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That’s so major! The Partnership’s work supporting leaders of major federal investments programs

Partnership for Public Service

When Congress passes and the President signs major legislation, federal agencies must translate it into practical action to ensure its goals are realized. Our work to date The Partnership for Public Service has developed resources – detailed below – to help leaders implement these laws for maximum impact.

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How to Boost Public Participation in Community Hubs and Neighborhood Portals

Social Pinpoint

The model will ensure a continuous cycle of community engagement, where local knowledge and priorities are translated into action, investment, and advocacy. Currently, the City offers 10 neighborhood portals, allowing community members to choose based on where they live, work, study, or play in Melbourne’s neighborhoods.

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Leaving Academia With Dr. Julie Ann Ward, Dr. Stephanie Weaver, and Dr. Krista Kurlinkus

Grant Writing Made Easy

And I still get to do some of the things I enjoyed as an academic, such as reading and translating Latin American literature. My dissertation was on the rhetorics of advocacy in Appalachia, and I knew from my field research that nonprofits in the region could use help with their communications and grant writing.

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The White House’s Focus on Closing Costs: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Rather, the root cause has been the long-running blocking of reforms to reinstate price competition in housing and mortgage markets, which contrasts with other industries where such reforms have instead been successfully implemented in past decades. This translates into considerable clout in Congress and state legislatures. Appraisals.

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How JDRF uses AWS to power Type 1 diabetes research

AWS Public Sector Blog

JDRF is the leading global T1D research and advocacy organization with a vision of eliminating T1D permanently. As a winner of the AWS IMAGINE Grant in 2020, JDRF received unrestricted funding, AWS Promotional Credit, and guidance from AWS technical specialists to begin implementing this project.

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Government Mortgage Interest Rates: A Serious Discussion about the Intertwined Topics of Risk Adjustment and Cross-subsidies

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The core claim made by critics is that the changes, implemented on May 1, are a mechanism for a new and major economic cross-subsidy from less risky borrowers to more risky ones. This has unexpectedly led to heated public commentary, including two highly critical Wall Street Journal editorials. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Instead, despite the adoption of the new and much higher official regulatory capital requirement in 2020, the agency just delayed the implementation of the higher capital level for two years. And will any change be implemented quickly or perhaps incrementally over several years? Of the current 0.46 percent versus 0.30