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Better Communications Tops Data To-Do List

GovLoop

Census Bureau offers up an abundance of data that state and local agencies can use to gain insights into the shifting demographics of their constituencies, and to shape policies and programs accordingly. Gardner Policy Institute. For many agencies, the challenge is learning to communicate those insights effectively.

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Frugal architecture in action: The Urban Institute innovates with R and Serverless on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

They often rely on donor and grant funding, so they have to justify every expense to their constituents. They have also observed that university programs that focus on public policy and statistics often teach R programming, so using R helps new graduates get up to speed quickly. Going over budget is not an option.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

4 That average will change slightly each year to reflect the normal annual variation in the mix of products and borrower characteristics – for example, it was up by two basis points (bp) in 2021 over 2020, but down by the same amount from the prior year. taxpaying public. percent to 0.49 percent to 0.49

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Kevin Esterling: 2020 Election Analysis Part 2

Policy Chats

In this episode, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Kevin Esterling talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about utilizing technology to bridge the gap between constituents and representatives as well as rifts in the Democratic Party following this election.

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2020 Election: Analysis Part 2 (with Kevin Esterling)

Policy Chats

In this episode, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Kevin Esterling talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about utilizing technology to bridge the gap between constituents and representatives as well as rifts in the Democratic Party following this election.

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2020 Election: Analysis Part 2 (with Kevin Esterling)

Policy Chats

In this episode, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Kevin Esterling talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about utilizing technology to bridge the gap between constituents and representatives as well as rifts in the Democratic Party following this election.