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Optimizing the US mortgage market with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Common Securitization Solutions (CSS), a joint Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae venture launched in 2013, supports a cornerstone of the American economy: home ownership. Born in the cloud Development of the CSP began in 2013 to provide a modern, single-family securitization infrastructure for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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EdTech innovator Sibme, powered by AWS, provides educators with AI-based instructional feedback

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2013, Wakefield founded education technology (EdTech) company Sibme as a way to use technology, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) , to help educators access quicker and more reliable feedback. In order to increase engagement and hands-on learning among students, for instance, many educators work to reduce their teacher talking time.

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Post columnist Colbert King says the DC Council needs to do more oversight

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

One of the comments on the article made a point about a local "Government Accountability Office" function. I've written about this over the years, " Continued musing on restructuring DC's City Council (mostly) " (2013), is probably the most complete summation of recommended changes. More of that, please."

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Three Ways Agencies Can Drive Measurable Results Across the Organization 

Government Technology Insider

I also introduced a revolutionary framework called Results-Based Accountability (RBA), which offers organizations a practical roadmap to improve societal outcomes by aligning their efforts with shared results and specific, data-driven indicators. If they have never had to do it, why change?

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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

. -- " The community development approach and the revitalization of DC's H Street corridor: congruent or oppositional approaches? ," (2013) Civic assets as a network The "change isn't that simple" entry discusses multiple cities with wide-ranging anchor project development with branding similarities to the "Signature Streets" proposal.

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Change takes a long time: Parks edition

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

the park, being jointly owned by the city and county, has interesting problems with capital funding, as the agreement calls for joint and equal funding, leading to lots of paper and accounting issues. Luckily, we have a couple of more engaged board members, and the board is becoming more active and less passive. =

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Emphasizing ‘people over position’: 2023 Exemplary Public Servant James Earp

American City & Country

Howerton, who served Ennis for 32 years before retiring in 2013, became an early mentor to Earp. Each Hub was given a particular theme, such as “strategic operations and innovation,” “accountability and compliance” or “community engagement and experience,” to name a few. Members hold each other accountable, according to Earp. “I