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The future of flying: FAA’s final air taxi rule could have cities looking more like ‘The Jetsons’

American City & Country

The final FAA piloting training regulations came together quickly—just 16 months after they were first proposed, a timeline “almost unheard of” in federal rulemaking, according to FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker. “The regulation published today will ensure the U.S. and Mayor Lily Wu of Wichita, Kan. 13 in Tampa, Fla.

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Honoring the Americans With Disabilities Act

GovLoop

The unprecedented law, enacted in 1990, affirmed the rights of the disabled, making public spaces, places of employment and transportation less discriminatory. Before the ADA, Public transportation, such as trains, were not required to have handicap access. It became known as “the Capitol Crawl.”

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AWS Partners help public sector organizations harness the power of data

AWS Public Sector Blog

percent claim to have successfully developed a data culture within their organizations, according to NewVantage Partners’ Data and Analytics Leadership Annual Executive Survey 2023. percent of companies describe themselves as data-driven , and a mere 20.6

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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Growth vs. shrinking | young vs. old | urban vs. suburban | historic preservation vs. limited building regulation. I chalk that up to a failure of leadership and approach. Another area that I would chalk up to a failure of planning leadership is the discussion of proposed changes to the height limit law.

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Powering Public Sector Innovation with Intelligent AI

Google Public Sector

Explore our thought leadership hub to explore innovative ideas for public service. Air Force's operations The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) faces the unique challenge of safeguarding a vulnerable island infrastructure against the increasing threat of climate events. Transforming Hawaii's infrastructure and the U.S.

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Drone Superhighways: Will robotics and automation change our lives?

Open Access Government - Technology News

The need for strict regulations when concerning AI and automation Smith emphasized the crucial role of proper regulation to ensure the responsible and safe integration of these technologies. The post Drone Superhighways: Will robotics and automation change our lives?

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In extremis: what Ukraine 2.0 tells us about reforming government and the public sector

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

Purpose, crisis and new leadership The starting point, as always with the instinct for systemic reform, is purpose born of crisis: When Volodymyr Zelensky became Ukraine’s president in 2019, he promised to modernise a state that until then had been a byword for bureaucracy and corruption.