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City of Toledo Mayor Hopes Move to PBB Will Restore Faith in City Government

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

Toledo City Council unanimously voted last month to spend up to $50,000 from the city’s general fund to hire the Center for Priority Based Budgeting, of Englewood, Colo. Councilman Sandy Spang, who pushed for changing the city’s budgeting process in her unsuccessful mayoral campaign last year, said she has high hopes for the program. “If

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10 Interesting Facts About the History of Public Administration

Masters in Public Administration

It is also at this time that politician’s begin a very loose version of campaigning to expose ideas and platforms in order to gain a place in office. 1776 Adam Smith pens his book, Wealth of Nations which discusses public administration and specialization. We all know Alexander the Great wasn’t a guy who messed around.

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Technical Leadership Needs Advance The Politics-Administration Dichotomy

Public Policy Blog

It’s through the strategy and policy produced by elected officials, that administrative professionals translate, create context for, and craft these campaign promises into actual deliverable results to the publics and constituencies. Image: Wikipedia. All hope is not lost, however, since there are “hundreds who are wise.”

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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

Not surprisingly, there is growing scholarly interest in the mediation of activism and political campaigning. Social media offer opportunities to citizens the world over to come together and share information and ideas, potentially providing “long-term tools that can strengthen civil society and the public sphere” (Shirky, 2011).

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The GSEs and the Incoming Trump Administration: Part 1 of 2 – Answering Ten Key Questions About Conservatorship Exit

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In addition to those needed to fulfill campaign promises, various interest groups are advocating to add to that list, including calls to prioritize having Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two large government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) [1] , exit their 16-year-long conservatorships. 22] The largest IPO in history was $25.6 billion (VISA). [23]