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Building trust in government: A data-driven imperative

Partnership for Public Service

At a time when our democracy faces serious threats, partisanship is on the rise and public faith in federal institutions is low , the Partnership for Public Service and the Data Foundation share a mutual dedication to the important task of building trust in government.

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

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

Thoughtful public policy can bring about this kind of change, mustering a predictable dose of “convincing technocratic optimism.”

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After the Storm: Summary Ejectment and Assistance Programs in North Carolina

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Typically, the security deposit is not addressed in actions for summary ejectment because the landlord (or their agent) has usually not had a chance to inspect the rental property for damages and deliver an accounting to the tenant prior to the summary ejectment hearing. Public Service Co. Unfair or Deceptive Practice Act.

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PERFORMANCE READER’S GUIDE (PART 2)

Barrett & Greene

Manoharan , executive director of the National Center for Public Performance at the Institute for Public Service (IPS), Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University; Robert Shea , chief executive officer of GovNavigators and former associate director of the U.S.

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Fiscal Impacts from COVID-19–Revenue Structure Matters

Death and Taxes

With procyclical fiscal policy, local governments usually face abrupt revenue shortfalls and high demand for public service during economic recession. Furthermore, there is tremendous uncertainty regarding the duration of the pandemic, the magnitude and requirement of federal government aid, and the public’s behavioral change.

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Harry P. Hatry, Leader and Performance Management Pioneer, dies at 92

Barrett & Greene

Over his career he accumulated a number of honors and awards including the American Society for Public Administration’s “Outstanding Contributor to the Literature of Management Science and Policy Science” award in 1984; the Elmer B. Evaluators Association in 1996. For over thirty years I looked to him for guidance and practical advice.

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The power of the connecting middle: where policy, delivery and democracy meet (and often don’t)

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

More about this below but it’s a project full of, well, possibility about making a dent in the vexed question about why so much of the effort and angst our human services systems invest in trying to shift conditions for those experiencing entrenched and complex disadvantage isn’t working and may even be making things worse.