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Why Every Federal Employee Should Consider an IPA Detail

Partnership for Public Service

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. Deep Dive into Strategic Projects At the Partnership for Public Service , I took on projects that pushed my boundaries.

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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 private persona of a GSE is that it is owned and capitalized by the private sector and operated as a for-profit company. The public persona of a GSE, meanwhile, is that it carries out a congressionally defined public purpose mission 6 and is given subsidies and privileges to do so. More political than commercial.

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NonProfits & Branding – The Paradigm Shift

Public Policy Blog

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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25 Exciting Career Paths in Public Administration

Masters in Public Administration

This public administration career is the sort of CEO of a non-profit group. 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. Executive Director.

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Finding Funding for Research

Peak Proposals

Alzheimer’s, veterans, or energy) you may want to look for funding opportunities sponsored by foundations and advocacy organizations associated with these issues. Issue-specific organizations sometimes fund secondary data analysis of their dataset or public data. Knowing your institution’s policies around overhead rates is essential.

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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)

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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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

He specifically distinguishes social movements from political parties and advocacy groups. While those grievances shared a common theme: discontent with the power of corporations and alarm that the economic future of a broad swath of the population appears in jeopardy this only proves that OWS tapped into widespread public discontent.