The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 11, 2024

Today, agency MBS outstanding is about $9 trillion, two-thirds of all first-lien mortgage dollars, while bank-held mortgage loans only account for $2.6 billion for fiscal 2024. 26] The just-released CBO report lists the fiscal 2024 affordable housing program spending at $350 million with the gross subsidy at $7.3 See [link]. [25]

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 21, 2024

Recent examples illustrate how fraudsters have deceived victims by convincingly imitating family members, work colleagues, customers, suppliers, law enforcement agencies, government employees, and tax officials via emails, social media messages, phone calls, and video calls. particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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AccessE11

JANUARY 2, 2024

Laws, technology, and citizen demands ensure that their municipalities continue to keep their finger on the pulse of progress. It’s crucial to ensure transparency and accountability in AI deployments. In Conclusion As 2023 ends and we enter 2024, there’s a clear evolution in technology within municipal governments.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

Governments and the organizations providing technology solutions for the benefits of the citizens are continuously presented with evolving laws and compliance requirements. This function is used to protect the AWS account holder from unintentional spend and to provide reliable and highly available services to all customers.

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NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

JULY 30, 2024

2d 217 (2024), the Virginia Court of Appeals issued a published opinion that deliberately discounts the role that a locality’s comprehensive plan must play in the Board of Supervisors’ decision to approve a private rezoning application. Charlene Hicks —Senior Attorney In Hartley v. Board of Supervisors , 80 Va. 1, 897 S.E.2d 2283 and 15.2-2284.

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NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

JULY 31, 2024

Anne Hemenway —Senior Attorney On March 15, 2024, the United States Supreme Court decided a pair of cases from Michigan and California on the issue of whether a public official violates the First Amendment by blocking individuals from the public official's personal social media page. In the Michigan case, Lindke v. Freed , 601 U.S.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 1, 2024

By addressing fraud, the government can demonstrate their commitment to transparency, accountability, and good governance, thereby preserving public trust. Fourthly, fraud is a criminal offence that undermines the rule of law and the foundations of a democratic society. This is equally relevant at national and local levels.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

In Part 1 of this series, it was estimated that total closing costs for both buyer and seller accounted for at least 7 to 11 percent of the purchase price of a typical home, surpassing the average 6 to 7 percent down payment made by first-time homebuyers (FTHBs). ” 4 Starting nearly half a century ago, antitrust law in the U.S.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Adopting powerful technologies like generative AI must align with principles contained in the GC’s Responsible use of AI of lawful, ethical data usage and explainable outcomes to impacted individuals. Lock-in concerns AWS waived data transfer out (DTO) charges (when customers want to move data outside of AWS) starting March 5, 2024.

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