AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Nonprofits can use CiviCRM to store contact data, send personalized messages, plan events, manage membership programs, organize advocacy campaigns, and more. Options for high availability High availability refers to the ability of a system to operate continuously without failure. View of CiviMember with sample data.

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A Library Writer's Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

We're looking for presentations on hot topics and innovative content in the following areas: Access & Equity Assessment Buildings & Operations Leadership & Management Metadata & Collections Preservation Technology Presentations should be thought-provoking and highly relevant to practitioners.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

The private persona of a GSE is that it is owned and capitalized by the private sector and operated as a for-profit company. To that end, they turned to lobbying and advocacy to fend off any possible profit-reducing limitations that Congress might impose on them. 24 Excessive executive compensation.

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Partnership for Public Service

JUNE 27, 2024

Transitioning to a non-profit environment introduced me to a series of unique challenges, particularly in adapting to different operational tempos and decision-making processes. Technological Proficiency: Hands-on experience with new technologies and digital tools that can be integrated into the operations of their home department.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 12, 2024

Other groups operate in this space too. . -- National Garden Trust does the same thing on a much smaller scale. They've found that the Philadelphia Land Bank , a government agency, hasn't been effective with support for these kinds of garden-creating initiatives.

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Social Pinpoint

AUGUST 31, 2023

This prioritization will guarantee the specific needs and concerns of the demographic group residing in the community will receive effective representation and advocacy. Deliberative engagement also operates in more private settings, such as community panels and citizens’ juries.

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Bang the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Run a community advocacy program . For those of you preparing for local elections, now is the time to kick off your community advocacy program to ensure you access the necessary funds and meet the growing needs of your community. . One massive benefit of large scale operational and institutional change is the chance to innovate.

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Foundations Are Not All Alike Another exception to the rule that foundations give out grant funding is the case of a not-for-profit institution, such as a hospital, that has an affiliated foundation that operates as the institution’s fundraising branch and applies for grants and solicits individual gifts on its behalf.

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A Library Writer's Blog

APRIL 27, 2022

About Core Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, and Futures is the division of the American Library Association whose mission is to cultivate and amplify the collective expertise of library workers in core functions through community building, advocacy, and learning.

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Let's Talk Parks

AUGUST 22, 2021

Note: On the word “Intranet” – which by the way is defined by Wikipedia as: “An intranet is a computer network for sharing information, collaboration tools, operational systems, and other computing services within an organization, usually to the exclusion of access by outsiders.”. Intranet: What’s the difference?

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A Library Writer's Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

How are academic librarians embracing sustainable development in their programming, teaching, operations, and in collections? Section B: The SDGs and Partnerships Chapter topics may include: Curriculum support for the SDGs Accreditation & SDGs Examples: AACSB, ABET, NASPAA, etc.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

Landlords are developing increasingly sophisticated mechanisms to deny voucher holders,” said Manon Vergerio, Head of Data and Advocacy at Unlock NYC , a nonprofit that works directly with voucher recipients to help them find housing. “They're not saying that they don't take Section 8 and CITYFHEPS.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Mostly, a master plan only covers what the government controls or operates, and usually ignores for profit services, and often, franchised services. But it's a demonstration of a quirk in planning generally and transportation planning specifically. The point of planning is to be proactive, not reactive.

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 17, 2023

Although Medicare is operated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services at the Department of Health and Human Services, customers who enroll in Medicare do so through SSA. This link between the two agencies is frequently misunderstood.  This link between the two agencies is frequently misunderstood. 

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Public Policy Blog

JULY 23, 2013

Two basic elements are changing and shaping the environment in which nonprofit organizations operate: changes around social media and the proliferation of partnerships. Perhaps most importantly, boards should ask about the role of the brand in enhancing operational capacity and driving social impact.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Council has lost confidence in the Montgomery County Planning Board and accepted these resignations to reset operations,” said Montgomery council president Gabe Albornoz (D-At Large). “We It follows a trail of scandals and leaks that has dogged one of Montgomery’s most influential institutions since mid-September.

