Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

MAY 1, 2020

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. We want it but can’t ever seem to really deliver it.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Sustainable government procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services that meet the government entity’s needs while minimizing environmental and social impacts. This report encouraged governments big and small to improve the “environment content” of their purchasing policies.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Numerous local governments have taken huge strides in just the past year to embrace emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology, whether applying it to streamline government tasks or simply establishing guidelines for its usage. Securing government backstops for high-value AI public works.

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Development Local Government Government Agency Public Works 74

NLC (National League of Cities)

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

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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Public Health Sanitation Economic Development Community Engagement 91

AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

As they consider where to allocate these funds, public infrastructure owners, especially Department of Transportation (DOT) and public works agencies, have to assess the condition of their assets, determine what to prioritize while rebuilding, and identify what needs maintenance.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 4, 2025

The Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 2024 updates and modernizes the federal governments approach to economic development in light of the major changes in industry sectors, technology, labor markets, and global commerce that have occurred over the last two decades. The EDA reauthorization (S.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2024 American City & County Crown Communities and Exemplary Public Servants awards. Since 2004, the Crown Communities awards have recognized government projects with long-term implications for a city/county/municipality and its constituents.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

How AWS and AWS Partners can help unlock more value from your data AWS provides a comprehensive set of data capabilities designed to help government, education, nonprofit, and healthcare organizations analyze and interpret data, optimize data strategy, and break down silos. Amazon Web Services (AWS) and AWS Partners can help fill that gap.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Over the last few decades, these systems have become ubiquitous in almost every aspect of local government management. In North Carolina, community development is a municipal function for some local governments and a county function for others.

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GovLoop

JUNE 16, 2023

But a surprising number of government records are still on paper, stored in dusty boxes and available only through manual search. Records and information, whether they’re paper or digital, are the lifeblood of government,” said Mary Ellen Buzzelli, Director of State, Local and Education Strategy at Iron Mountain Government Solutions.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Recent releases of powerful large language models demonstrate that AI technologies are advancing much faster than the standards, benchmarks, policy, governance, or accountability mechanisms necessary to keep them trustworthy. appeared first on Open Access Government.

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JUNE 25, 2023

By one account at least, Ukraine is in the midst of harnessing exactly that method to turn the energy of Russian aggression into potent fuel for an impressive program of root and branch reform of government and the public sector. The public put far more faith in civil society than in official institutions.

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Public Works Group Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Being in public works, I can’t help but wonder about all the impacts to our industry So today I thought about using the ChatGPT tool to see if it could help me figure out how to fix a water main break. After all, this is a common issue that comes up in public works, and I was curious to see how AI would respond.

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Public Works Group Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Being in public works, I can’t help but wonder about all the impacts to our industry So today I thought about using the ChatGPT tool to see if it could help me figure out how to fix a water main break. After all, this is a common issue that comes up in public works, and I was curious to see how AI would respond.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

JUNE 1, 2021

Sometimes the position of emergency manager reports to a senior appointed official like the public works director or the fire chief. I was fortunate to work for a senior appointed official—a Deputy County Executive. I was fortunate to work for a senior appointed official—a Deputy County Executive. Everyone has a boss.

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Management Elected Officials Sustainability Public Works 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Citizen-initiated projects are managed and constructed by one of the four city divisions deemed the subject area for the project (Parks and Public Lands, Public Works and Transportation, Economic Development & Neighborhoods, etc.). Is different from what I am familiar with, "back east". That was a mistake.

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Budgeting Transportation Economic Development Public Works 52

Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Back a year ago, for example, we wrote that phase one of the city’s efforts – notably priority-based budgeting (PBB) –involved three departments: police, human resources and transportation and public works.

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Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Back a year ago, for example, we wrote that phase one of the city’s efforts – notably priority-based budgeting (PBB) –involved three departments: police, human resources and transportation and public works.

