Public Works Group Blog

JANUARY 19, 2025

On January 6, 2025, a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) was posted for FEMA’s BRIC and FMA FY24 Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants. Both grants have a submission deadline of April 18, 2025, at 3:00 PM ET. Below is more information about each grant: Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) – the estimated total program funding is $750,000,000 with 800 expected awards.

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Homeroom

JANUARY 18, 2025

Stay tuned for new Homeroom Blog posts from the U.S. Department of Education. The post Stay tuned for new Homeroom Blog posts from the U.S. Department of Education. appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JANUARY 19, 2025

As geopolitical shifts affect global business corridors, opportunities are opening for companies. Asia is positioned at the epicenter to lead the way in reshaping trade and investment patterns.

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Super Library Marketing

JANUARY 21, 2025

Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library At the Library Marketing and Communications Conference this past November, I watched as Jody Lazar , Director of Community Engagement at Winter Park Library in Florida made half a dozen mouths drop to the floor. Jody, I, and about 30 others were crammed into a little room for a round table session.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 20, 2025

A new report has been released revealing that outdated technology costs the UK public sector 45 billion each year in lost productivity The findings showed how reliance on archaic systems slows down essential services, affecting citizens and workers. Lost productivity due to outdated technology This lost productivity could cover the costs of funding every primary school in the UK for an entire year.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 21, 2025

-- article To build more housing Construct affordable housing on public housing parking lots on top of public libraries use old Staten Island Ferry boats in dry docks as affordable housing Allow housing in back years Build more 6-story buildings, and fast Find space for 12,000 new, actually affordable apartments and use modular construction to help build all of it Revamp zoning laws to focus on housing, not manufacturing Dont stop there!

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JANUARY 21, 2025

Strategy, tools, and talent are key considerations for institutional investors as they adopt and scale technology to generate alpha.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JANUARY 21, 2025

Pictured: Teen Leaders in the HYPE program at City of Mesa Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities participate in an exercise to overcome obstacles. Photo courtesy of Blythe Brown. Did you know that 74 percent of adults who were mentored as youth say their mentor contributed significantly to their success in life? Now, consider that more than 1 in 3 young people in America are growing up without a mentor.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 20, 2025

Recently, I managed to find some great ephemera. The WMATA annual report for 1976 when Metrorail first began operating, and two issues of Transit News, the above-cited one, as well as the 1949 issue that explained the service changes resulting from the abandonment of the 10/12 streetcars on H Street-Benning Road to Rosslyn. Also see " Should transit on inauguration day be free (Reprint).

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A Library Writer's Blog

JANUARY 20, 2025

NTERNATIONAL INFORMATION & LIBRARY REVIEW: The International Information & Library Review | Taylor & Francis Online (tandfonline.com) is inviting submissions of 3000 words or longer for its Global Postcards column. The Global Postcards column features news and reports from around the world. Contributions do not need to be lengthy but should be informative.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JANUARY 20, 2025

Women experience substantial health inequities and poor health outcomes worldwide, and the global economy suffers as a result.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 20, 2025

Today is Inauguration Day in the US. But its also Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is a federal holiday, and a Day of Service. Past articles: The Night MLK Died, Washington Burned Remembering Resurrection City and MLK's Final Dream Why Did U.S. Cities Resegregate?

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