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AWS selects 13 startups to innovate public safety solutions through the GovTech Accelerator

AWS Public Sector Blog

Courts and other public safety organizations are being targeted by a rising number of cyber events,” said Kim Majerus, vice president of global education and US state and local government at AWS. 911 call centers are facing unprecedented challenges, with high call volumes, legacy technology, and short staffing.

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Project håp is providing peer-supported mental health services for students

Google Public Sector

Many schools, especially in higher education, need a digital way to engage with their remote learners. Google Public Sector works with technology partners whose extensive experience in mental health and education enables them to create apps that can result in meaningful change for the learners they serve. This can be challenging.

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Call For Chapter Proposals: Student Workers in Academic Libraries (ACRL Publication)

A Library Writer's Blog

Several years out from the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a renewed focus on mentorship, career readiness, pedagogical approaches, and empathy-forward leading when it comes to higher education and student employment in academic libraries.

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3 ways tax agencies can use AI on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

State and local tax agencies process millions of tax filings and collect billions of tax dollars annually to support essential public services in health, safety, and education, as well as critical infrastructure such as roads and utilities.

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Correctional History Preservation Presentation

iGrantWriters

Eligibility NIC invites applications from nonprofit organizations (including faith-based, community, and tribal organizations), for-profit organizations (including tribal for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). Deadline to Apply August 23, 2021

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Celebrating Legislative Wins to Combat Vacancy in Missouri and Alabama 

Center for Community Progress

First, it allows counties to opt out of the harmful default, tax-lien sale foreclosure process, and instead use a court-supervised process, designed to better protect homeowners and more quickly address problem properties. This legislation gives communities two important new tools to address VAD properties. Louis County to create land banks.

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Corrections Podcast Series

iGrantWriters

Eligibility NIC invites applications from nonprofit organizations (including faith-based, community, and tribal organizations), for-profit organizations (including tribal for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education).