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She Wears Many Hats: Block Leadership and Civic Engagement with Jen Devor

Iron Sharpens Iron

During their conversation, Jen shares what it’s like to be an active Philadelphian in what she calls an owner-operated city. Episode Transcript Here: [link] Jen Devor is a South Philly block captain, committeeperson, public school advocate, voting enthusiast, and a published author on civic engagement.

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She Wears Many Hats: Block Leadership and Civic Engagement with Jen Devor

Iron Sharpens Iron

During their conversation, Jen shares what it’s like to be an active Philadelphian in what she calls an owner-operated city. Jen Devor is a South Philly block captain, committeeperson, public school advocate, voting enthusiast, and a published author on civic engagement. She recently co-founded the nonpartisan nonprofit Better Civics.

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How governments can transform services securely in the cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

In my experience as the chief operating officer (COO) for the UK Government’s Digital Service (GDS), I saw first-hand how approaches to security in the cloud can affect digital services delivery. One of the services that had been transformed as part of the program was a service that helped register citizens to vote.

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4 key predictions to watch for public sector partners in 2023

AWS Public Sector Blog

Partners are seeing increased customer interest in solutions that support critical public services like traffic, voting, transportation, and waste management. Some Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partners are already making big strides in offering these solutions.

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City of Joplin, MO Residents Engage with City Budget Survey to Rank Seven City Priorities

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

By looking at many factors of the City’s operations, Priority Based Budgeting starts to identify services areas that are important to our community ,” said City Manager Sam Anselm. “ Residents were not asked to vote on specific city services to fund or how much funding they thought should go toward specific services.

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Emphasizing ‘people over position’: 2023 Exemplary Public Servant James Earp

American City & Country

Despite being voted “most likely to be president” in high school, James Earp’s path to public service wasn’t a direct one. Since signing on as city manager for fast-growing Hutto in 2022, Earp has leveraged his passions for leadership, finance and education to help reshape the city’s operations with an emphasis on collaboration.

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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Housing Authority’s leadership is failing, HUD report says ," Washington Post ). Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ). Department of Housing and Urban Development’s scathing report on management and operational shortcomings in the D.C. The City Council is worked up about it (" D.C.

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