Remove Accountability Remove Books Remove Regulations
article thumbnail

Optimizing the US mortgage market with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Throughout the development, deployment, and operation of the CSP, the AWS account team and CSS collaborated in weekly operations calls, increasing in cadence during critical milestones. CSS delivers an industry-critical function and is regulated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

Housing 195
article thumbnail

The Power of Relationships for the Lonely Grant Writer

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

As grant professionals, we require the knowledge and insight of subject matter experts, accountants, budget experts, GIS map makers, marketing gurus, program directors, board members, community leaders, and others to create, submit, and manage successful grant programs. But that does not mean I work in a vacuum.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

“We are as gods and might as well get used to it.”

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

.” This wonderful review essay, built around a review of three books each of which place the somewhat jaded optimism of the Internet’s early promise in a larger frame and, in the process, asks some unsettling questions power, politics and performance. You can click the link and get access for yourself.

article thumbnail

The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Second, it’s unreasonable to assume the design could work effectively through many decades of often unpredictable changes in markets, legislation, and regulation. 11] The history makes clear that the various GSEs often engage in lobbying and advocacy for favorable changes to legislation and regulation, potentially biasing the outcome.

article thumbnail

Will the GSEs Repeat 2007 - 2009’s Large Losses?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

percent of their book with a CLTV of 80-90 percent, with almost all of it (4.2 18 Even if house prices decline by 10 to 15 percent 19 , which only retraces a portion of how much they rose during the pandemic, the GSEs simply have only a very small percentage of their loan book that would be underwater. They only have 4.4

Housing 52
article thumbnail

Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Eight | Civic Engagement and Positive Promotion of Democracy

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A few years ago when I was doing research on public markets I came across the book Civic Agriculture: Reconnecting Farm, Food and Community , which posits a more locally controlled and democratically involved regional food system, as opposed to the one we have, dominated by huge corporations. It's an interesting book.

article thumbnail

September 2022 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

This launch will add the mobile apps to the web and Outlook functionality that GCC accounts already have today. To set the Stream tile destination in the Microsoft 365 app launcher: · Go to the Settings page of SharePoint admin center and sign in with an account that has admin permissions. Select Stream App launcher tile. Select Save.