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Why broadening access to Federal administrative data is critical for improving government services and increasing taxpayer value: An interview with Maria Cancian, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison – Episode #134

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

Maria Cancian is a Professor of Public Affairs and Social Work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the former Director of the Institute for Research on Poverty. From 2015 to 2016, she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S.

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San Antonio Deepens Trust With Constituents

GovLoop

San Antonio launched an initiative called SASpeakUp in 2015 to gather better input on the city’s budget and its services. Although the city held public meetings for that purpose, city officials noticed that the same people were attending all of them. Building on Early Success.

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CFP: Book About Teaching with Digital Storytelling

A Library Writer's Blog

Dr. Aird also holds a BA in Anthropology and a MA in Anthropology with a focus on Historical Archeology from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Dr. Aird considers herself a cultural historian and is most interested in public scholarship in its many forms. American Library Association.

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PERFORMANCE READER’S GUIDE (PART 2)

Barrett & Greene

Hall, Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations: An Integrated Approach , 2nd Edition, Jossey-Bass, 2015. Poister, Maria P. Aristigueta and Jeremy L.

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Public Affairs, New York, 443 pp. Krimgold (eds) 2015. That is an important strength, but time will tell whether it is enough to get by on. [i] i] Muggah, R. The effects of stabilisation on humanitarian action in Haiti. Disasters 34(S3): S444-S463. [ii] ii] Farmer, Paul 2012. Haiti After the Earthquake. iii] Abrahams, D.