-packaged-goods executives should focus their efforts.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

OCTOBER 3, 2024

State and local governments are exploring ways to take a more direct role in financing, preserving, and developing housing to address the nation’s housing shortage with an array of public development models, according to a new policy brief by the NYU Furman Center and its Housing Solutions Lab. Researchers examined nine cases spanning eight states – from Idaho and Illinois to Maryland and Massachusetts – to assess the variety of emerging government-led models where state or loc

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NLC (National League of Cities)

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Authored byStephen Bourne, Project Director at AtkinsRéalis and Adam Howell, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at AtkinsRéalis Large weather events such as tornadoes, hurricanes and wildfires have always kept cities’ leaders up at night.

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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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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Over the past year, the pace of innovation across industries and around the world has been extraordinary. At Google, we're inspired by the public sector’s ingenuity and speed in adopting our AI and security innovations to achieve remarkable outcomes together. Since Google Cloud Next , we've launched more powerful versions of Gemini , rolled out Gemini Flash and Imagen 3.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Our latest research examines how a new take on operational excellence can help rekindle productivity—and reveals five practices that matter in jump-starting performance.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

US federal financial agencies have a massive opportunity to adopt the latest assistive technologies, including generative artificial intelligence (AI) , for their workforce and reimagine the art of the possible. Seeing as financial data is a matter of national security in today’s climate, I’m curious, like many of you, about the opportunities technology provides for federal financial agencies to fulfill their missions – from fighting financial crime to increasing internal efficiencies – so they

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Jim Weaver joined the N.C. Department of Information Technology in March 2021 as secretary and CIO. NCDIT oversees IT services for the state of North Carolina and is the primary IT service provider for state government agencies. The agency also provides services for local governments and educational institutions. It is responsible for strategic IT planning, procurement and delivery of IT services and solutions, cybersecurity and privacy, and broadband expansion and digital equity efforts, among

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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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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Over the course of the last few years, no technology has transformed how the world functions, or presented opportunities for advancement more than artificial intelligence (AI). At Google, AI is in our DNA. As a pioneer in AI , we have spent the last two decades leveraging AI to organize the world’s information, make it useful, and to bring commercial-grade data analytics, security and gen AI to the public sector.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Optimists, pessimists—who’s right? New research breaks down the physical realities slowing our progress toward net zero: what’s simpler, what’s tough, and what’s vital to transforming our energy system successfully.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Healthcare practitioners rely on specialized knowledge such as publications in medical research, caregiving techniques, treatment plans, and policy documents. In addition, doctors and nurses require access to patient data that is typically stored in electronic medical record (EMR) systems. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology allows you to integrate large bodies of knowledge and make them accessible in a more natural way.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2024

States are exploring generative artificial intelligence while putting it in action for several everyday purposes, reported the National Association of State Chief Information Officers in a panel Monday. NASCIO recently conducted a survey of state CIOs — the full results of which will be released in October — to explore how their governments are using GenAI.

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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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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Agencies rely on multiple tools and vendors for cybersecurity. According to Cisco, 23% of agencies use 11 to 20 security vendors whose tools often function independently rather than as a cohesive system. Such fragmentation limits visibility and increases security threats, highlighting the need for interoperability, especially with the upcoming deadline for adopting zero-trust architectures.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The consumer goods industry, once an investor darling, has underperformed in recent years. Companies can prioritize six actions to simultaneously revive revenue growth and reduce costs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Digital public infrastructure (DPI) describes the foundational digital capabilities nations provide to facilitate efficient and secure interactions within society, such as proving identity, paying for goods and services, proving an entitlement, or sharing data. DPI is a country’s digital backbone, rapidly enabling modern and responsive government, increasing inclusion and economic participation, and stimulating innovation across all sectors.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2024

At NASCIO 2024, we interviewed state CIOs and CTOs about their current and upcoming priorities. Broadband access for all, digital government, accessibility, ransomware and Next-Generation 911 were among the key talking points. Keep this page bookmarked for our coverage of the NASCIO 2024 Annual conference. Follow us on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @StateTech and the official conference Twitter account, @NASCIO.

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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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NLC (National League of Cities)

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The passage of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in 2021 provided a lifeline for local governments through its State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) program, which awarded every municipality a portion of $65.1 billion in funding.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2024

An often neglected concept, spiritual health can have significant knock-on benefits for a person’s well-being, and its importance at work needs to be recognized.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Meet Maria. A busy single mother of two, she is preparing to go back to school while working. With limited time, she has decided to explore the public assistance benefits available to support her family. Maria spends hours reading through information on websites and reviewing publicly available documents to understand the benefits she may be eligible for and the application process.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The biennial cybersecurity study produced by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers and Deloitte notes a growing role for state CISOs in the face of emerging threats to government enterprise. At the NASCIO 2024 annual conference Monday, state CISOs discussed the 2024 Deloitte-NASCIO Cybersecurity Study. They said that the CISO role has been embraced more in the past two years, and that cybersecurity budgets have grown.

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Speaker: Noratek

Join this insightful webinar on how local governments can reduce costs and optimize resources. Discover how municipalities like yours are leveraging technology to enhance service delivery, reduce operational costs, and generate lasting ROI. Key Takeaways: Learn actionable steps to reduce operational costs and increase community engagement Explore how digital tools can streamline inspections and reporting Understand the financial and operational benefits of digital management solutions Hear real-

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Each year, GAO publishes hundreds of reports for Congress to both help improve government operations and save millions of taxpayer dollars. Experts from GAO testify at Senate and House hearings on these reports, our recommendations for improvements.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Welcome to the frontier of public sector innovation, where artificial intelligence (AI) is not just a buzzword but a tool for transformative change. As citizens’ expectations evolve and the need for rapid, accurate information becomes more pronounced, state and local governments seek smarter ways to keep pace. Enter Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and large language models (LLMs)—the dynamic duo powering the next wave of efficient state and local government services.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Government officials and contractors should be wary of how the use of artificial intelligence might create privacy and contracting challenges, public sector lawyers said at the annual conference of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers on Tuesday. Addressing the NASCIO 2024 conference in New Orleans, Anh Le, chief of business operations and general counsel for the Georgia Technology Authority, and Katy Ruckle, chief privacy officer for Washington state, warned that generat

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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.

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