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Understanding public participation and community engagement initiatives

Partnership for Public Service

This past summer, the Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration issued a challenge : Create a toolkit of effective approaches to increase public participation and community engagement in government. The Partnership rose to the challenge and finished in the top three.

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Who will win? Meet the top 6 finalists for our 2024 People’s Choice Award

Partnership for Public Service

Heyman Service to America Medals® People’s Choice Award , which gives special recognition to one of this year’s Sammies finalists based on public voting. Read about the top six finalists below and vote for your favorites to win this year’s award. million civil penalty against Packers Sanitation Services.

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Leadership, Change and Respect for Our Foundational Law

ASPA National Weblog

I have witnessed many presidential elections since 1960, and there was outcry then (as now) about the apparent inequities of the Electoral College and the popular vote. Nobody claimed perfection before we began, and everybody was aware of the underclasses of Americans who struggle to even vote.

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Why hide from data?

Barrett & Greene

The simple political reality of this was conveyed to us many year ago by the long-time mayor of Indianapolis William Hudnut, who said (and we’re paraphrasing here, as it’s hard to find notes from the early 1990s): “The real measure of my success is clear when people vote.”.

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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

We anticipate that 2023 will see an increase in public sector organizations seeking end-to-end solutions versus an interest in building blocks. Partners are seeing increased customer interest in solutions that support critical public services like traffic, voting, transportation, and waste management.

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Shutdowns and continuing resolutions aren’t the answer of effective government

Partnership for Public Service

The full House and Senate still need to consider and vote on these bills. While these reforms may take time, it is imperative that Congress pass funding in the immediate term, preferably through appropriations bills rather than a continuing resolution, so that agencies can best serve the public.