AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

In 1914, they fielded a women’s varsity basketball team, six years before women had the right to vote. “We Richard Turnquist, assistant athletic director of data and analytics, was interested in how the department could use analytics to drive the department’s budget and financial goals. “We

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Social Pinpoint

JANUARY 8, 2023

Town hall meetings are a great way for local and national politicians to meet with constituents to hear their opinions on topics they are interested in or to discuss upcoming legislation. One example is online participatory budgets , which enable citizens to vote for how they would like public spending to be allocated toward an initiative.

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Poverty & Policy

MAY 12, 2017

I’m inclined to think that some House Republicans who voted for the bill knew this, though, as we know for sure, House Speaker Ryan chose to rush it through, rather than wait for an official score from the Congressional Budget Office. The left-leaning Center for American Progress estimates at least $31 billion.

Housing 40

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Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

Professional government employees are vital partners for these officials and do [or should do] the day-to-day operations of the government, procure products and services, supervise, develop budgets for programs and execute tactics outlined in strategy put forth in part by our elected officials. Image: Wikipedia.

Leadership 52

Leadership Elected Officials Public Administration Supervision 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

to fix bad practices, make them democratic instead of just eliminating them ," (2012) (also discusses participatory budgeting) Note that the network concept applies to parks and libraries friends groups, and school PTAs as well. Even neighborhood associations. I and many activists were against public funding, but it happened anyway.

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JULY 22, 2021

trillion American Rescue Plan without any Republican votes. Even before that, at least 26 Republicans were touting the benefits of the measure to their constituents while neglecting to mention they voted against it. And the budget needs to be hammered out by September 30. This larger, $3.5

Government 52

Government Voting Budgeting Housing 52

Poverty & Policy

MAY 26, 2017

Well, we finally have the full version of Trump’s proposed budget for upcoming fiscal year. These tacks are basically the same as when the administration released its skinny budget preview, except that we now have a shift prompted by a range of cuts to safety net programs that don’t depend on annual appropriations.

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Budgeting Housing Social Media Education 40