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Uber: criminal?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

These firms evaded regulation, but were able to mobilize their customers as advocates and pay for campaigns to support what they were doing, making it difficult for elected and appointed officials to challenge their narrative. (If

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Why World Backup Day is relevant everyday

Open Access Government - Technology News

“Be prepared against data loss and data theft” is the slogan behind the World Backup Day 2023 campaign on the importance of data security World Backup Day shines a light on maintaining computer system security.

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Is it Possible to Keep Up with the Literature?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In 2011, when I was approached by Elsevier about establishing the IJDRR, the first question was, "Is there a need for a new journal in this field?" Seven years later, the submission rate is equivalent to about 1,500 manuscripts per year (although the rejection rate is over 80 per cent). The key to managing change is adaptability.

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National Library Week, 4/7 - 4/13

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Campaigns all across the US, in conservative areas, to ban books. The Drumbrae Library in Scotland includes a day care facility (" Work begins on Drumbrae's new library, day care centre and youth cafe ," Guardian, 2011). The four biggest issues these days are: 1. Libros Book Club. Photo: Nate Martinez, Express-News.

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Campaigns, especially focused on workers and the multiunit buildings, are in order. I think a Roy Lichtenstein influenced livery, or the Multiplicity branding from Luxembourg would work. Above: Multiplicity bus. Below: Roy Lichtenstein did do a painting of VW microbuses.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But the district is well organized, and successfully campaigned for a more directly accessible transit station as part of a new line being developed to serve their area. The student asked me about the equitable development plan , which I wasn't involved in developing It has a bunch of points.

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Technical Leadership Needs Advance The Politics-Administration Dichotomy

Public Policy Blog

It’s through the strategy and policy produced by elected officials, that administrative professionals translate, create context for, and craft these campaign promises into actual deliverable results to the publics and constituencies. Image: Wikipedia. Retrieved from [link]. Overeem, Patrick (2012). doi:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02430.x.