AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In January 2022, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) unveiled the National Roadway Safety Strategy , and Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that includes a new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The 10 finalists brought forward innovative ideas that will help the defence industry enhance its abilities to uncover actionable intelligence to support defence decision making, defend against cyber threats, and support making the defence industry more environmentally sustainable.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

After years of needing additional infrastructure aid, local leaders have unprecedented opportunities to invest in their communities because of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL or the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 25, 2025

All sectors require comprehensive digital transformation, from aviation and energy to transport and public services, to enhance efficiency, security, and sustainability. In mission-critical systems, CGI has transformed essential services for UK law enforcement and public safety.

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Partnership for Public Service

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Volcker Career Achievement: Recognizes a federal employee who has led significant and sustained achievements in the federal government. Nominators can be anyone—federal employee or not, friend or family member, supervisor or employee. Self-nominations are not accepted. What are the categories?

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NLC (National League of Cities)

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) allocates $550 million for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) to support communities with financial assistance to complete renewable energy, sustainable transportation and energy efficiency projects.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

AUGUST 25, 2022

City leaders are poised to leverage investments made through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) for a number of improvements from roads to rail.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

The framework consists of questions, design principles, and best practices across the six pillars: Operational Excellence , Security , Reliability , Performance Efficiency , Cost Optimization , and Sustainability.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 23, 2024

In response to these consequences, the ASCE released the Sustainable Infrastructure Standard, ASCE 73-23, a tool that provides guidance for infrastructure owners to develop and implement sustainable solutions throughout a project’s entire life cycle. It does not matter if it is climate change-related or man-made.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

As a result of working with many communities struggling under the weight of vacant, abandoned, and dilapidated properties, APC and the Law Clinic joined forces to develop a toolkit that would help local governments. The bill ran in 2014 and passed that same year.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 17, 2023

Reducing Market Barriers to Sustainable Farm/Food Businesses: A Business/Consumer Perspective . Many of the suggestions put forth at the conference related to creating sustainable economic development in food systems by improving connections and access, both from the business and the consumer side.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 8, 2023

This goal is meant to be a building block towards reaching climate neutrality by 2050 , that is, reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 100% from 1990 levels, in tandem with European Climate Law. The fight for sustainability will not be solved by one single solution, person or industry; we all have a role to play.

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Reprogramming the City

MARCH 22, 2022

Sustainable Residence and Rental Unit. Because the district’s training facility is a regional training center, not only fire personnel will be able to benefit from the car’s teachings, but so will local EMS agencies, law enforcement agencies, and the Los Medanos Junior College Fire Academy.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The department plans to work with partners to pilot a digital permit program for commercial vehicles to reduce congestion, expand curb access and promote sustainability in delivery across the city. This article appeared in our guide, “ State and Local: Making an Impact.”

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding. Decker, Andrew. 3 (2018): 489-530.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 25, 2023

The event will be held in person, although attendees can also join via zoom.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 7, 2024

Finally, sustainability is a major consideration. Healthcare facilities will need to work to reduce carbon emissions in order to comply with Local Law 97 requirements and carefully plan how to do so in the context of their portfolios.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

With the first year of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding underway, cities, towns and villages are beginning to see award announcements for the first and second rounds of projects supported by federal grant funds, with more rounds to come.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

P ete Simi , a professor of sociology at Chapman University, is overseeing a research team of the university’s students and graduates who are diving into court records about federal cases of death threats sent to public officials, including officials elected or appointed in health care, education and law enforcement.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Even if you feel called to public service, it can be a challenge to find meaning in the day-to-day work and sustain it as you advance. Particularly in the regulatory space, your ability to interpret and enforce the law is a fundamental underpinning of government. You can’t beat the mission orientation.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 16, 2024

The 700 public sector HR professionals and job seekers who were surveyed also note that law enforcement is one of the hardest areas to fill. According to a 2024 survey by public sector HR management company, NEOGOV , which explored the effects of the ongoing hiring crisis on the public sector, 33% of agencies report impacts to service.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 24, 2024

By liquidating land or development rights, FBOs can not only sustain their worship activities but also potentially enhance community welfare through mission-driven initiatives. Local zoning law regulates residential density by categorizing land into zones with specific densities.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

MARCH 5, 2024

He holds a Juris Doctorate from the Widener University Law School, Wilmington, Del. He holds a Juris Doctorate from the Widener University Law School, Wilmington, Del. Prior to his service at FEMA, he served as the Director of Preparedness Policy for the White House Homeland Security Council.

