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Building trust in government: A data-driven imperative

Partnership for Public Service

As part of its work to build the capacity of agencies to deliver for diverse audiences, the Partnership conducts research that offers insights into how the public perceives government and what can be done to improve those perceptions. Clearly communicating the uses of data and evidence through appropriate channels is crucial.

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How researchers can meet new open data policies for federally-funded research with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

How AWS can help researchers align with new public access policies As these and future data sharing policies take effect, researchers must consider how they can meet these new requirements, broaden access to their findings, and equip the next generation of researchers with better data to improve the health of the public.

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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)

The F&F core business of securitizing and guaranteeing loans essentially takes the below-market cost of the funds raised by issuing mortgage-backed securities (MBS), which reflects the implied guarantee, and passes that subsidized cost through to primary market lenders. 25] He resigned in 2004 due to accounting irregularities. [26]

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Leaks And Leadership: What The Era of WikiLeaks Portends For Traditional Theories Of Leader Information Sharing Practices

Public Policy Blog

This offered elites in leadership roles a sort of double wall of protection from unflattering information reaching the public. On June 6, 2013 stories about a secret US government surveillance program that started in 2007 code-named “Prism” appeared 20 minutes apart on the websites of the Washington Post and the UK newspaper the Guardian.

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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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Freddie Mac’s Second Mortgage Pilot: Should the Taxpayer Subsidize Equity Extraction Lending?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

On the other hand, they are required to undertake a public policy mission that does not generate such a return, leading to Congress also awarding them subsidies to ideally even it all out. On the one hand, they are designed to be for-profit companies owned and capitalized by private market shareholders seeking a normal market return.

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CRA Podcast Episodes

CRA Today

Class equity enables students to open their own “bank account,” through which they practice earning classroom dollars, saving, and spending in a safe environment. The CFE Fund’s national Bank On platform supports local coalition and financial institution efforts to connect consumers to safe, affordable bank accounts: [link].