NLC (National League of Cities)

MARCH 6, 2024

The American Rescue Plan Act’s (ARPA’s) $65 billion in direct federal grants to all of America’s 19,000-plus cities, towns, and villages provided both necessary budget relief and made local governments a principal part of the nation’s solution to reversing pandemic-related declines in housing stability.

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The Whistle Post

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

It’s the elephant in the room, and it’s why there is now an unmistakable link between affordable housing and Connecticut’s ability to build a competitive labor force. Access to housing is a basic staple to living; it’s about families, vibrant neighborhoods and thriving businesses. I commend Gov.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Federal government shutdowns occur when budget and appropriations disagreements between House, Senate, and White House leaders reach an impasse […] Source Over the weekend, Congress unexpectedly changed course and approved a Continuing Resolution that will temporarily keep the government open for 45 more days.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 23, 2023

Office to residential conversions are a once-in-a-generation opportunity to provide affordable housing in New York City. In their “ Making New York Work for Everyone ” plan, released in January, Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul expressed eagerness to build more housing in New York City’s business districts after COVID.

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Government Technology Insider

AUGUST 31, 2022

At the state and local levels, budgets prove thinner. According to SolarWinds recent annual Public Sector Cybersecurity Survey , 50% of security IT professionals across state agencies and 25% of local governments selected “low budgets” as the leading challenge plaguing their team’s success. Automate wherever possible.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Public Sector Security Government 52

GovCast

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Last month, the Office of Management and Budget released a guidance on digital customer experience. The White House's corresponding fact sheet lays out successes, challenges and the future of digital government as it evolves.

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2024

Such discussions, in fact, are now mandatory: Last October, the White House issued an executive order on the federal government’s role in the development and use of AI. A few months later, the Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum directing agencies in the areas of AI governance, innovation and risk management.

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Budgeting Housing Management Development 102

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

DC received a scathing report from HUD about the failures in managing the city's public housing stock of 8,000 units, 25%--2,000-are vacant because most are uninhabitable (" D.C. Housing Authority’s leadership is failing, HUD report says ," Washington Post ). Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ).

Housing 52

Housing Government Elected Officials Leadership 52

NLC (National League of Cities)

MARCH 1, 2024

The House and Senate passed another short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) on Thursday (February 29) to give Congress more time to finalize and approve the 12 federal appropriations bills for the FY 2024 budget. None of the 12 annual spending bills have been sent to the President for enactment despite being five months behind schedule.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

APRIL 25, 2016

"Priority based budgeting will better allow the city to support its long-term strategic goals based on community values." The public had their chance to ask questions on April 5th at the public budget meeting at the Uniplex. Unlike the budget draft that had a $3.6 It needs to be put in council hands."

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2024

NASA has more programs today than at any time in the agency’s history, but budgets haven’t kept up. A subset of digital engineering, MBSE houses the data associated with complex systems within integrated digital models.

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FedTech Magazine

JUNE 5, 2024

Federal agencies have reported an average of about 30,000 cyber incidents annually for the past five years, according to data from the White House Office of Management and Budget.

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GCN

MARCH 10, 2023

The administration, among other things, wants to dramatically increase funding for housing and restore the child tax credit.

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GCN

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

New guidance from the Office of Management and Budget outlined the initial steps for migrating high-risk systems to quantum-resistant algorithms.

Housing 52

Housing Budgeting Management 52

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

By most accounts, the need for affordable housing across North Carolina is massive. According to 2019 census data, over a million North Carolina households are “cost burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing. What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ?

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Local Government Housing Government Laws 40

Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This funding typically makes up only approximately one-third of the federal budget, with a majority of spending going toward Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and mandatory programs that fall outside the purview of annual appropriations. The full House and Senate still need to consider and vote on these bills.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The White House wants agencies to ensure they’re providing easy-to-use, trustworthy, accessible information to improve how they communicate with citizens, which is why it issued digital experience guidance in September.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2024

As lawmakers in Albany debate how to fix New York’s housing affordability crisis, a new research brief by the NYU Furman Center examines the possible effects of how a good cause eviction requirement might affect tenants, landlords, and the housing market.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 17, 2024

To help close the digital divide, the city created Big Apple Connect — a subsidy program that provides free broadband and basic cable access to people living in NYC public housing. So far, coverage is available in 220 public housing developments. This article appeared in our guide, “ State and Local: Making an Impact.”

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 18, 2023

The Tracker provides ARP budgeted data through last December (2022) for all local governments except Tier 5 (the smallest cities and counties). The data reflect adopted budgets only, not proposals or expenses. Nationally, only about 11% of adopted budget ARP dollars have gone to infrastructure projects. Public Space 12.5

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Local Government Budgeting Public Transportation Transportation 76

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

JULY 6, 2016

We get insights from Robert Gordon who held top leadership roles at the White House Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. How can the Federal government encourage more evidence-based policy and innovation through the grant making process?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 26, 2023

More than Seattle and county budgets have ever allocated. billion in annual operating costs and tens of thousands more units of housing. The document comes more than two years into the authority’s existence, and is its first foundational guide to direct policy and budget. And more than double what Gov.

