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CityLab
Miami-Dade County reported 10 new cases of locally transmitted Zika on Monday, bringing the total number of native U.S. cases to 14. In the wake of the outbreak (which is so far limited to a small area just north of downtown Miami), cities around the country are preparing for their own outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease that has been linked to microcephaly and other birth defects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Governing
How do you respond when your agency or jurisdiction is called out for poor performance, terrible customer service or even scandal? When the charges are false, how do you correct the record without appearing defensive? When there's some truth to the allegations, how do you regain public trust and fix the problem? This is far more art than science, but one thing is for certain: Nothing is more important than your initial response.
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Government Executive
The General Services Administration, in cooperation with the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, on Friday launched a new “playbook” for enterprise risk management that aims to improve decision-making and planning across government.
The “Playbook: Enterprise Risk Management” is the action plan for complying with the Office of Management and Budget’s recent update of Circular A-123.
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Campus Safety
Districts across the country are facing similar problems in regards to front entrance safety and security. Many school sites were constructed prior to the 1999 Columbine massacre, which brought campus safety and security to the attention of administrators, boards of education and the general public. Many of these school sites have lobbies that fail to prevent unwanted and unscreened persons from entering portions of the school that should be secured from unauthorized persons.
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The Washington Post
For the first time, the Zika virus has prompted public health officials to warn pregnant women to avoid traveling to a part of the continental United States. The travel advisory comes in response to a growing outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in South Florida.
The state on Monday said there are 10 more people who have been infected with the Zika virus who likely contracted it from local mosquitoes, bringing the total number of such cases in the state to 14.
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Medium
Shortly after the first attack on the World Trade Center complex in 1993, the Port Authority of New York spent over $100 million beefing up security in and around its buildings. To protect against another vehicle bombing, giant five-ton, steel-reinforced planters were installed in a daisy chain enclosing their perimeter. A new custom movable gate permitted emergency-only vehicle access through a wall of heavy video surveillance. A repeater system was put in place to boost radio signals of first-responders entering the buildings. The investment in new technology would stave off, if not outright prevent, another attack. At least that was the thinking. Until the unthinkable.
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Grand Forks Herald via GovTech
The potential for using unmanned aircraft systems in the insurance industry has some companies looking to North Dakota for help with researching applications.
The technology can be used for aerial inspection purposes that could help those companies evaluate damage to homes following severe weather, among other uses. The Northern Plains UAS Test Site, which researches the safe integration of unmanned aircraft into the national airspace, has seen interest from the industry.
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Property Casual 360
Pokemon Go is an online fantasy game that transports the player between the virtual world and the real world through their smartphones.
Players search far and wide in the real world to capture as many Pokemon as they can. Upon encountering a Pokemon, your smartphone will vibrate to let you know you're near a Pokemon. Hurl a Poké Ball to catch more than a hundred species of Pokémon. The game takes you to real-world locations such as historical markers in the Hokkaido and Kanto regions of Japan, and public art installations in New York, and Paris.
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