Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

DC received a scathing report from HUD about the failures in managing the city's public housing stock of 8,000 units, 25%--2,000-are vacant because most are uninhabitable (" D.C. Housing Authority’s leadership is failing, HUD report says ," Washington Post ). Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ).

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Government Technology Insider

DECEMBER 11, 2024

While the bill remains stalled in the Senate after passing the House this summer, many industry players hope its strong bipartisan support and alignment with broader government efficiency goals will spur swift passage with the new administration. Aside from those high priorities, every agency should consider upgrading its technology.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 31, 2023

Can you imagine communities without food banks, battered women shelters, free primary care clinics, after-school care, animal shelters, substance abuse resources, housing assistance, and the extensive list of services made available because a nonprofit exists? An accounting of every penny is necessary. Site visits happen.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 12, 2023

In England and Wales, cyber-related fraud incidents accounted for 61% of all fraud cases last year. Imagine your accounts team gets hacked and, after scanning through their previously sent emails, the hackers know how to word an email to convince you it is really them. trillion for the global economy by 2025.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

With support from our account team at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Easterseals established a data lake to better understand and define the impact our organization has on its participants with the overarching goal of empowering all people to to achieve their potential and live meaningful lives.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Three main challenges local communities face are obtaining information based on: Current conditions: Most available flood risk information is based on historical hydrologic data and does not account for extreme rainfall events. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and U.S. annual chance events.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 14, 2023

However, internal actors account for nearly a third (30%) of breaches, and collaboration between external parties and government employees or partners accounts for 16% of data breaches. Limited budgets, in-house skills, complex cyber threats, and a growing compliance burden will all take their toll.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

By most accounts, the need for affordable housing across North Carolina is massive. According to 2019 census data, over a million North Carolina households are “cost burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing. What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 26, 2023

One of the comments on the article made a point about a local "Government Accountability Office" function. The article mentions Councilmember Robert White question Brenda Donald, director of the DC Housing Authority, asking about her $40,000+ bonus for the year, after the agency was ripped to shreds by a HUD inspection report (" D.C.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JULY 19, 2016

"Some recommended updates to the strategic plan include revising prioritized strategic goal ranking, adding outcome statements for strategic goals, and integration of priority-based budgeting references." Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada, is leading the way in priority based business planning and budgeting. We have our rural public.

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Let's Talk Parks

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Have you ever experienced: a limited budget? So our admin office house here, along with other recreation programs as well. And when developing quality programs, I think you have to take into consideration one what the objectives are, but what’s your budget for it? So in Columbus, we had a zero marketing budget.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

Introduction In November of last year, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) published a report 1 (the Report) recommending reforms for the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) System. The two companies have no lobbyists or lobbying budget and make no political donations of any kind. the legislation establishing them).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 29, 2022

One of my biggest learnings in transit planning is the necessity of separating planning from budgeting. It doesn't take into account proximity of amenities, and perhaps most important in Salt Lake, topography. Fairpark has light rail, and Sugar House has streetcar service, which is much more minimal.

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Super Library Marketing

AUGUST 5, 2024

I went to a new concept charter school in downtown Winston Salem that was housed in the basement of an office building,” explains Megan. Static across the entire site is the search functionality for our catalog, log-in to one’s account, library hours, and our phone number. The school didn’t have many amenities, like a gym or library.”

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GovLoop

JANUARY 3, 2023

In 2018, the Office of Management and Budget made VA a lead agency partner to pilot improving CX across the federal government. That makes perfect sense, because in government we’re funded by business units, and how government is held accountable, traditionally, is through operational measures,” she said.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Besides symbolizing a bygone era, Public Auditorium is one of many underused assets draining the city’s budget. To help create the plan, the city tapped Ernst & Young, a global professional services firm that traces its roots to a small accounting firm started in Cleveland in 1903 by Alwin Ernst and his brother, Theodore.

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Partnership for Public Service

MARCH 22, 2023

In 2016, the Office of Management and Budget directed agencies to improve the way they serve the public by integrating their risk management functions with their internal controls—internal processes designed to help agencies effectively and efficiently achieve their objectives.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Unlike the local and state jurisdictions that fund Metro, federal money goes only to the agency’s capital budget but not to its separate operating budget — a distinction local officials have long said is inequitable. Good luck with that. And that the WMATA Board should be elected.)

