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. How they carry out that duty, therefore, can affect whether they can achieve their sustainable development goals.” Specifically, SDG 12.7

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Conclusion and next steps In conclusion, this sample application is a starting point for organizations looking to implement a digital twin. Overall, the use of digital twins in public sector operations can streamline process efficiencies, reduce operational costs, and improve service delivery to citizens.

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GovPilot

JANUARY 24, 2024

When reflecting how you may contribute to sustainability efforts, individual actions may appear minor and inconsequential. However, local governments wield significant influence over the perspectives and even the behaviors of community members.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

While Amazon Rekognition Image recognition service models are helpful for quick, wide use case classification implementations, generating object-specific models for bespoke use cases may increase the confidence in specific object detection. Example training data with Amazon Rekognition Custom object label as wildfire “smoke.”

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 4, 2025

With funding to date of more than $700 million through the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, EDA has awarded implementation grants to 18 Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (Tech Hubs) around the country. Grant funds can be used for planning, technical assistance, training, sector partnership formation, program design, and implementation.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

A fiscal cliff, a term that underscores the urgency and potential abruptness of the financial crisis, occurs when local governments experience a sudden and severe economic downturn due to declining revenues and increasing expenditures. Recent economic shifts have intensified these issues. What is a fiscal cliff?

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Social Pinpoint

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Local governments in Australia are seeking innovative ways to use compensation methods to enhance community participation. However, there are challenges to consider, including resource constraints , equity issues , and sustainability concerns. These programs help to boost face-to-face public participation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 30, 2023

Islands can be testbeds for sustainable innovation that can help address these needs. The Greek islands of Lesvos, Mykonos, and Tinos are the demonstration sites for this project, implementing innovations like island-wide urban farming with wastewater and solar-powered devices mimicking mangrove’s water-purifying power.

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 16, 2023

A familiar platform lets IT teams focus on mission-critical work Arapahoe County employees are learning Google Cloud platform and tools, which will help cut down on training and speed up the timeline for implementation. Working on Google Cloud platform will also help free up IT teams to work on other critical county initiatives.

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Social Pinpoint

JULY 28, 2024

Now, local governments across Australia are discussing how these compensation methods, successfully used in large-scale projects, could be applied to support projects that typically see lower participation. Resource Constraints Perceived Motivations Equity Issues Sustainability Balancing Incentives 1.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 19, 2022

The plan focused on action steps and funding approaches that could be taken by local government entities and partners. Although implementing the recommendations has not been without difficulty, the city had the organizational infrastructure, data collection expectations, and working relationships in place to do so.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 12, 2022

Get started with open source today through the Open Government Solutions repository , a growing collection of no-cost open source solutions designed specifically for government services, curated by the AWS Government Transformation team. How open source helps governments respond to COVID-19 with speed, scale, and agility.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 26, 2023

Indeed, most local governments report that almost all owners pay their property taxes on time. In our decade of work to help local governments and advocates address widespread vacant and abandoned properties , we’ve seen the impact of property tax foreclosure across the country. Now that we have a ruling in Tyler v.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

AUGUST 30, 2016

At the Center for Priority Based Budgeting (CPBB) , we're constantly impressed and amazed at just how innovative local government communities can be. In this first article, the focus is on: “What is Priority Based Budgeting, Why do Communities implement this practice, and where is the City in the midst of its implementation.”

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Following the launch of Colombia’s first National Roadmap for Net Zero Buildings in June 2022, the cities of Bogotá and Cali are setting the foundation for how to implement the roadmap at the local level. The municipal governments of both cities have.

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AccessE11

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A survey by the Center for Digital Government involving 169 local government leaders highlights this trend, revealing a substantial 51% increase in constituent participation due to the implementation of digital tools for citizen engagement.

