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Work permits: A readily-implemented lever for reducing illegal child labor

GCN

COMMENTARY | New research shows that the work permits process plays a vital role in preventing child labor violations because it educates children, parents and employers about the law.

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Episode 227: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

FedHeads

Department of Transportation's got a lot on its plate with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is the understatement of the year. FedHeads, including guest host Guidehouseā€™s Director Donna Roy, heard from Keith Benjamin about efforts to effectively implement the law in a way that helps traditionally underserved communities.

Laws 52
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Harnessing data for safer communities

American City & Country

The ability to gather, store and analyze almost unlimited amounts of data has transformed almost every aspect of society, including law enforcement. On the one hand, it offers law enforcement agencies an unprecedented wealth of information that can be harnessed for situational awareness, safety, coordination of response times and more.

Laws 101
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A Law Ignored ā€œTo a Startling Degreeā€

Barrett & Greene

We're focusing on this today, thanks to a powerful new comptroller's review in New Jersey that points to the municipalities in that state's failure to comply with laws pertaining to leave, "leading to both actual waste and abuse of public funds, as well as substantial future liabilities for these municipalities.ā€.

Laws 52
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Leadership, Change and Respect for Our Foundational Law

ASPA National Weblog

Thank goodness law and policy guides our institutional tradition in transitioning leadership. I saw similar personal hardship when entire industries were outlawed after the environmental laws of the 1970s, leaving families poor, homeless and broken. Recognize new policies and the changes necessary for program implementation.

Laws 130
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How agencies can use enterprise risk management to implement new legislation

Partnership for Public Service

Among other things, the session focused on OMBā€™s continued focus on ERM and how OMB expects agencies to use ERM to help successfully implement legislation such as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ā€”a topic outlined in recent OMB memorandum M-22-12. Employ a top-down and bottom-up approach. Prepare and monitor.

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Advancements in police technology have fundamentally changed how departments operate

American City & Country

This is technology that todayā€™s law enforcement officers can take for granted, but it wasnā€™t always that way. From body-worn cameras and license plate recognition to artificial intelligence (AI)-based analytics and real-time crime centers, the tools and resources available to law enforcement are advancing at an incredible rate.