2013 and Voting - Public Administration Today

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

Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

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.

Government

Government Legislation Housing Budgeting

How Secure is our Election System?

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

OCTOBER 3, 2024

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.

Security

Security Voting Outreach Leadership

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

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Despite being voted “most likely to be president” in high school, James Earp’s path to public service wasn’t a direct one. Howerton, who served Ennis for 32 years before retiring in 2013, became an early mentor to Earp. Earp at a ground breaking for a new turn lane in Hutto.

City Manager

City Manager Leadership Budgeting Voting

Webinars

Municipal Maintenance: Ready, Set, Inspect!

MORE WEBINARS

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

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 19, 2017

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). .

Public Administration

Public Administration Voting Outreach Laws

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

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JUNE 25, 2023

Turkeys, it seems, will always find it hard to vote for Christmas. Corruption was endemic, from the bribes demanded by traffic cops to the kickbacks needed to secure government contracts. The public put far more faith in civil society than in official institutions.

Public Sector

Public Sector Government Leadership Accountability

Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

I argued for years that the move by the teams to DC from the suburbs weren't the reason that the Downtown East End began revitalization.

Economic Development

Economic Development Development Parks And Recreation Housing

Income Inequality and Democratic Backsliding

The Lowe Down

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Democracy is made up of factors such as voting rights, freedom of the governed, and minority rights. Drawing on these data in the period between 2013 and 2018, it appears that there is not a strong correlation between income inequality and democratic backsliding.

Voting

Voting Housing Laws Sustainability

Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

From the article: “Home Land Security” opened a few months after the Brexit vote and ran through the U.S. The National Parks article discusses presentation of potentially controversial contemporary art in parks (also see " Home Land Security" art certain to spark dialogue in uncertain times ," Golden Gate Conservancy). presidential election.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security

Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2024

From the article: “Home Land Security” opened a few months after the Brexit vote and ran through the U.S. The National Parks article discusses presentation of potentially controversial contemporary art in parks (also see " Home Land Security" art certain to spark dialogue in uncertain times ," Golden Gate Conservancy). presidential election.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security

Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

In 1998 and 2013, Houston changed its land use laws by reducing permissible lot sizes across the city, in turn, opening up areas dominated by large single-family houses to denser development. Ramapo is unusual because its large Orthodox voting bloc was more enthusiastic about housing growth than most suburbanites.

Housing

Housing Laws Regulations Development

The GSEs and the Incoming Trump Administration: Part 1 of 2 – Answering Ten Key Questions About Conservatorship Exit

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 7, 2025

10] Making things even more complex, it is clear from the recent election campaign that Trump II will also look to support what is perhaps its biggest voting bloc: non-college-educated households, which argues against changes that may reduce the GSE’s role in providing subsidized, borrower-friendly mortgages to those households.

Legislation

Legislation Housing Campaign Voting

Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

2013) suggests that social activism in online spaces such as YouTube is not easily defined, but is adapted to suit movement needs—which makes social media a popular and flexible venue for activism but also highlights the challenges for scholars studying such venues. 2013; Bennett, Breunig, & Givens, 2008). A study by Vragara et al.,

Social Media

Social Media Sustainability Communications Grassroots

DC's crime bill overturned by Congress

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

-- " 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. criminal code reform, the D.C.

Public Safety

Public Safety Legislation Voting Laws

(Reprint) Electing a Federal Attorney General and a Chief Inspector General | Expanding Democracy

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 16, 2025

Our country is too divided to be able to make necessary changes to government structure, like the small state bias of the Senate and the existence of the Electoral College versus the popular vote for deciding the winner of the Presidential election. Actually this is true at all levels of government. They don't like oversight.

Laws

Laws Voting Elected Officials Campaign

Public Administration Today

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

How Secure is our Election System?

Webinars

Trending Sources

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

Webinars

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

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

Community building versus economic development

Income Inequality and Democratic Backsliding

Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The GSEs and the Incoming Trump Administration: Part 1 of 2 – Answering Ten Key Questions About Conservatorship Exit

Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

DC's crime bill overturned by Congress

(Reprint) Electing a Federal Attorney General and a Chief Inspector General | Expanding Democracy

Stay Connected