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 11, 2024

Introduction The Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) System 1 is a relatively unknown but important part of America’s housing and financial system, with over $1 trillion in assets. 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

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Grant Central USA

JULY 12, 2023

With tight budgets, limited resources, and an uncertain future, it’s important to find ways to maximize the potential of your business. You'll learn how to research potential funders, create an appropriate budget and write persuasive descriptions of your project goals. Why Should Small Businesses Consider Grant Writing Classes ?

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Many companies and organisations have built in-house teams to accelerate (with mixed success) their access to specialist knowledge. This poses a significant opportunity to harness the innovation budget toward the responsible development of data-driven systems. Risks for AI in Defence.

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Let's Talk Parks

MARCH 2, 2022

The housing market crisis had just occurred in 2007, and I graduated in 2009. The park district only receives about 5% of the community’s tax dollars, and the rest of a very small portion of our budget is tax funded. You’re demonstrating yourself as responsible, accountable, and having good communication skills.

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Death and Taxes

JULY 21, 2021

Collaborating with the Florida League of Cities (FLC), we endeavored to provide a simple and practical revenue forecasting strategy to help cities in Florida plan and prepare for the potential impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic on their budgets. His scholarship focuses on state and local public finance, budgeting and financial management.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 20, 2022

-- " Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence " -- " Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority) " The Toronto Star is running a series of articles in advance of the Mayor and City Council election this, Monday October 24th, called " Can't We Do Better? "

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JUNE 15, 2023

Digital makes for a seamless and easy experience In the foreword to the ‘Transforming for a digital future’ policy paper , Heather Wheeler MP said, “When people order their groceries, book a holiday or check their bank accounts, they expect and receive a seamless and easy experience.

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JUNE 5, 2021

For example, this recent analysis: But in the hundreds of pages of budget papers there is a distinct feeling the government is doing just enough to get by by throwing money at immediate problems – that align with its jobs and growth narrative – while continuing to neglect long-talked about reforms [1]. Improving the reach, access.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2023

Manufactured housing (MH) has recently taken on a high profile among affordable housing advocates, including in the Biden administration. As a result, the search for ideas to increase the usage of MH has been building given the critical affordable housing shortage that has grown for many reasons over at least the last decade.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

Introduction The high level of closing costs has been placed onto housing policy’s front burner by two recent events. This could significantly increase affordability, especially for FTHBs, and make housing transactions generally more cost-effective for both buyers and sellers. 3 In the modern era, U.S.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 24, 2024

In March 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memo that provides more specific directions to agencies for compliance with the guidance outlined in the executive order. By using these capabilities, agencies can proactively identify and mitigate potential biases, fostering trust and accountability in their AI systems.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This need aligns with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) M-24-10, which mandates the appointment of Chief AI Officers, the formation of agency AI governance boards, the development of compliance plans, and the creation of AI use case inventory. Specific sectors have additional regulatory requirements.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

The average guarantee fee (G-fee) of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), who currently finance about half of the nearly $13 trillion of outstanding first-lien single-family mortgages in the country, 1 is among the most closely-watched numbers by housing finance policymakers and the mortgage lending industry.

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Microsoft Public Sector

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum 21-31, which centers on system logs for services both within authorization boundaries and deployed on Cloud Service Offerings (CSOs). A CDL is a capability to assimilate and house vast quantities of security data, whether in its raw form or as derivatives of original logs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Key topics covered include addressing concerns around data sovereignty, security, lock-in risks and budget control while highlighting AWS capabilities and commitments in these areas. Just as a shaky foundation undermines even the sturdiest house, flawed data diminishes the value of the most advanced algorithms.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

to fix bad practices, make them democratic instead of just eliminating them ," (2012) (also discusses participatory budgeting) Note that the network concept applies to parks and libraries friends groups, and school PTAs as well. Even neighborhood associations. gentrification crisis?

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Barrett & Greene

JULY 25, 2023

With that in mind, we were intrigued to read an excellent report that came out last week from the Citizen’s Budget Commission, a nonprofit civic organization that focuses on the finance and services of New York City and New York state government. Indeed, the federal government has been pushing for evidence.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2024

. -- Park Advisory Board: New Member Handbook , Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks Similarly, parks with Friends groups--I participate in Friends of Fairmont Park because I think the parks in the area of Sugar House should be planned as a network--have the opportunity for more involvement compared to the average park.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 21, 2025

With service demands rising and budgets tightening, finding the right balance has never been more crucial: What technology trends will make a difference? Persistent budget pressures Budgetary constraints will remain a significant issue throughout 2025. This makes efficiency and innovation critical.

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