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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

7 Additionally, GSE subsidies and privileges are crafted to largely avoid showing up as a federal budget expenditure, thus avoiding competing with other priorities for scarce tax dollars. 11 This core flaw of GSE design was described by then-Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson when F&F were placed into conservatorship in 2008.

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On Demand Webinar from UNC’s Tax Center on State Response to the Pandemic

Death and Taxes

Here is the description of the webinar: The economic disruption of COVID-19 will substantially affect state budgets in coming fiscal years, with an estimated $275 billion in revenue losses through fiscal June 2022. It will feature a panel of expert academics and practitioners to explore: The current and future status of state budgets.

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10 Awesome Repurposed Emergency Bunkers

Emergency Management Degree Guide

And in 2006, Bunker-42 was bought privately and re-purposed as a Cold War museum, restaurant, karaoke bar, conference center and wedding venue. We managed to attract customers who wanted a good quality of service but who had recently tightened their budgets.” Fortunately, the threat of nuclear war eventually passed.

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Top 50 City Government Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

Read them to learn how a city budget works, how townhall meetings are conducted, and even to see the inner workings of a police department. Lynch writes on everything from the budget to public service. She is the Hayward, California city manager and has worked in the office since 2006. Top City Mayor Blogs. Ventura City Manager.

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PERFORMANCE READER’S GUIDE (PART 2)

Barrett & Greene

A Performance Reader’s Guide Continued: Shelley Metzenbaum, Demetra Smith Nightingale and Batia Katz, Communicating Evidence , Urban Institute, September 22 Ken Miller, We Don’t Make Widgets: Overcoming the Myths that Keep Government from Radically Improvement , Governing Books, 2006 Theodore H. Poister, Maria P.

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The 50 Best City Manager Blogs, Sites, and More

Masters in Public Administration

A city manager is often charged with managing the city’s budget, various offices, and a ton of other responsibilities. Steve Pinkerton : He has been the city manager of Manteca, California since 2008. City Budget Office : Because budgets are something a city manager comes into contact with a great deal, stop here.

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A READER'S GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE

Barrett & Greene

We invite authorities in other government disciplines like budgeting or human resources to do the same. Geert Bouckaert and John Halligan (2008). Measuring Performance: Harry Hatry (2006). Davenport , (2008). Retrieved at: [link] Linking Performance to Budget: Andrew Kleine (2018). Lloyd Blanchard (2006).