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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

military sensors, platforms, commanders, and operators in order to increase battle readiness and responsiveness. He most recently served as the 11th Commander of United States Special Operations Command, where he led the coordinated efforts of the special operations forces across all military branches. AmeriCares, and others.

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30 November 2017 | Rethinking the Government-Nonprofit Partnership: Who’s Funding Whom?, by Kelly LeRoux

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

In some cases, these foundations or charities are created and operated by private citizens. What are the motivations and incentives for public managers to create and operate these institutional vehicles? Among those formed and operated by private citizens, how do they see their role vis a vis government?

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

According to Twitter and other news sources (" WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative ," DC News Now) WMATA the operator of regional subway and bus services, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, are going to start working together. If it wasn't forthcoming, only then cut service.

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Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " What Richmond can't teach DC about bus services ," 2019 Brightline is a new railroad passenger service that started in South Florida, is expanding to Orlando and intends to expand to Tampa. Lots of deaths. But it's quite impressive in two ways.

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WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Operating safely isn’t a choice. I guess WMATA still has this opportunity with upcoming 50th anniversary of the start of service--2026--to get their "stuff" together, rebuild the consensus, actually figure out how to operate the system, grow it, if possible, etc. We are keeping customers at the center of everything we do.

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NBA All Star Game in Salt Lake, economic development hype | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the Pirates baseball team economics

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Leaving other revenues from television and other sources untouched--although the team points out its minor league and Latin American operations are paid for out of those sources too. The analysis finds that the team doesn't spend much more on payroll than it makes from ticket and concession sales.

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

First, Virginia's focus on privatization, which is why the Silver Line was not built by Metro (" Silver Line delays: maybe the real lesson is that contracting out construction to the private sector doesn't always work so well ," 2014). You don't complain about system problems when it opens, but before. More network improvements.