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Budgeting Transportation Strategic Planning Implementation 52

Public Works Group Blog

MAY 7, 2022

There are four primary reasons: To minimize accidents and damages and related insurance claims To eliminate squalor and impacts to health To support local government in ensuring health and safety to taxpayers To reduce damages and loss of life in the event of a disaster. Why do we have modern building codes?

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Google Public Sector

APRIL 3, 2020

In light of the current situation with COVID-19, public sector agencies are turning to the cloud more than ever, particularly as people increasingly need access to information and government services. You can learn more about our work here. For example, we rolled out the largest go-live event in G Suite history—1.3

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Center for Community Progress

MARCH 28, 2024

More than just eyesores, they threaten public health and safety, drain tax dollars, bring down property values, and make neighbors feel like nobody cares about the neighborhood. As a result of this long-term decline, local governments in places grappling with systemic vacancy don’t have resources proportional to the scale of the problem.

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Public Works Group Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

If you have a family or business or if you are working for government and want to share preparedness tips with others, you can find many resources at the National Preparedness Month website: [link]. At no time is it my intention to promote a specific product or service or agency. Each is mentioned only for informational purposes.Â

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Death and Taxes

MAY 26, 2022

Yet, little academic research on governments has evaluated the process for selecting different tools, the policies governments have in place to implement them, and the consequences of using one tool over another. In our research study, we evaluate one working capital management strategic tool: interfund transfers.

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AccessE11

JUNE 10, 2022

Digital tools are not only for larger cities It’s true that a majority of municipal software solutions, including those for handling citizen service requests, are not designed for smaller local governments. They also provide validation that cloud-based platforms that allow staff to work from anywhere are no longer nice to haves.

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zencity

JANUARY 18, 2022

Nonetheless, I believe that although we could not necessarily constrain these stressors or their impact (to say the least), we as local government managers are in a unique position to help our residents manage the mental health challenges that so many are facing, and not just in terms of services. Supporting the mental health of employees.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A local government might clean up a dumping site only to get a call a few weeks later about more trash and debris in the same place. Once, on a public street, someone dumped a 55-gallon drum of an extremely hazardous chemical right at the curb near a park within the city,” said Keith L.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Sarah Olson, CPRP, Public Works Deputy Director of Engineering, Planning, and Development Servies, City of Kirkland, Washington “Go to a pre-conference event. Join thousands of other local governments as you empower your staff and enable residents to self-service their needs through your department with our industry-leading software.

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Public Works Group Blog

MAY 7, 2022

There are four primary reasons: To minimize accidents and damages and related insurance claims To eliminate squalor and impacts to health To support local government in ensuring health and safety to taxpayers To reduce damages and loss of life in the event of a disaster. Why do we have modern building codes?

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Elected Officials Local Government Development Government 52

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

AUGUST 18, 2023

Nicknamed Justice40, this initiative challenges local governments and nonprofit agencies to actively engage people living in disadvantaged communities in participating in the planning of major infrastructure improvements such as bridges, public transportation, clean air and water initiatives, and more.

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Masters in Public Administration

JUNE 13, 2011

This isn’t your typical public administration, but it does illustrate how important proper delegation helps the government (or ruling party) conquer quickly. 1525 Machiavelli realizes that cohesiveness and organization are essential tools for public administration.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2025

I have more than 40 departments that are doing more than 40 different things, from policing and fire to homelessness solutions and water, transportation, public works. It can be a challenge. They all do not move in unison, he says. Across those various departments, there are licenses for Microsoft, Adobe, Flexera and various others.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Create circuit breakers Get vacant properties back on the tax roll Increase assessment frequency Reduce government spending Raise other taxes Implement a 'millionaire tax' Address appeals I didn't think the solutions were particularly amazing. Heres how it can be fixed ," listing 7 policy options. Circuit breakers are homestead tax credits.

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Transportation Implementation Public Sector Public Works 52

Barrett & Greene

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Were looking forward to participating in a panel at the upcoming annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) about Trust in Government. The real work of government -- delivering services like health care, transportation, education and public safety seems to have taken a back seat.

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