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AWS selects 13 startups to innovate public safety solutions through the GovTech Accelerator

AWS Public Sector Blog

APDS New York, NY APDS empowers individuals impacted by the justice system in their pursuit of sustainable employment at no cost to them or their friends and family. Created by first responders, for first responders, the platform provides a cost-effective, modern solution for efficient dispatch, mobile CAD, records management, and more.

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Make Your Job Meaningful

GovLoop

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. This is really where I think the public sector shines,” said Dave Uejio, Acting Associate Director for Supervision, Enforcement, and Fair Lending at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “In

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Need for social marketing initiatives around installation of neighborhood traffic calming initiatives: Salt Lake City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Traffic calming has been a revolutionary treatment in sustainable mobility focused transportation for the last 20+ years. Like many cities, Salt Lake is a leader in trying to balance the modes with a renewed focus on sustainable modes--walking, biking, and transit. Sometimes kids play in it, but with supervision. It's not fancy.

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Preparing to lead through a government shutdown

Partnership for Public Service

If you are a federal employee who supervises others, or you simply want to have a positive impact on your team, your response to these uncertainties requires you to adopt a proactive rather than a reactive approach. These stressors demoralize public servants, undermining the work they do for the American public and millions around the world.

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Finish Strong, as published in ABA Bank Compliance

CRA Today

In determining a “ corrective ” strategy, it is critical to work with functional areas or lines of business to implement performance solutions that are effective and sustainable. Examiners employ a statistical sampling model with five percent precision and a minimum ninety percent confidence interval.

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Leaving Academia With Dr. Julie Ann Ward, Dr. Stephanie Weaver, and Dr. Krista Kurlinkus

Grant Writing Made Easy

The difference between the two worlds One of the problems I had with academic writing was actually sustaining interest in my own projects long enough to get all the way through the academic publishing pipeline. Self-directed worker For better or worse, a lot of work in academia happens without supervision.

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How to Evaluate the Likelihood of GSE Reform in the Next Presidential Administration: Six Questions to Ask

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

See White House Factsheet, January 7, 2015, “Making Homeownership More Accessible and Sustainable,” next to the last section. It did this by committing to vote its shares pro rata with how non-government investors voted, with only a very few specific exceptions, and to have an independent board supervise the company.]]