“ Rural states say some chargers could operate at a loss for more than a decade.”- ⁦The Wall Street Journal⁩ wsj.com/articles/ev-ch…

Hits home. 💜

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Louisville launches directory to improve access to mental health services spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/…

Congrats to the one and only, Eric Sweden! NASCIO

In a recent report, NASCIO outlines how the federal government could help S&L leaders fill the cyber workforce gap. gcn.com/cybersecurity/…

This week we have every Federal Program Officer from across the country gathered at U.S. Commerce Dept. for our Broadband Academy 📚🏫💻 Our team is ready to work together to make sure all of America gets connected to affordable, reliable, high-speed Internet service #InternetForAll

Counties were well represented in a busy day in Frankfort. County officials met with legislators before attending meetings in the afternoon session. We look forward to seeing them and many more county officials at our legislative reception. #CountiesLead #CountiesMatter

NEW: NTIA just launched a Workforce Development webpage with resources to help states and territories build a skilled, competitive, and diverse workforce that’ll deliver #InternetForAll across the nation. Read more in our blog here: internetforall.gov/blog/our-one-s…

Great to hear Robert Stivers discuss talent attraction and retention as well ways to address how to keep our talented students in KY! Kentucky Chamber #SmallBusinesses #NKY NKY Chamber

Great NGA session on Expanding #broadband Workforce with U.S. Commerce Dept., Broadband Ohio, Louisiana’s Broadband and Connectivity, and Vermont Community Broadband Board.

Delighted to attend NGA Broadband Leaders Workshop w/ passionate state and federal #broadband leaders. Great updates from states, USDA, Commerce, NTIA, Treasury, BLM, and the Federal Permitting Improvement Committee. +got to see my incredible coworker, Vijay George.

Great to be at NASBO! This morning’s session is on stress testing the budget.

Interesting read. Is the New 988 Suicide Hotline Working? nytimes.com/2023/07/13/wel…

“There are two jobs postings for every one job seeker.” - UKG and Accenture at NASPE

“One research report shared managers have more impact on the mental health of their employees than their spouse or family. That’s a lot of responsibility on managers.” - NASPE

Great session on skill and competency based hiring in state government at NASPE.

A fascinating approach for public sector apprenticeships - a partnership between The Council of State Governments and colorado.gov. They created a toolkit for agencies to bring more apprenticeships to #stategov. - NASPE

You only have an average of 4000 weeks... It’s a matter of realizing I could only ever be here now anyway — so I might as well give up the stressful struggle to pretend otherwise. via New York Times Opinion nytimes.com/2023/07/29/opi…

TNECD's broadband team hosted the Digital Opportunity Summit in Nashville on Tuesday. Attendees learned about the department's vision for digital opportunity and how it affects our state. They were also able to provide their own input on the Digital Opportunity Plan. 👏