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5 Keys to Avoiding Common Mistakes in Incident Response

State Tech Magazine

State and local governments take cybersecurity seriously. But sometimes, even the best defenses fail in the face of increasingly innovative bad actors. As John Chambers famously said, “There are only two types of organizations: those that have been hacked and those that don’t know it yet.” If breaches are virtually inevitable, the best way to reduce their impact and cost is with an incident response (IR) plan and a team trained to implement it.

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Ep 17: Should Pronouns be Mandatory on a Job Application?

Summer Camp Programming

SHOW NOTES Kelie and Shauna talk with CJ Greco about if pronouns should be something employers should ask on job applications. Links: CJ Greco’s Instagram – @cj.greco TheBirdyBunchPodcast.com Want to add to our conversation? Have a question you want us to discuss? Email Us: exploringcampsides@gmail.com HOSTS KELIE COOK SHAUNA GUGLIELMO The post Ep 17: Should Pronouns be Mandatory on a Job Application?

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Using analytics and AI to tackle global human trafficking

Open Access Government - Technology News

Nicky Furlong, Director, Public Sector, Health & Life Sciences at SAS UK, describes how new developments in analytics can support the fight against global human trafficking One of the most disturbing things about global human trafficking is just how pervasive it is. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), an agency of the UN, 49.6 million people were trapped in some form of human slavery in 2021 – 27.6 million of whom were in forced labour and 22 million in forced marriage.

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Why Cities Are Rethinking What Kinds Of Trees They’re Planting

Next City

U.S. cities are losing some 36 million trees every year, but hardier species can restore their canopies.

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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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Sludge in Our Emergency Management Systems

Disaster Zone blog

“Sludge” means “red tape.

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Cracking the growth code: The ten rules of growth explained

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Experts behind the rules of value-creating growth discuss how leaders can apply these insights to their growth strategies.

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The Forgotten Credit Union That Served Thousands Of Unbanked El Pasoans

Next City

The now-closed Tepeyac Credit Union was a pioneering financial institution that served South El Paso’s unbanked residents and protected them from loan sharks.

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Instantly improve your grant with a strong need statement

Professional Grant Writer

A strong grant proposal is a rare thing. To write one, you should incorporate a range of elements, from a sound budget to. The post Instantly improve your grant with a strong need statement appeared first on Professional Grant Writer.

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The next frontier in risk efficiency

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

As global risks increase and economic uncertainty persists, the risk functions within the financial services industry must continue to evolve talent to ensure organizational resiliency.

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Building Strong Partnerships to Advance Digital Equity for Learners

Homeroom

By Roberto Rodríguez, Assistant Secretary, Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, and Kristina Ishmael, Deputy Director, Office of Educational Technology During the U.S. Department of Education’s National Digital Equity Summit, Secretary Miguel Cardona emphasized that “interagency collaboration matters.” Siloing efforts to close the digital divide between different sectors can impede the capacity for collective, Continue Reading The post Building Strong Partnerships to Advance D

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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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A K-Pop Wave Is Transforming A São Paulo Neighborhood – For Better And For Worse

Next City

São Paulo’s Korean consulate wants to frame Bom Retiro as a new Koreatown. But residents fear these moves could erase other local immigrant cultures.

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The Nonprofit World is Messy, and So Are We

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Y’all. Have you ever met someone, and loved what they were sharing so much, that you could just sit back and listen to their stories for hours? That is exactly how I felt when Julie Boll joined the Fundraising HayDay podcast. I knew I would love the conversation the second I learned she attended Dr. Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead training, but I didn’t know that Julie had her own experiences that I related to.

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What is influencer marketing?

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Influencer marketing is a collaboration between popular social-media users and brands to promote brands’ products or services.

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Disaster Zone Podcast: ‘The Threats from an Electromagnetic Pulse'

Disaster Zone blog

Yes, the threat does exist.

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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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Hybrid and Remote Work Present New Challenges for Government Managers

State Tech Magazine

Proper facilities management is essential for any organization to keep employees safe and working environments functional. After all, it’s what ensures your physical spaces and assets can support your organization’s needs. Given its importance, state and local governments would benefit from modernizing their facilities management practices to optimize efficiency.

