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How Virginia unleashed the power of data

AWS Public Sector Blog

Rivero, now an executive government advisor at AWS, has experience making data work for government. His first order of business was to create a data governance framework. Participation in the data governance framework helps keep data safe and prevents it from being misused.

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Welcome to the team, Maurice Classen!

zencity

We’ve welcomed numerous new partner communities across the world, rolled out cutting-edge new features, including the first-ever use case of ChatGPT in local government , and re-launched as the best full-service community engagement platform available for government today. Welcome to the team, Maurice!

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WHEN CORRUPTION HITS SMALL CITIES

Barrett & Greene

As the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut explained in a release, “he conspired with others to steal these funds and other West Haven funds through the submission of fraudulent invoices, and subsequent payment, for COVID relief goods and services that were never provided.”

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‘Replace short haul flights with high speed rail’ say citizens around the world

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

With governments increasingly exploring legislative interventions to encourage green travel, it is notable that respondents in France – where a similar policy was enacted last year – were the most supportive of this proposal (75%) out of anywhere globally. Those damn airline lobbyists. -- " Southwest Airlines v.

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Big omission in blog series on advance hospital/health and wellness planning, public health planning: addiction services

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Experts say raising state alcohol taxes also would make more money available for programs aimed at preventing unhealthy drinking and to enforce the state’s liquor laws. That’s no coincidence, experts say. Currently, the department charged with regulating Colorado’s alcohol outlets can’t afford to fill all its open positions.

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Manufactured Housing Is a Good Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing - Except When It’s Not: Key Facts and Figures, and Some Unusual Economics (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

1) Have several, if not all of the four government mortgage agencies, 6 strongly support and subsidize “chattel loans” (i.e., Added up, this means that MH structure-only homeownership is only a pale imitation of true homeownership, and thus brings into question whether it should enjoy major government policy support.

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CAN WE HAVE A DATE?

Barrett & Greene

A couple of weeks ago, our B&G Report published a series of answers to the question: “What should members of the press know in order to more effectively cover their governments?" He wrote “Always find the effective date of a new rule or law. At least with new laws, as our friend mentioned, this is findable information.