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AccessE11

JANUARY 2, 2024

Laws, technology, and citizen demands ensure that their municipalities continue to keep their finger on the pulse of progress. They will also improve infrastructure management and aid in sustainable city development. Particularly with an increased focus on sustainability and climate resilience.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 2, 2023

Users can filter resources by popularity; science; plans and planning guides; law and regulation; funding; and case studies. The Adaptation Clearinghouse is continuously updated by its member contributors, as well as by members of the Georgetown Climate Center and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 26, 2023

The Supreme Court ruled that by allowing the County to keep the surplus from the property sale, Minnesota law violates the “takings clause” of the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. This authority provides taxpayers an opportunity to steer that property toward a more equitable, sustainable outcome aligned with community priorities.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Differences in state laws affecting manufactured housing’s purchase or ownership, as well as local laws affecting zoning and siting, can also complicate the manufactured housing landscape.” (p. Further complicating manufactured housing finance is that owned manufactured homes can be sited on owned or rented land.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 6, 2024

While sustainability factors may not drive how people travel – only an important factor to 14% – the research does show that respondents back green legislative interventions. The challenge now as an industry is to continue to grow seamless and sustainable rail travel at pace to meet this global demand.”

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

OCTOBER 14, 2021

On September 22, the NYU Furman Center hosted a conversation with Sheryll Cashin, author of White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality and Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Civil Rights and Social Justice at Georgetown University.

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Barrett & Greene

MAY 8, 2023

From there it became clear that building and sustaining trust takes both intention and connection. Figuring out where to start felt overwhelming at times, but we discussed actions the organization could take to build and sustain community trust. This process helped us to hone in on communication and public engagement.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 25, 2023

Speaking from a small office-like studio at the Getty, where he had a nine-month residency ending in June, Baeza called his subjects “unruly forms” or “fugitive bodies” who don’t conform to norms or abide by laws. Some seem to be morphing into sea creatures or mythic birds; others are on the cusp of flight.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

MAY 16, 2023

and funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is available to help local bus systems, including public school buses, become zero […] Source Federal funding is available for municipal leaders looking to reduce carbon emissions in public transportation fleets.

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NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

MARCH 16, 2021

It is well-established law that when a federal court reviews a federal agency's construction of a statute it administers, the court will look to whether Congress has addressed the precise question at issue. Second, in applying the same analysis to the two criteria, the BIA confused questions of law with questions of fact. See 8 C.F.R.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Every country needs a law that specifies the nature of the civil protection system and the basic details of how it works. He went on to promulgate a law, the Coronavirus Act of March 2020, that is perhaps even more 'extreme', although mitigated by its incomprehensibility. In the UK this is the Civil Contingencies Act of November 2004.

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Partnership for Public Service

AUGUST 19, 2024

The program, featuring a Major Investments Learning Community, was launched in response to the spate of major federal investments made in recent years through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act, the American Rescue Plan Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 3, 2024

City officials, working alongside cybersecurity experts and law enforcement, were able to restore some services by the end of August, but the road to full recovery was long. Municipal leaders may worry about the sustainability of these expenses, particularly if funding is an issue.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

Constitutional case law examines (1) the necessity of a local government’s proposed affordable housing activity and (2) whether the private sector is “unable to meet the need.” 744 (1938) (holding that the Housing Authorities Law serves a constitutional public purpose); Mallard v. Housing Authorities Law. Chapter 157).

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