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Putting Women at the Center of Clean Air Action

The City Fix

A key objective of the Clean Air Catalyst is to exchange knowledge, build trust and foster opportunities to elevate the voices of those most impacted by air pollution, particularly women and low-income communities. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International.

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Rising CEOs: Lessons from the McKinsey Leadership Forum

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Preparing for the CEO role can be a challenge and a reward. These eight lessons drawn from more than 300 McKinsey Leadership Forum participants and the CEOs who advise them will benefit any top executive or aspiring CEO.

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Ethics Differences Between Supreme Court and County Emergency Managers

Disaster Zone blog

There appears to be a significant difference.

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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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Innovative Municipalities Deploy Augmented Reality for Creative Wayfinding

State Tech Magazine

The days of relying on printed maps may be over. Some smart cities are creating maps that combine with augmented reality capabilities to help citizens navigate public spaces. Cities such as Coral Gables, Fla., and Cisco, Texas, are developing wayfinding using AR, which lets smartphone users overlay a digital image onto the real world. “We’re not using goggles or glasses or anything like that,” says Frisco CIO Jason Cooley.

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Data security and governance best practices for education and state and local government

AWS Public Sector Blog

Many organizations within state and local government (SLG) and education must build digital environments and services that meet a variety of dynamic security and compliance considerations, such as StateRAMP and Federal Information Security Management Act ( FISMA ). How can these organizations design secure and scalable architectures to help meet various compliance programs in the cloud?

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Author Talks: Don Norman designs a better world

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The former Apple VP and University of California Design Lab director explains why leaders should take the “humanity-centered” approach and adopt sustainable technologies and business models.

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Why Agencies Largely Remain in the Pilot Phase of Zero Trust

FedTech Magazine

Zero-trust security remains a top federal priority. The government followed up the White House’s cybersecurity executive order of 2021 with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s draft Zero Trust Maturity Model later that year and the Office of Management and Budget’s federal zero-trust strategy in 2022. “I believe zero trust is the only initiative that the government has today where executive orders, memoranda and strategy were all issued,” says Katharyn White, vice president of

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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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State lawmakers pitch gold-backed cryptocurrency

GCN

Legislation in Texas would establish a digital currency that could then be redeemed in cash or gold.

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How to Prepare Your City for a Train Derailment

NLC (National League of Cities)

On average, three trains derail in the U.S. every day. That’s over 1,100 derailments in the U.S. per year, and because railroads are putting much longer trains together, each train is now more likely to be carrying hazardous chemicals.

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Supporting resilience and preventing burnout in nonprofits

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The nonprofit sector in Australia faces a high rate of burnout, but employers can reduce the problem by improving workplace mental health and establishing the right support structures.

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Querying the Daylight OpenStreetMap Distribution with Amazon Athena

AWS Public Sector Blog

This is guest post written by Jennings Anderson, research scientist at Meta, with Mike Jeffe, a technical business development manager on the Open Data Team at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In 2020, Meta introduced the Daylight Map Distribution , which combines OpenStreetMap (OSM) data with quality and consistency checks from Daylight mapping partners to create a no-cost, stable, and simple-to-use global map.

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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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Re: Microsoft To Do app for iOS and Android launching in GCC

Microsoft Public Sector

Any word on when the desktop app will be available to GCC?

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Sticker Shock at the Grocery Store? Inflation Wasn’t the Only Reason Food Prices Increased

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

Last year, U.S. consumers saw the largest annual increase in food prices since the 1980s. While food prices generally increased about 2% in prior years, they increased about 11% from 2021 to 2022. Inflation contributed to the increase. But there were.

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The individual health insurance market in 2023

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

This represents an outsize year for insurer and enrollment growth. More than 3.6 million new consumers entering the market are choosing among an average of 88 plans.

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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect

AWS Public Sector Blog

Few know that the modern cloud revolution originated on South African soil, before Amazon Web Services (AWS) became a global leader in cloud computing. This origin story traces back to the founding of the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud ( Amazon EC2 ) service in 2004, which is now regarded as one of the fundamental pieces of cloud computing technology.

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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.