Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 4, 2024

The argument can be made that the tax abatement shouldn't be total, that it should be more measured, especially when it comes to funding local schools (" Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses — draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students ," The Conversation).

Local Government 52

Local Government Development Community Development Education 52

Death and Taxes

JULY 21, 2021

It is no surprise that Florida city managers placed the forecasts for the pandemic’s impact on local revenues as the top priority, as local governments are revenue-driven entities. The tradeoff between revenue growth and stability has always been a concern for local governments.

Local Government 40

Local Government Financial Management Budgeting Public Affairs 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

From the article: On the surface, a budget-proposing government suit doesn’t exactly scream “rock ’n’ roll.” But during his decade-plus as King County executive, lifelong West Seattleite Dow Constantine has been the local music and arts community’s biggest champion in local government.

Economic Development 52

Economic Development Development Local Government Budgeting 52

zencity

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Although not always mandatory, Zencity’s experience working with local government organizations across the U.S. Local governments are increasingly working to expand their recycling programs, promote resident engagement and knowledge, and innovate to combat climate change. Run your next survey with Zencity.

Local Government 52

Local Government Campaign Laws Engagement 52

Death and Taxes

MAY 26, 2022

Many governments, therefore, have interfund transfer policies established that regulate the process of using interfund transfers to prevent arbitrary manipulation and misuse of public resources. This is adapted in part from a Public Budgeting & Finance journal article by Michelle L.

Management 40

Management Financial Management Budgeting Public Administration 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

What this should mean is that schools should get additional funding, from the local government separate from the school system, or the school system's budget should include support, for these functions. Schools with high income demographics tend to do much better than those with low income demographics. Special Funding.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Transportation Engagement Fundraising 52

AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

Prior to 2019, NPD’s on-premises system was failing the agency in workflows and other important day-to-day agency tasks. Just that one tool alone is so powerful for our time and budget,” said NPD Sergeant Bucky Culbertson. Since deploying the SOMA platform, NPD has recognized numerous benefits.

Public Sector 52

Public Sector Public Safety Laws Government Agency 52

Barrett & Greene

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Martin O'Malley, Smarter Government: How to Govern for Results in the Digital Age , Esri Press, 2019; Plus the helpful accompanying workbook, Smarter Government Workbook: A 14-Week Implementation Guide to Governing for Results. Brian Elms with J.B.

Public Administration 52

Public Administration Public Affairs Budgeting Management 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2023

Another source of misleading conclusions, whether intended or not, is based upon selecting the recent pandemic-distorted period of time to compare prices, as seen in a 2021 Washington Post article, 19 where an example from 2019 to 2021, possibly the most rapidly increasing home price period in modern history, 20 is given.

Housing 59

Housing Advocacy Government Development 59

Barrett & Greene

OCTOBER 14, 2024

We invite authorities in other government disciplines like budgeting or human resources to do the same. Performance Frameworks: Alnoor Ebrahim (2019). David Ammons (2019). Performance Measurement for Local Government Management: Getting it Right. Strategic Use of Analytics in Government.

Government 52

Government Accountability Budgeting Leadership 52