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How the Tri-COG Land Bank is Transforming Vacant Properties in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Center for Community Progress

By: Liz Kozub I got my start in transforming vacant properties in 2012 as an intern for the City of East McKeesport, Pennsylvania, a dense community of just over 2,000 residents with tremendous community pride. I went house-to-house with a clipboard documenting the conditions of vacant properties that dotted its beautiful brick streets.

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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)

The leadership of the FHLBs, along with various beneficiaries of their subsidies, has also begun to aggressively lobby and advocate against virtually any proposed change that it views as detrimental to its bottom line. the legislation establishing them). A few of the recommendations require legislation by Congress. [4]

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Retaining Generation X and Generation Z federal employees: Three ways Congress can help

Partnership for Public Service

Specifically, we considered Generation X (born between 1965 and 1980)—which is the future of federal senior leadership—and Generation Z (born between 1997 and 2012)—which represents the future of the federal workforce. Below are a few ideas for how Congress can help retain these two essential generations.

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V for Vagina: The Anniversary of Michigan Representative Lisa Brown’s Vagina Monologue

Public Policy Blog

Approximately one year ago, on June 13, 2012, Representative Lisa Brown (D-Bloomfield) uttered the word that runs ice through the veins and casts fear into the hearts of male elected officials: Vagina. State Legislatures: Power in general has been notoriously difficult to pin down at even a conceptual level.