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Redesigning the customer experience at the Social Security Administration

Partnership for Public Service

Customers can also create and access a “my Social Security” account to view their Social Security statements, apply for a new Social Security card and estimate their retirement benefits. Users can find information regarding various SSA programs, as well as details regarding eligibility and application processes.

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Empowering Change: How Grant Writing Certification Transforms Nonprofits and Communities

Grant Central USA

Funding for Impact Successful grant applications translate to funds that can be channeled directly into programs and projects, enabling nonprofits to expand their reach and create a more significant impact within their communities. Certification serves as a mark of credibility and expertise.

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The White House’s Focus on Closing Costs: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

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). This translates into considerable clout in Congress and state legislatures.

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Government Mortgage Interest Rates: A Serious Discussion about the Intertwined Topics of Risk Adjustment and Cross-subsidies

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

14 Only when government gets involved – which is when policy and political concerns are combined with advocacy by ideological and economic interest groups – does one sometimes see something different, with the inevitably resulting cross-subsidies. percent upfront fee economically translates into a per annum 0.20

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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)

19 This support was translated into extreme lobbying power in Congress, which ensured that the two companies did not lose the subsidies. Or is it just a case, in a highly politicized industry, of a politically convenient advocacy rationale to justify not increasing G-fees? But is this argument valid? Also, the 0.10

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The State of Library Marketing in 2025: Survey Reveals New Obstacles and Frustrations

Super Library Marketing

An academic library marketer said, The university marketing department has completely shut down the library social media accounts and we cannot send mass emails. We are cultivating advocacy efforts among library student workers to use their own dept/program email groups to share library information.