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Emphasizing ‘people over position’: 2023 Exemplary Public Servant James Earp

American City & Country

Despite being voted “most likely to be president” in high school, James Earp’s path to public service wasn’t a direct one. Since signing on as city manager for fast-growing Hutto in 2022, Earp has leveraged his passions for leadership, finance and education to help reshape the city’s operations with an emphasis on collaboration.

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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It attributed the issue to management failure and said the vacancies have accelerated the agency’s steadily deteriorating financial condition. The City Council is worked up about it (" D.C. Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ). Housing Authority better ," Post ). Performance dashboards.

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Top 50 City Government Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

Top City Government Manager Blogs. City managers are often charged with the day to day tasks of running a city and can be read more about in the below blogs. Blog from the Office of the City Manager. This city manager serves the town of Lowell, Massachusetts. Ventura City Manager.