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Lessons learned from Newham’s flagship participatory budget program

Citizen Lab

This article outlines a summary of the report’s key insights and ideas for future improvement. The People Powered Places program is the London Borough of Newham’s flagship program of participatory budgeting. Newham (UK) recently evaluated their Community Assemblies initiative, now known as People Powered Places.

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Share So Others Might Learn

GovLoop

Challenge The FBI said that most attacks targeted smaller municipalities and counties, given that they were likely to have resource and budget limitations. The initiative, which began in 2018, encompasses a wide range of entities, from state and local government and educational institutions to organizations managing critical infrastructure.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

One of the comments on the article made a point about a local "Government Accountability Office" function. The article mentions Councilmember Robert White question Brenda Donald, director of the DC Housing Authority, asking about her $40,000+ bonus for the year, after the agency was ripped to shreds by a HUD inspection report (" D.C.

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From BTMFBA to "community right to buy"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: English councils collectively went on a near 7bn commercial property buying spree, a journey which has now proved to be responsible for bringing some of them to the edge of bankruptcy.

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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

From the article: In a news release sent out Wednesday, officials said that the organizations’ Boards of Directors will meet on May 1 to start “months-long discussions about how to efficiently provide, fund, and govern public transit.” It's about speed versus access. I first understood the DC area transit planning gap in two dimensions.

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2023 Year-End Boxscore Charts, Billboard Magazine

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Yesterday, my SmartNews feed was on fire, with so many great articles. 1 venue in the world." I argued it would have happened anyway. said "no, the Arena has had significant impact." The reality is that he was right (" More sports: sports-anchored entertainment districts and LA Live." I was too parochial.

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Moving Beyond Legacy IT

GovLoop

Months often pass between when an agency realizes it needs something and when it gets a cost estimate, budgets for the update and ultimately receives it. How TVAR Solutions Helps TVAR Solutions helps federal agencies create a multi-phased transformation roadmap, including one for a large agency engaged in a massive consolidation since 2018.