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How to Successfully Pull Off a Remote Training During COVID-19

Captain Dan Zdybek and Deputy Ryan SottileFeatured, Public Safety

Public safety agencies are feeling the impacts of COVID-19 in many areas, including how we train our employees on new technologies. For Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, we had to change our initial plans around in-person training for our new…

The New Frontier in Police Reporting

Rohit ChhabraFeatured, Public Safety

New challenges continuously arise for public safety agencies. Often, these new challenges can come with little to no warning, leaving virtually no time to prepare. As seen with the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, law enforcement had…

How Can Collaboration Drive Faster Emergency Response?

Dan WhippleFeatured, Public Safety

The City of Seattle is known for its lush scenery and a cityscape bisected by several waterways. Bridges are often the primary lifelines connecting different parts of the city. In an emergency, it is critical these lifelines are available to…

The Real Cost of False Alarms for Public Safety

Assistant Chief Gil SlouchickFeatured, Public Safety

The Columbus Police Department in Georgia is like many other large law enforcement agencies in the United States today. We’re short-staffed on officers. A goal of the department is to minimize the number of non-emergency calls officers too…

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Working from Home When Working for the Government: Tips for Success

Danilo GargiuloFeatured, Public Administration

Telework has always been broadcast as the way of the future. However, up until a few months ago, few companies took advantage of teleworking as a solution for their personnel. Since the coronavirus (COVID-19) swept the nation earlier this…

How to Budget for a “What If?”

Danilo GargiuloFeatured, Public Administration

Budgeting can be among one of the most stressful tasks for any organization as a variety of unknowns must be accounted for in the planning process. It can be especially tedious for municipalities and state governments that must follow strict…

Strengthening Internal Communications for a Stronger Community

Danilo GargiuloFeatured, Public Administration

The primary responsibility of local governments is to serve their community. From a communications standpoint, this can mean much of the focus often lies on externally communicating important updates and initiatives that will impact daily life…

Why All Government Websites Need to be Mobile Friendly

Danilo GargiuloFeatured, Public Administration

Mobile devices accounted for 16.2 percent of worldwide internet traffic in 2013. Six years later that percentage more than tripled, with mobile devices making up 52.2 percent of internet traffic in 2019. According to the Pew Research Center,…

The Power of One

Don PinkstonFeatured, Public Administration

Data is everywhere. But when data resides in siloes, it’s difficult to access and even more difficult to manage. For government entities, particularly those managing public works, data siloes lead to a variety of pain points such as lack…

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How to Successfully Pull Off a Remote Training During COVID-19

The New Frontier in Police Reporting

How Can Collaboration Drive Faster Emergency Response?

The Real Cost of False Alarms for Public Safety

Working from Home When Working for the Government: Tips for Success

How to Budget for a “What If?”

Strengthening Internal Communications for a Stronger Community

Why All Government Websites Need to be Mobile Friendly

The Power of One

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