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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

to fix bad practices, make them democratic instead of just eliminating them ," (2012) (also discusses participatory budgeting) Note that the network concept applies to parks and libraries friends groups, and school PTAs as well. Even neighborhood associations. We mostly dealt with drug and gun crimes, but got robberies, assaults, murder, etc.

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Change takes forever: plastic bag bans, liquor stores and crime

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

This article briefly outlines the history of this work over four areas, focusing on the minimum legal drinking age, the privatization of alcohol control systems, outlet densities, and hours and days of sale."

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A rundown on the whistleblowing process in the federal government

Partnership for Public Service

The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, amended by the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 , protects certain civil servants in the executive branch who report waste, fraud or abuse from retaliation or other abuses of authority. The hub also includes all the webinars in our Federal Employee Explainer Series.