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Frugal architecture in action: The Urban Institute innovates with R and Serverless on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Cost, resilience, and performance are non-functional requirements that are often at tension with each other.” — Werner Vogels, The Frugal Architect, Law III Nonprofit organizations are typically frugal and responsible. To expand their reach, they often collaborate with academia and other nonprofits, and they engage early-career talent.

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CFP: Nonprofits, Public Policy, and Migration Crises (Nonprofit Policy Forum Journal)

A Library Writer's Blog

Call for Papers Nonprofits, Public Policy, and Migration Crises Guest Editors: Anna Domaradzka, University of Warsaw Shawn Flanigan, San Diego State University Tania Haddad, American University of Beirut Nonprofit Policy Forum invites papers for a special issue on Nonprofits, Public Policy, and Migration Crises.

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NonProfits & Branding – The Paradigm Shift

Public Policy Blog

Many nonprofits use their brands primarily as a fundraising tool, but a growing number of nonprofits are developing a broader and more strategic approach, managing their brands to create greater social impact and tighter organizational cohesion ( Kylander & Stone, 2012 ) attempting to act as catalysts of change in the world.

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What is a land bank?

Center for Community Progress

They may be run by governmental or nonprofit entities. A community land trust is a nonprofit that owns and provides permanent community control of land and affordable housing through “ground leases.” A conservation land trust is a nonprofit that owns land or conservation easements for open space purposes.

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How researchers can meet new open data policies for federally-funded research with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2022, an order from the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy introduced new data sharing requirements for federally-funded research. This new model gives researchers direct and equitable access to the raw data behind scientific publications, maximizing data reusability as well as experimental reproducibility.

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How Communities Are Using Data to Address Inequities

GovLoop

Environmental Where do environmental hazards put public health at risk? Still, public policies around zoning, environmental cleanup and other community planning issues often lead to increased risks in communities where constituents lack a say in policy decisions.

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A People-Centered Approach to Problem-Solving

GovLoop

Tara Dawson McGuinness describes her work as sitting at the intersection of policy creation, implementation, and citizen and community voices. McGuinness works at New America, a public policy think tank, where she founded the New Practice Lab, a research and design lab focused on family economic security. The common thread?