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Overcoming the Digital Divide: Lessons State and Local Governments can Learn from the Hospitality Industry

Government Technology Insider

Over the last few years, there’s been a marked shift among state and local governments to prioritize the launch of digitized services and adopt the kind of automation and digital transformation that’s been well-established across the private sector.

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Providing Digital Forms for 24/7 Service

GovLoop

Government agencies need to make their processes and services accessible to all , but outdated processes can get in the way. In tandem with lowering the administrative burden, accessibility via digital forms supports government’s need for near real-time reporting.

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26 July 2017 | The Creation of Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, By Ken Meier

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

Perspectives on Public Management and Governance ( PPMG ) was established to create incentives and a dedicated venue for scholars to contribute to theory in public management and governance and, in the process, engender new and creative efforts to push research in innovative directions and on new topics.

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Arbor Day: Street Trees of Seattle by Taha Ebrahimi | Trees as Cultural Landscape (at the community scale)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And it has the nonprofit Casey Trees planting trees throughout the city, in public spaces and in conjunction with property owners and utility companies, on private property. And the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments just set a goal of 50% tree cover for the region (" New tree canopy goal for D.C.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The thing is, cities just don't have the chops to run retail businesses, although granted some public markets in a couple places are run by cities and they aren't absolutely bad (Lancaster Market is run by its city, but with a semi-independent market manager who doesn't treat it as a government job). Eastern Market building/overall 1.