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Death and Taxes

JANUARY 28, 2021

Joe served COST as chief operating officer & senior director, policy. In addition to his operational responsibilities, Joe managed COST’s advocacy program and regularly testified before state legislatures and other state and national policy-making bodies.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

It's not in operation because of covid but there is a miniature railroad park, S&S Shoreline Railroad, abutting the trail in Farmington. In the section I rode, from Layton to Parrish Lane in Centerville, there were no trailheads. No signage for park connections abutting the trail. They did have a sign. But none of the local parks did.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

MAY 6, 2024

No matter how large a disaster is, it is a local affair because that is where the theatre of operations invariably lies. COBRA, the national 'nerve centre' for directing major emergency actions in the UK, is a relatively small entity that does not match up to the specifications of a well-endowed national emergency operations centre.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

Pedestrian advocacy organizations like Feet First in Seattle have provided a great deal of support to Walk to School efforts. Interestingly, the Tacoma Washington SRTS program adds "Engagement" to the traditional 5/6 E's framework for bike and pedestrian planning. Nationally, the Safe Routes to School Partnership is the primary resource.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Although the NYC Parks Department operates a massive number of restrooms in all five boroughs. And it's often done by business improvement districts and/or parks conservancies.

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

They head up the advocacy, fund raising, and other civic duties associated with the role. City managers are public administrators who try to make city governments operate with the efficiency of successful businesses. Visit here for the profile page of a firm who specializes in that. Executive Director. Director of Development.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

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. It was an unusual move, but my advisor expressed confidence in me and was happy for us (we were both her students and she had seen us fall in love).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 29, 2024

Earlier this year I acquired an amazing set of materials, developed in the 1950s, although this set was from 1960, promoting advocacy and conservation, produced by the US Forest Service. It doesn't get into the stories of how and why of what trees are where and how they contribute to place and the stories of how they became to be planted.

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Housing Urban Planning Advocacy Education 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

And the reality is that the day to day operations requirements and the increased demand from the public for both more parks and more activities and facilities makes dealing with long term issues, like climate change, difficult. national parks are trying to go carbon-free. OTOH, it's a micro versus macro scale issue.

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Parks And Recreation Sustainability Housing Management 52

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Alzheimer’s, veterans, or energy) you may want to look for funding opportunities sponsored by foundations and advocacy organizations associated with these issues. Overhead covers general operating expenses like rent, utilities, and administrative expenses. Understand the implications of overhead rates.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2023

6 ) Nevertheless, all newly built MH units, even those with the very low cost, meet the building standards established by HUD, including energy efficiency (which leads to lower monthly operating costs). Nevertheless, the advocacy I have found with respect to MH demonstrates some confusion regarding this fundamental.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

percent average G-fee in 2021, about one-third represents items such as operating expenses and loan losses, i.e., things other than the return on capital, and the other two-thirds the needed capital return – or a split (with some rounding) of about 0.15 Of the current 0.46 percent versus 0.30 31 Increasing the 0.30 percentage points.

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Barrett & Greene

JULY 11, 2023

States can short their pension obligations, issue debt to cover operating expenses, create off-the-books entities to issue debt, pass the buck to local governments, and game the revenue estimate - just to name a few gimmicks. Yet, by and large, year after year, most states pass fiscally constrained budgets.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 18, 2024

Seattle's Feet First advocacy group is a great resource for such programs. Separately, the State of Washington Safe Routes to School program recommends that all cities create traffic safety committees to address such issues as they relate to schools, and SRTS improvements simultaneously benefit neighborhoods.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Cities and counties have more control over their own operations and assets; therefore, they should take quick action and lead by example. Re-training folks who already have skills—like welders and electricians, for example—to operate clean energy jobs will be essential as we continue to move towards a low-carbon future.”

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

1 My view is that the current way they operate – which varies considerably between the four agencies – would be significantly improved if they all applied three key principles: Do risk-adjusting on a practical and easily implementable basis, very much enabled by today’s information processing capabilities.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

He specifically distinguishes social movements from political parties and advocacy groups. 137) that operates better than another, and that the type of organization can have varied yet powerful effects on the success of the movement as illustrated above. It is these structures that institutionalize collective action for the movement.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 7, 2025

This is despite its drawbacks: it is less permanent than a legislative solution and must operate within the constraints of existing legislation. The business model will be defined by how various aspects of the GSEs’ operations are structured. Or would there be any such support at all?

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