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City of Boulder, CO Integrates PBB into Budget as the "Framework within which all Budget Decisions are Made!"

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

"Now integrated into its seventh consecutive year of budget development, PBB is the framework within which all budget decisions are made." The City of Boulder, Colorado is one of the fiercest proponents of priority based budgeting (PBB) in the nation. Boulder has recently published their 2017 Recommended Budget.

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4 Things You'll Learn About Data, Leadership + Budgeting at the CPBB 2016 (Un)Conference!

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

The Center for Priority Based Budgeting 2016 "Prioritized World" (Un)Conference is just over a month away. Last year NRC engaged at our 2015 conference (and is a sponsor of the 2016 conference). "When analyzed, interpreted and explained well, data is the best tool to distinguish problems and actuate lasting change."

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Salt Lake City Capital Improvement Program process allows for citizen initiated projects

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Is separate from the annual appropriations process and is connected, in that primary funding source is the General Fund, but supplemented by other tax sources (special sales taxes usually), impact fees on new development, and transportation related funding. It made it very easy to come up with the budget.) That was a mistake.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And in " Outline for a proposed Ward-focused (DC) Councilmember campaign platform and agenda " (2015), I suggest more tools for ward-specific oversight. Organizations like the MRSC or IBO provide a lot of deep research which is almost uniformly lacking when it comes to DC policy development and program practice.

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Incrementalism as a concept of iterative improvement in government project development no longer a legitimate public administration theory

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Nope, in 2015, plans to move forward were scuttled, seemingly forever (" Virginia Beach was right to reject light rail extension ," Norfolk Virginian-Pilot ). He said that incremental project development is much more likely than the creation and implementation of big projects based on a formal rational decision making process.

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Strathcona County Blazing A PBB Trail in Alberta, Canada

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

" This approach ensures every decision council makes is viewed through a priority lens. " - Mayor Roxanne Carr Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada, is leading the way in priority based business planning and budgeting. Heading into county budget 2017 Today, council begins its formal budget discussions.

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What Should You Be Doing: Fundraising or Pursuing Grant Money?

Peak Proposals

Based on hundreds of emails we’ve received since we launched Peak Proposals in 2015, we have observed that many people appear to assume that if you are a nonprofit organization and if you need revenue, then you must pursue grant funding. This is not the case. How Do Nonprofit Organizations Staff Fundraising and Proposal Writing Activities?