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Archangel: The future of telecare service providers is now

Open Access Government - Technology News

Telecare service providers have faced challenges in prioritising a transformation project, implementing digital solutions, or integrating new hardware. The sooner we begin the investment/implementation of these strategies, the better it will be for all” says Tom. Decisions need to be made to safeguard service users.

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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Unfortunately, there are few examples of its implementation, as police departments did mostly "zero tolerance policing" calling it community policing. Broken windows successfully implemented on the NYC Subway in the early 1990s. communicate that it's okay to commit crime.

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How federal agencies can use IPAs to bolster evidence capacity and help implement the Evidence Act: An interview with Dayanand Manoli, Professor, Georgetown University – Episode #178

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

He’s an economist and a professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and has collaborated with the IRS on several research projects, as we highlighted on this podcast in 2016.

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How Vacant and Abandoned Buildings Affect the Community

Center for Community Progress

Understanding the true and complete costs of blighted properties is critically important in building the case to reform the broken status quo and implement more equitable, effective, and efficient solutions. Failure to address problem properties, just like ignoring a leaking faucet, costs more in the long run and causes more harm over time.

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How Marathon County, WI Gets Their Priorities Straight!

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

" We need to FIRST get our priorities straight and THEN align our money with our stated priorities." - Brad Karger, Marathon County Administrator Brad Karger This article originally written by Brad Karger and published in the Summer 2016 Marathon County Newsletter. 160 million dollars ($160,000,000) is A LOT of money.

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Lessons in applying behavioral insights to human services from the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project: An interview with Lashawn Richburg-Hayes and Nadine Deshausay, MDRC – Episode #136

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

To get an overview and hear implementation lessons for human services agencies that might want to use these types of interventions — or “nudges,” as they are often called — we are joined by two researchers from the social policy research firm MDRC , which was a partner on the BIAS project.

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City of Humboldt Open House Brings Priority Based Budget to Public

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

City Manager, Roy Hardy, made the presentation to a small crowd on what the 2016 budget is going to look like in terms of tax increases and social programs. The CPBB congratulates the City of Humboldt on their innovative work implementing priority based budgeting. Unlike the budget draft that had a $3.6