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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

Fast forward to 2015, where during the United Nations Summit, all UN member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets with a plan to achieve them in 15 years. It is a crucial metric for evaluating the environmental impact of an operation or product.

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What's Next for Evidence-Based Policy Making?

Barrett & Greene

Public sector leaders from local governments all the way to the White House have celebrated the use of evidence in practice, and many are building the infrastructure to infuse data into day-to-day operations. How do we go from documenting “best practice” to adoption of evidence?

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3 Key Focus Areas When Changing Careers

GovLoop

In 2015, I created a career vision that had me rocketing to the top ranks within my company. I worked on high-impact company projects, and I worked with my management team to document a career path that took me all the way to corporate headquarters. But you can feel overwhelmed while wondering how to do it.

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Revitalization in a distressed residential-industrial neighborhood: Pullman, Chicago, Illinois

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Pullman was an industrial community, known for being the home of the Pullman railcar operation, which finally went kaput in 1955, although it manufactured cars elsewhere into the 1980s, and was later absorbed by Bombardier. In 2015, the Pullman manufacturing site was designated as a national monument, the Pullman National Historic Park.

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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. In other cases, they’re created directly by elected and administrative officials of government organizations, operating as an extension of government agencies yet they engage in fundraising, soliciting private contributions from willing citizen donors.

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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Department of Housing and Urban Development’s scathing report on management and operational shortcomings in the D.C. Housing Authority has documented more than 80 deficiencies ranging from inadequate management to lack of knowledge of a host of basic housing functions to 220 contracts awarded in violation of DCHA procurement policy.

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Remote workers: When do they count for local economic development incentives?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

2015); John Martinez, 3 Local Government Law § 21:7, at 21-25 (2d ed. Constitutional case law prohibits local governments from creating or operating their own businesses, such as hotels, and by extension they are prohibited from providing financial support for businesses. Those clauses reflect the national rule to this day.