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2025年2月18日 · States and localities could be the ones who benefit the most from another generative AI option, as they have the most direct contact with residents who benefit from their programs.

2025年1月7日 · The site updates were made to all 50 states and the District of Columbia to make it easier for users to find and access housing resources, such as affordable housing services, homeownership support, housing counseling, disaster recovery assistance and other information, HUD officials said in a statement late last month.

2024年12月4日 · State and local governments may want to think twice before establishing government-owned broadband networks, findings from a new report suggest. In recent years, the U.S. has seen a “dramatic surge” of publicly owned broadband networks across communities, according to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Nearly 50 networks have been built by …

2024年4月12日 · Announcing its ambitions to be a “global hub” for artificial intelligence, California was the first state to regulate its use by state agencies. Boston was one of the first cities to issue guidelines for how its workers can use generative AI. And Tempe, Arizona, turned heads last June when it enacted what is believed to be the first policy on AI’s ethical use. Recognizing its …

2024年9月24日 · Management Housing finally becomes a focus in a presidential campaign With home prices at record highs, the Harris-Walz campaign has outlined a policy agenda that it says will spur construction of 3 million new units in four years. By Molly Bolan August 23, 2024

Route Fifty launched this second biennial survey of civil servants in late 2017; with responses from across the nation, we were able to get the pulse on the management challenges state and local employees are facing. Our study also found some significant differences in experience and belief based on where public employees sit in government.

2024年11月22日 · Denver’s Power of One app allows young people in a section of the city to get help. It’s part of a wider push for reporting systems to get assistance to juveniles who need it.

2023年4月24日 · The growing volume of data, expanding number of sources and its increasing complexity is undermining leaders’ ability to confidently use it to make decisions, a new report finds.