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Department of Education Updates General Regulations to Better Serve the Community

Homeroom

Department of Education (Department) is excited to announce the most significant update to its Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) since 2013. EDGAR serves as the foundational set of policies and rules governing the billions of dollars in grants the Department administers each year.

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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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A sad day for the Washington Post and Washington DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

as well as the need for regulation of markets to reduce the chance for overreach and economic collapse. The paper was facing the likelihood of a seventh straight year of declines in revenue, with one preliminary budget estimate showing the possibility of $40 million in losses for 2013. That left three choices, Weymouth told Graham.

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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.

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Interactive digital media platforms impact on Canadians lives

Open Access Government - Technology News

in 2013 to 16.8% More research, education, and sensible regulation are needed to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of interactive digital media to promote responsible use, safeguard Canadians’ health, and safeguard their well-being. 6) Social media use can cause isolation, insomnia, and academic failure. Welch, V.,

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Master planning for solid waste | Creating a VV equivalent for solid waste management and service operating at the metropolitan scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And it imposes rules on the other properties, but doesn't do too much enforcement and oversight on recycling from multiunit residential and commercial properties (" Reformulating building regulations to promote sustainability, " 2016). This also came up in comments on a recent Post article on composting, " Composting in NYC is hard."

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Lies, damn lies, and misleading data: bus service (DC Circulator)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Obviously it's because most of the lines have minimal ridership. So they evade real scrutiny.