Librarian.net

JULY 15, 2023

not vendors, corporate members, free attendees) All votes passed. Blockson – Reports from the Budget Committee, the Committee on Accreditation, the Committee on Committees and the International Relations Committee, Committee on Legislation, and the Freedom to Read Foundation – Resolution objecting to the IFLA location in Dubai.

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Masters in Public Administration

AUGUST 30, 2011

They all have city governments that can range from a department of thousands to a temporary meeting place with a part time staff. Although the average citizen may just think of government as an entity that solely exists to tax and spend, there is more going on than that. There are also other city government resources.

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zencity

MAY 3, 2023

We’ve welcomed numerous new partner communities across the world, rolled out cutting-edge new features, including the first-ever use case of ChatGPT in local government , and re-launched as the best full-service community engagement platform available for government today. Welcome to the team, Maurice! appeared first on Zencity.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Despite being voted “most likely to be president” in high school, James Earp’s path to public service wasn’t a direct one. When the turbulent post-9/11 finance industry forced him out of his banking job in the early aughts, Earp saw it as a sign to pursue that early dream of working in government.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Future Is Bright Pandemic-era funding helped set up the system, Sanders explained, but the program also got a vote of confidence in Ohio’s most recent biennium budget, when state legislators approved funds to continue providing devices. This article appeared in our guide, “ State and Local: Making an Impact.”

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Librarian.net

JANUARY 27, 2022

This forum was all about discussing the motions and the Transforming ALA Governance Task Force (TAG) which is part of the ongoing Forward Together plan from ALA that has been part of a member-oriented initiative from approximately five years ago. We discussed some of the changes that were happening, to get voted on during Council III.

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Social Pinpoint

JANUARY 24, 2024

The Solidification of Hybrid Engagement Staged Engagement Community Development and Going Beyond the Project Participatory Budgeting The Initial Adoption of AI in Community Engagement 1. Now a popular tool, Fund It is certainly seeing more use in local government budgeting processes.

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A Library Writer's Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

While many volumes have been published about academic library outreach programs, these often showcase libraries with extensive staff, budgets, and materials available to them. Readers will take away practical examples of collaboration across their campus and community that are suitable for their institution size.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 20, 2022

-- " Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence " -- " Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority) " The Toronto Star is running a series of articles in advance of the Mayor and City Council election this, Monday October 24th, called " Can't We Do Better? "

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ? One thing is certain: government alone does not have the resources to construct and operate the needed housing units. This blog post outlines the framework through which local governments can lawfully support privately owned affordable workforce housing.

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

A city manager is often charged with managing the city’s budget, various offices, and a ton of other responsibilities. One of the most current entries was on brining transparency to government. City Budget Office : Because budgets are something a city manager comes into contact with a great deal, stop here.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Basically our local government finance systems were set up when the country was growing. The economic circumstances they face are issues common to that of municipal finance for communities and metro areas across the country, which I wrote about in " The real lesson from Flint Michigan is about municipal finance " (2016).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

In 2022, the city reduced the street mph to 20mph for most neighborhood streets, which in a car oriented city, is at times controversial (" Salt Lake City Council lowers speed limit to 20 mph on 70% of city streets in unanimous vote ," " Salt Lake City swaps first 20 mph speed limit sign in initiative for safer streets ," Salt Lake Tribune ).

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

For example, the securities brokerage industry in 1975 was barred from setting prices as a cartel, as it long had; airline fares were deregulated by the government in 1978; and bank deposit interest rates underwent complete deregulation in phases from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. 15 Credit reports.

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Masters in Public Administration

JUNE 13, 2011

This isn’t your typical public administration, but it does illustrate how important proper delegation helps the government (or ruling party) conquer quickly. In modern voting, this process is often called the political machine and is now done in a less blatant way. 1883 The Pendleton Act is created and slows down the spoils system.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This is an issue in the UK, because 10+ years of austerity have crush public agencies and local governments--some have lost as much as 2/3 of their budget, at the cost of public libraries, health care, maintenance of streets, sidewalks, parks, etc. Transit fare evasion in DC (and elsewhere).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

Since 2003 the city has been growing--even with the recent hiccup of the recession + a slowing and braking on urban growth because of some shrinkage of the activity of federal government, especially in terms of leased office space and personnel.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Generally, they have the power to weigh in on matters before government bodies. 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.

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Social Pinpoint

JANUARY 8, 2023

It can be seen in various levels of government, where citizens have multiple access points to influence policymakers and politicians, who then implement decisions. 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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Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

Ask just about anyone to name a few people they consider leaders and most likely you net an elected government official on that list. He sought to investigate organization and the methods governments use to successfully accomplish its tasks with the most efficiency at the least possible cost.

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Poverty & Policy

MAY 12, 2017

Government agencies surely prefer this too. 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.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Social media would be “coordinating tools for nearly all of the world’s political movements, just as most of the world’s authoritarian governments (and, alarmingly, an increasing number of democratic ones) are trying to limit access to it” (Shirky 2011, p.29). In response to this criticism Clay Shirky (2011, p.

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JULY 22, 2021

What is government for, what is it supposed to be and how is it supposed to act? Brian Kilmeade answered that not getting the vaccine is a personal choice and that the government has no role in protecting the population. It is, of course, literally the job of the government to protect us. That’s not their job.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2025

One of the strands from which the planning profession in the US was birthed was out of women-initiated "good government" and "good places" initiatives in a time when women still didn't have the right to vote. Gender budgeting. Governments routinely bat away sensible policies that lack a champion when the money is handed out.

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Poverty & Policy

JUNE 12, 2017

No state has done this, DC Fiscal Policy Institute’s Executive Director notes in an emailed budget wrap-up. The Council’s unanimous vote for a policy more protective than what the Mayor originally proposed is maybe the biggest high point of this budget season. SNAP Benefits Limits. It would also test its own strategies.

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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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 16, 2025

Marshals Service; and Bureau of Prisons, with an annual budget over $37 billion. Our country is too divided to be able to make necessary changes to government structure, like the small state bias of the Senate and the existence of the Electoral College versus the popular vote for deciding the winner of the Presidential election.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The budget deficit is primarily a function of tax cuts. The recent vote by the House of Representatives extends Trump tax cuts which will lead to massive budget cuts in areas where people really need the services currently provided (" House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts ," New York Times ).

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Poverty & Policy

JUNE 8, 2017

I recently said I was torn between delving into Trump’s proposed budget and picking at less-reported angles because the package was DOA in the Senate. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities says no such thing. Government 101 than perhaps any of you need. We’re still a long way from a budget for next year.

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Partnership for Public Service

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The numbers fluctuate from year to year and administration to administration, but the likely reason why a divided government doesn’t slow the process is because Senate rules, regardless of who’s in the majority, give individual members ways to stall confirmation of a president’s nominees. The average length of confirmations over time.

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