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Governing
Like millions of people across the country, Strom Peterson has a personal connection to the opioid epidemic. The Washington state representative lost a cousin to a heroin overdose. That tragedy, he says, led him “to really dig in and see what could be done.” Eventually he decided to champion a statewide drug take-back program.
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Emergency Management
Imagine a job that involves managing the worst day of someone’s life dozens of times every day. Answering phone calls from scared or angry people for 10 hours or more at a time and coordinating a rapid response from multiple agencies. One mistake or misstep could have potentially fatal consequences. This is the job description of a 911 dispatcher.
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Government Executive
Agencies today have access to more data than ever before. In fact, data is a new strategic asset for organizations, like oil. But like oil, it isn’t useful until it is refined. That means turning it into information and insight.
“We are data rich and information poor,” says Shelley Metzenbaum, a former associate director for performance and personnel management at the Office of Management and Budget.
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FORTUNE
Summer 2017 saw a number of devastating hurricanes and wildfires leaving many families displaced. This year, Airbnb is testing a new service that will help displaced families find places to stay.
The program, called Open Homes, is going through a testing phase in San Jose, California, where community members can sign up to offer their homes to help those in need in an emergency.
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Government Technology
Getting some of the hardest-to-reach populations to show up for court appearances in Nashville, Tennessee, isn’t so difficult after all. Just send them a text.
“Basically, what we’re seeing on our end is homeless people; they don’t have an address, but they’ve got a phone,” said Diana Brady, program director of Pretrial Services in Nashville. “And they’re actually showing up in court.”
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Route Fifty
High-tide flooding happens twice as often in coastal areas as it did 30 years ago due to rising sea levels, and flood records are likely to be broken in the coming year, according to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Property Casualty 360
The ability of cyber threats to compromise information systems is an ongoing danger to all organizations. However, an emerging threat presents a new challenge — cyberattacks that may cause physical harm to systems and persons. This threat has become acute for certain sectors such as critical infrastructure.
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MLive
We are in the heart of tornado season across the U.S. So far this year, the number of tornadoes striking the U.S. is significantly lower than average.
Through early June 2018, 449 tornadoes have touched down across the U.S. This is almost 50 percent lower than the historical long-term average.
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Future Structure
Technology and changing mobility habits are upending traditional parking business models, prompting industry officials to consider parking as part of a holistic transit and transportation dynamic.
A recent survey released by the International Parking Institute found that transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft are having a significant effect on parking, leading to reshuffled priorities within parking organizations.
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