Budgeting 52

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 2, 2024

Look up all this data (and more) in the NC Budget & Tax Center’s 2024 Economic County Snapshots tool: [link] ncbudget.org/2024-economic- county-snapshots-for-north-carolina/ The exceptional growth in business applications has been evident across all 100 counties in North Carolina. [link] bit.ly/49Doy9P

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 10, 2024

One day a picnic table appeared outside Pembroke House, a community space in Walworth, south London. Mike Wilson, Pembroke House’s manager, tells me that shortly after the table arrived, things began to happen: “Dog walkers who had passed each other every day without speaking started to sit down at the table for a chat.

Urban Planning 52

Urban Planning Housing Budgeting Security 52

State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As supplemental federal COVID-19 funding runs out and inflation makes it increasingly more expensive for state and local governments to borrow money, department budgets will remain tight. More than ever, it will be vitally important for state and local jurisdictions to take advantage of funding opportunities to bolster their cyberdefenses.

Local Government 56

Local Government Budgeting Housing Security 56

Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Back a year ago, for example, we wrote that phase one of the city’s efforts – notably priority-based budgeting (PBB) –involved three departments: police, human resources and transportation and public works. A couple of other initiatives that Cooke talked about a year ago were to begin implementing both Lean Six Sigma and Sunrise Reviews.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Transportation Strategic Planning Implementation 52

Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Back a year ago, for example, we wrote that phase one of the city’s efforts – notably priority-based budgeting (PBB) –involved three departments: police, human resources and transportation and public works. A couple of other initiatives that Cooke talked about a year ago were to begin implementing both Lean Six Sigma and Sunrise Reviews.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Transportation Strategic Planning Implementation 52

Center for Community Progress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Many of these are small contracts that support housing and community development needs in specified service areas around the state. Although my work at the time was not directly tied to land banking, most of us working in housing and community development watched the development of New York State’s new Land Bank Program with great interest.

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CarahCast

JUNE 8, 2022

During this session, Rob Thorne, Chief Information Security Officer , Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Craig Bowman, Senior Director - Federal , VMware, will discuss: The biggest strengths and weaknesses in government cybersecurity How much Zero Trust is possible in an agency with aging infrastructure and limited budget What the Chief (..)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2024

I am on the board of Sugar House Park, which is owned by both the city and county, so it has some interesting intergovernmental issues. Uncleared sidewalks from 1300 East to Sugar House Park. Levels of Service at the scale of an individual park is an issue with Sugar House Park. Technically.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Social Security cards, birth certificates, and proof of disability are crucial for accessing services and applying for housing. If this individual remained in custody, they could have lost their bed in the shelter, requiring a restart of their journey towards being permanently housed. Reach out to the AWS Public Sector team.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 26, 2023

The article mentions Councilmember Robert White question Brenda Donald, director of the DC Housing Authority, asking about her $40,000+ bonus for the year, after the agency was ripped to shreds by a HUD inspection report (" D.C. Housing Authority’s leadership is failing, HUD report says ").

Budgeting 52

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 30, 2022

WSJ: Av­er­age qual­ity of­fice build­ings have lost about 1/4 their value since be­gin­ning of pan­demic, raising concerns about municipal budgets after tax reassessment. DFI in the news: UNC DFI helps Buncombe County consider whether their downtown assets might be repurposed for affordable housing: bit.ly/3ugHBDC. on.wsj.com/3FT1szz.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 12, 2023

Non-coding developers can quickly create secure applications in-house, providing a cost-effective solution that benefits cybersecurity teams with limited budgets typically allocated to other departments. Through leveraging an automation platform, authentication measures can be automated.

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Policy Chats

JANUARY 29, 2024

He also is actively involved in his community as Chairman of the Board for the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce, Chairperson on Budget Engagement Commission for the City of Riverside, and a member of the Honorary Commanders - a civilian organization that supports the March Air Reserve Base.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Government organizations face challenges that include tight budgets and rapidly evolving citizen demands. Brighton & Hove and Croydon are councils that are mature in their use of Drupal, with in-house developers. This is one way to address the challenges of tight budgets and evolving demands on government services.

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Local Government Government Budgeting Development 70

Center for Community Progress

MAY 2, 2023

The board said I’d be buying properties that were abandoned and tax delinquent and selling them to developers to turn into affordable housing. A Mercy Housing Duplex, part of Phase VI of Savannah Gardens. Mercy Housing Apartments, part of phase VI of Savannah Gardens.

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