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How Secure is our Election System?

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

First elected Thurston County Auditor in 2013, Mary Hall’s elections career began in Pierce County in 1996. First elected Thurston County Auditor in 2013, Mary Hall’s elections career began in Pierce County in 1996. The podcast guest is Mary Hall, Auditor, Thurston County, Washington.

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Shutdowns and continuing resolutions aren’t the answer of effective government

Partnership for Public Service

The full House and Senate still need to consider and vote on these bills. A Senate report found that shutdowns in 2013, 2018 and 2019 cost taxpayers nearly $4 billion due to back pay to furloughed federal workers, extra administrative work, lost revenue and more.

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

American City & Country

Despite being voted “most likely to be president” in high school, James Earp’s path to public service wasn’t a direct one. Since signing on as city manager for fast-growing Hutto in 2022, Earp has leveraged his passions for leadership, finance and education to help reshape the city’s operations with an emphasis on collaboration.

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December 2016 | Does Public Administration Want Diversity…Really? By Leisha DeHart Davis

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

But one commenter wondered why PMRA had not taken a similar stance when North Carolina passed a law in 2013 that undercut voting rights that disproportionately affected minority citizens (subsequently invalidated by the U.S. Court of Appeals). .

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In extremis: what Ukraine 2.0 tells us about reforming government and the public sector

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

In the words of one of them, Oleksandr Kamyshin, a 38-year-old former manager of a venture-capital fund who is now restructuring Ukraine’s arms industry, “we call it Ukraine 2.0. Turkeys, it seems, will always find it hard to vote for Christmas. The public put far more faith in civil society than in official institutions.

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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

. -- " Lack of a system breeds more of the same: Source Theater, Washington DC, up for sale 2006, 2024 ," (2024) -- " The town (or place) that art saved(?):

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DC's crime bill overturned by Congress

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

-- " Senate votes to block controversial DC crime bill ," CNN I haven't written a blog entry on this, just comments, and comments on Washington Post article. It might well happen again with the bill allowing illegal immigrants and other noncitizens to vote in local elections. This letter to the editor (" The D.C.