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Barrett & Greene

AUGUST 9, 2022

To prevent a “climate catastrophe,” the focus of local, regional, national, and international government leaders has been to keep temperature rise in check – no more than 2.0°C C increase above pre-industrial levels. Luckily, there are cities that are transforming the budget process to align resources with climate action.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 29, 2024

For forward-thinking governments and government leaders, EV infrastructure is something of a no-brainer—it lays the groundwork for a fully electric future that matches contemporary sustainability goals and eventual cost savings. EVs represent a critical component of their strategy.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 3, 2024

This incident, which took city services offline for weeks, is a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities many local governments face in an increasingly hostile cyber landscape. Municipal leaders may worry about the sustainability of these expenses, particularly if funding is an issue. This summer, Flint, Mich.,

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

to states, local government, and territories to aid them in building and strengthening their cyber posture. While SLCGP is a four-year program, the whole-of-state effort needs to be sustained and optimized long after the four years of funding expires. This funding opportunity allocates $374.9M

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Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

With the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (which is really more about climate than inflation) this is an important moment for local governments to take advantage of the opportunities of the day to preserve clean air and water for generations to come. Four Paths To Change. ?.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 23, 2022

This led to a new vision for a service through which citizens could report any issue to just a single point of contact in government, either through a website, an application, by email, or with a phone number. We learned lessons and tested them as we transformed services, implementing the feedback from users as we went along.

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GovLoop

APRIL 29, 2024

Here’s what May has to offer: Zero Trust at the State and Local Level Many state and local agencies are turning to zero trust to beef up their security architectures. PT to hear from state and local government leaders about how to implement zero-trust principles. ET/11-11:50 a.m.

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AccessE11

JANUARY 17, 2024

This article aims to dissect what it means to make decisions using data, unravel the complexities small municipalities face in implementing a data-centric culture, and explore the methodologies of data harnessing to address urban challenges. One of the primary obstacles is the scarcity of resources.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

A commitment to the development and production of a broad, comprehensive, visionary, and detailed revitalization plan/s (Bilbao, Hamburg, Liverpool); the creation of innovative and successful implementation organizations , with representatives from the public sector and private firms, to carry out the program. What a waste.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

They deeply and fundamentally understand how to implement and utilize PBB, and their community has benefited tremendously from the city's continued and evolved implementation of PBB. For those in local government, service delivery and strategic fiscal planning doesn't get much better than this folks.

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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 18, 2024

From institutional barriers that make it hard to implement changes quickly to a lack of consensus and competing interests. All these factors make it seemingly impossible to create and sustain meaningful change in the face of longstanding societal problems. No single entity can tackle these issues alone.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 26, 2024

Available on a cooperative contract through OMNIA Partners , Fellowes offers an array of products so that public sector agencies can foster high-performance work environments while prioritizing sustainability and environmental stewardship.

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Stewardship Public Sector Local Government Sustainability 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Not just high quality transit, but support for sustainable mobility--walking and biking. The biggest thing is to double down on the elements that make urban living worthwhile--high quality urban design and placemaking, things to do, access to cultural institutions. And a reasonably attractive environment for business and commerce.

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Government Technology Insider

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Recognizing this trend within their own systems, Louisville Metro Government implemented digital forms with electronic signature capabilities to streamline processes in order to accelerate time to delivery of funds and services.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

MAY 2, 2016

As the first municipality in Canada to implement online PBB, this will result in Strathcona County being more proactive, strategic and effective in program and service delivery. There are over 90,000 entities of local government throughout the United States and Canada,” Fabian said. “To

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

And yes, they have an Active Transportation Committee focused on developing sustainable mobility options. But I guess they don't have a set of basic standards about what a regional bikeway network should look like and how it should be implemented.

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Government Technology Insider

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly accelerated digital transformation efforts for state and local governments, helping them to capitalize on long-held plans to improve citizen access to government programs and information through technology. GDSOH: Your session at the Red Hat Government Symposium sounds truly interesting.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

But it is also a management failure of local government. Admittedly, oversight-wise, WMATA has a hard slog, as the State of Virginia, State of Maryland, and DC are "co-owners" now alongside the federal government. They all have to agree on major decisions. It's an asset and risk management failure of massive proportions.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 7, 2022

That is not good government,” said Eldridge, who today is Senior Director of State and Local Government Strategy Leader at DocuSign, speaking during a recent GovLoop online training titled “How to Fix Slow and Inefficient Processes at Your Agency.”. That is not efficient. Understand the process outside the form.

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Social Pinpoint

MAY 28, 2023

Public engagement is any process that involves the public in problem solving or decision-making and uses public input to make sustainable and enduring decisions. It also describes who will be primarily responsible for implementing the actions that arise from the decisions made. This article was originally published in 2017.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A core focus of the Future of Government Awards is the importance of open source,” said Joe Hooper, director of the UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation, and Sustainable Development. Making solutions available for other governments to adapt and adopt can accelerate digital transformation. Released in 2019, GOV.BR

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