Public Institutions, Public Works
March 8, 2022
Via: StateScoopMassachusetts officials announced Tuesday that 210 local governments and school districts around the commonwealth will receive grants to fund cybersecurity training for their employees. The grants, which have been distributed annually since 2020, will fund training for about 57,000 public-sector […]
Electric Utility, Public Institutions, Public Utilities, Public Works
August 13, 2021
Via: Power Engineering SmartGridThis project has made it possible to improve not only the students’ possibilities of studying but also the quality of life and working conditions of the teaching staff, as they now have light and electricity in their homes. Until now, […]
Public Institutions, Public Works
April 20, 2021
Via: CNBCThe coronavirus crisis has put college affordability into focus like never before. This year, because of the pandemic, the price of higher education is an even bigger consideration among students and parents. However, at the same time, the cost a […]
Basic Services, Civil Service, Public Institutions, Public Works
March 23, 2021
Via: StateScoopThere’s “a light at the end of tunnel” in sight for technology executives that were tasked with suddenly transitioning thousands of city employees and public students to remote work and learning environments last year at the onset of the coronavirus […]
Public Institutions, Public Works
March 4, 2021
Via: Waste Management WorldThe Remade Institute is a public-private partnership established by the United States Department of Energy and the first institute in the U.S. dedicated to accelerating the nation’s transition to a Circular Economy. It will spend $43 million in new technology […]
Public Institutions, Public Utilities, Public Works, Waste Management
March 2, 2021
Via: Waste360Ten years ago, a few college students at the University of Maryland became keenly aware that huge volumes of untouched, perfectly good dining hall food was getting tossed in the trash, and they teamed up to do something about it. […]
Health & Insurance, Public Institutions, Public Works, Social Services
January 29, 2021
Via: Kaiser Health NewsIn America’s health care system, dominated by hospital chain leviathans, New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina, is an anomaly. It is a publicly owned hospital that boasts good care at lower prices than most and still flourishes […]
Public Institutions, Public Utilities, Public Works, Waste Management
January 19, 2021
Via: Waste360The University of California will begin to phase out single-use plastics, which includes plastic bags in retail and dining locations and single-use plastic food service items and plastic bottles, with the goal of eliminating all unnecessary plastics by 2030. Worldwide, […]
Health & Insurance, Public Institutions, Public Works, Social Services
November 17, 2020
Via: Kaiser Health NewsAs the novel coronavirus emerged in the news in January, Sarah Keeley was working as a medical scribe and considering what to do with her biology degree. By February, as the disease crept across the U.S., Keeley said she found […]
Electric Utility, Public Institutions, Public Utilities, Public Works
October 13, 2020
Via: Greentech MediaSanta Barbara’s public school system is finalizing a solar microgrid project that could set a model for investment in clean backup power. Purveyors of carbon-free backup power have struggled for years to convince customers to pay for resilience. But a […]