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With pedestrian fatalities increasing at an alarming rate, could technology be an answer?

Pedestrian fatalities have been on the rise for the last decade, with a sharp spike over the last few years coming as an unfortunate byproduct of the pandemic. The climbing rate shows no signs of slowing down. The latest analysis of U.S. pedestrian deaths from the Governers Highway Safety Association (GHSA) shows a spike in the early half […]

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Free online resource saves time for public buyers as they search for the right cooperative contract

Public buyers will increase their use of cooperative purchasing agreements down the road, believes Mariel Reed, co-founder and CEO at CoProcure. “The future is more: more cooperative contracts, from more businesses, in more categories. We’re excited to be helping to build this future because we think it’s one that delivers more value for taxpayers.” CoProcure […]

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Top 10 U.S. allergy capitals

The Pollening. That is what we call it here in Atlanta. The time of year when the city is blanketed in a yellow-green haze. The air is thick with it. Cars are coated with it. Yet, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America’s (AAFA) 2022 Allergy Capitals ranking, Atlanta is No. 71 out […]

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Adaptive reuse and municipal facilities: Strengthening mutual trust

Every community has its share of underutilized buildings—empty warehouses, shuttered schools, abandoned grocery stores and retail strip malls, and aging postal facilities—that have reached the end of their useful lives. Many pose safety concerns, while others often become magnets for crime. With the cost of construction increasing year after year, many municipalities are taking another look […]

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Replacing cumbersome purchasing processes with digital tools can aid in rating and evaluating cooperative contracts

Cooperative purchasing continues to demonstrate its value to public procurement departments. Indeed, procurement teams are relying more on cooperative agreements. In fact, cooperative purchasing buys will continue to expand at a faster rate than the overall state and local marketplace, predicts Paul Irby, principal research analyst, GovWin IQ for state, local and education (SLED). GovWin […]

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10 cities with the highest rents

Rent growth in 2021 jumped higher than it has been in years. According to Zumper National Rent Report, between May and October of last year, the median rent for a one bedroom rose by 9.7 percent. Through the first three months of the year, 2022’s national rent growth is outpacing 2021’s rent growth. Vacancy rates […]

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Government trends report highlights the pandemic’s profound impact on public service

The pandemic’s societal impact on local government can’t be overstated; two years on and it’s clear there’s no going back to a pre-COVID-19 normal—as signified by a number of emerging government trends. As organizations navigate toward an ever-changing horizon, they’re doing so with renewed priorities and an evolving vision. A new report from Deloitte’s center […]

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Ventilation optimization: The key to decarbonizing public buildings

Public agencies are among those taking aggressive steps to decarbonize their buildings in an effort to reach the shared goal of net zero CO2 emissions by 2050—the level we need to hit if we are to avoid the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. A growing number of cities are implementing carbon reduction […]

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Local governments are converting unstructured data into usable information that enables better decision-making

Governments at all levels face growing volumes of data in an assortment of formats—both physical and digital. And agencies need to be able to access that information at any time, from anywhere, all while making sure that security and privacy are maintained. Iron Mountain and its OMNIA Partners cooperative contract can help agencies achieve digital […]

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ARPA opens doors to modernizing the infrastructure of government itself

U.S. cities, counties, tribes and other local governments are now in the process of digesting about $148 billion of the $1.9 trillion in investment from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). Infrastructure as recognized traditionally (highways, public housing) and less traditionally (solar installations, EV charging stations) tend to dominate the imagination. These are […]

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News

With pedestrian fatalities increasing at an alarming rate, could technology be an answer?

Article

Free online resource saves time for public buyers as they search for the right cooperative contract

Gallery

Top 10 U.S. allergy capitals

Commentary

Adaptive reuse and municipal facilities: Strengthening mutual trust

Article

Replacing cumbersome purchasing processes with digital tools can aid in rating and evaluating cooperative contracts

Gallery

10 cities with the highest rents

News

Government trends report highlights the pandemic’s profound impact on public service

Article

Ventilation optimization: The key to decarbonizing public buildings

Article

Local governments are converting unstructured data into usable information that enables better decision-making

Article

ARPA opens doors to modernizing the infrastructure of government itself

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