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Veteran Transitioners Find Success at Google Public Sector

Google Public Sector

Kaitlin Holmes, Air Force Fellow, Google Public Sector Kaitlin Holmes is an active duty Air Force Public Affairs officer and fellow in the Education with Industry (EWI) program, working in Washington, D.C.

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AN OPEN LETTER TO ELECTED OFFICIALS

Barrett & Greene

Good day, Last week we were talking to an inquisitive person who is rising in the local public sector world. The conversation turned to performance management (one of our favorite topics) and the question was posed to us: “What do you think are the biggest impediments to more widespread use of that discipline?

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Risk, resilience, and security – the three key functions of public safety technology

Open Access Government - Technology News

The systems currently available handle alerting the public and continuity of communication in a bi-directional manner. It is this technology and the continued investment in it that is keeping the public safe.

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Stories of service: The impact of federal employees on the West Coast

Partnership for Public Service

At the heart of the public sector are local federal workers, the vast majority of whom work outside the Washington, D.C., These career civil servants include public affairs specialists, engineers, researchers and many more who shape the standard of living at the local level.

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21 August 2017 | Partisan Alignment and Delegation to the U.S. Bureaucracy, By Christine Palus & Susan Webb Yackee*

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

Put differently, high-level administrative officials in public sector agencies, either consciously or subconsciously, may feel a heightened need to advance the priorities and goals of those who share the same political affiliation. What does this mean for government in action? .

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Meet the New Featured Contributors

GovLoop

Ben Marglin is a Senior Vice President with Karsun Solutions and has 25 years of experience in public sector management and technology consulting. Micah holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and a Bachelor’s in Journalism from the University of Nebraska.

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USAID uses Amazon Transcribe to publish speeches in minutes

AWS Public Sector Blog

USAID uses cloud-enabled services to automate communication strategy When USAID’s Office of Legislative and Public Affairs (LPA) requested a low cost, user-friendly solution to provide full transcriptions of recorded interviews and public remarks delivered by Administrator Power, they worked with AWS and CloudShape to build a solution.