A Logic Model for Winning Grants
Growing up in the ‘70s, Star Trek was my “go-to” television show. I had a huge childhood crush on Captain Kirk, but I admired Spock’s one-line logic zingers. “Logic is the beginning of wisdom … not the...
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Improving the Citizen Experience is Local Government’s Top To-Do in 2017
By Ashley Fruechting City and county government leaders across North America are well aware of the demands of today’s mobile citizens. But living up to those expectations for timely, relevant and...
View ArticleHow Jail Based Community Paramedicine Could Work
By Doug Wylie for CorrectionsOne.com Under the direction of Michael Wilcox, MD, an innovative program in Minnesota is leveraging these professionals to improve the care provided to individuals held in...
View ArticleHow to Find Foundation Funding for School Districts in Sanctuary Cities
In my 20 years as an educator, I found there is a fine line between being brave and acting foolish. Many places around the United States are claiming to be “Sanctuary Cities,” which means they support...
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IoT Security Basics Every Device Owner Needs Now
By Paul Cucu, Heimdal Security In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL the onboard artificial intelligence goes rogue killing the men it was assigned to protect, begging the question: “What do we do...
View ArticleDrafting a Dream Grant Writing Team
FUNDBOOK.ORG By Diane Leonard, GPC Putting together your grant writing team is a bit like drafting a fantasy football team. You need to make sure that you have all of your key positions covered within...
View Article3 Steps Anyone Can Take to Improve Personal Debt
During Money Smart Week, it may be helpful to know that debt is a fact of life for everyone. Debt is not necessarily bad. The key is understanding how to use and manage personal debt so that it works...
View ArticleSummer Time is Ripe for Writing School Technology Grants
A relative told me in 2001 that cell phones would never be popular and he would “never own one of those contraptions.” In 2007, he purchased a flip phone and told me he would not text or call me on the...
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No Turning Back: Demographics Reshape City Websites
By Ashley Fruechting Local government leaders across North America are paying close attention to the growing expectations of residents. Digital natives are highly engaged online and have an increasing...
View ArticleHow Can Government IT Prevent Zero Day Threats?
By Matt Williams In March, WikiLeaks dumped 8,761 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documents collectively known as “Vault 7.” These documents contained information about what was essentially the...
View ArticleHow to Find School Cybersecurity Support
As the wife of an U.S. Air Force veteran, our family journey began in a West German village during the height of the Cold War. The Armed Forces Network (AFN) television station commercials focused on...
View ArticleAdvice for Winning School Emergency Preparedness Grants
A few years ago, I wrote a school emergency preparedness grant for a district. The community surrounding the schools had high rates of crime, including heroin use and drug dealing. Past incidents in...
View ArticleOpinion: Why Outsourcing and Remote Working are Inevitable
Outsourcing was labeled as inevitable soon after its benefits were experienced by numerous businesses: cutting down expenses, delegating time-consuming tasks to external resources and reducing the load...
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Connecting Rural Areas to Remote Work
Metro areas have more or less fully recovered from the effects of the recession, according to the USDA’s Economic Research Service, with employment exceeding its pre-recession peak by 4.8 percent in...
View ArticleStop Online Grants Application Frustrations
As a young child, I remember other children using the excuse, “The dog ate my homework.” During a recent session at the 2017 Grant Professionals Association (GPA) national conference, I heard horror...
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3 Easy Steps to City Website Accessibility for WCAG 2.0 AA
In this digital age, the world is at your fingertips as long as you can see a screen, use a mouse and hear audio on a computer or mobile device. But what if you can’t? What if you’re one of the 60...
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Cities Can Use Telehealth Efforts to Bolster Broadband
Smart community leaders and elected officials realize that telehealth can be the catalyst that enables more constituents to get high-speed Internet access everywhere it needs to be. Many a plan for...
View Article6 Successful Grant Partnerships & Collaboration Source Checklist
For those seeking grants, the competition is immense for scarce resources, and foundations and funding agencies often seek grant partnerships in applications to prove sustainability and cooperation....
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Why Infrastructure is a Revenue Challenge for Cities
Now that tax reform is over, Capitol Hill is likely to turn to the challenge of financing our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. The trouble is, it’s not really a financing challenge. There are plenty...
View ArticleHot Fire Grants Tips & Webinars for AFG 2017
The Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) close on Feb. 2, 2018, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is hosting a slate of application support webinars this month for each region....
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