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3 Ways Cross-Departmental Alignment Can Improve Public Health in Your City

NLC (National League of Cities)

From public works and sanitation to economic development and community engagement, the role that city governments play in serving their local communities is complex and multifaceted. When the work is this widespread, communicating across teams can be confusing and time-consuming, and its easy to slip into silos.

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Reflections on government and COVID19: expertise, the role of government, the new public work, social imagination and beating the binary #3

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

In my work in the public sector over the last 20 years or more, one of the most familiar tropes is the exasperated crusade so many engage in to find better ways to collaborate within and across governments and between governments and the wider community.

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AWS Partners help public sector organizations harness the power of data

AWS Public Sector Blog

In our network of AWS Partners , you’ll find partners with proven expertise in services like Amazon Textract and Amazon Comprehend , which can help public sector organizations with intelligent document processing to meet electronic records requirements.

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Community trust is a firefighter’s greatest asset

American City & Country

But it’s the utility companies in public works who are responsible for clearing the road when a power line is down or when a gas line must be shut off. Firefighters can lay the groundwork for a coordinated response via community engagement and education, but it must be supplemented by ample training.

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U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Reauthorized

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Allows for consideration of the extent to which projects awarded Public Works grants mitigate the impacts of extreme weather events, support outdoor recreation, and promote blue economy activities. Currently, two EDA University Centers operate in North Carolina: one at Fayetteville State University and another at UNC-Chapel Hill.

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CFP: ACRL Publication - Working title: Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians

A Library Writer's Blog

Examples include: How to engage in a TDM “reference interview” Data ethics in text data mining research contexts Embedding critical theory into text data education The role of library administration and management in supporting TDM Education, Training, and Logistics.

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AI trustworthiness: Is the biggest AI challenge cultivating trust?

Open Access Government - Technology News

It also provides a common forum for AI actors to engage and collaborate in developing and deploying trustworthy and responsible AI technologies and standards. We also launched the NIST Trustworthy and Responsible AI Resource Center , a one-stop shop for foundational content, technical documents, and AI toolkits.