Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Since 2008, pandemics have been top of the list of 96 threats and hazards in the UK National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies in all editions. There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. I have taught it every year since then.

Communications 52

Communications Legislation Implementation Public Health 52

Center for Community Progress

JUNE 6, 2022

At the height of the foreclosure crisis post-2008, a group of elected officials, community development practitioners, and lawyers came together to craft a strategy to respond to the hemorrhaging real estate market in Ohio. Ohio’s Traditional Land Bank Law. Everything seemed to work as planned—until 2008.

Legislation 52

Legislation Operations Elected Officials Laws 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 29, 2024

For the buyer, closing costs vary significantly by state, reflecting different state regulations and laws. In 2007, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a non-partisan research arm of Congress, studied title insurance. The 2007 GAO report indicates this has been the historic practice in the title insurance business.

Housing 59

Housing Regulations Government Accountability 59

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

” 4 Starting nearly half a century ago, antitrust law in the U.S. The FHFA, from its founding in 2008 to 2021, was an independent regulator. 32 In the case of F&F, for example, there were virtually no successful reforms of their activities prior to their being placed in conservatorship in 2008. ” [link].

Advocacy 101

Advocacy Housing Regulations Legislation 101

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

2013; Bennett, Breunig, & Givens, 2008). The result is a new set of tasks on the agendas of late modern citizens that enable the creation and continual maintenance of a personally satisfying sense of self—or “personal identity project” (Reynolds, 2008; Giddens, 1991).

Social Media 40

Social Media Sustainability Communications Grassroots 40

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JULY 30, 2024

Introduction Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (F&F), the two large government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), were placed into conservatorship in September 2008 at the height of the Great Financial Crisis, when the markets lost confidence in them. For example, see the September 2008, “Statement by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

Implementation 52

Implementation Legislation Housing Regulations 52