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Revisiting Pittsburgh and Allegheny County as an opportunity for city-county consolidation: The "RiversCity" proposal

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Partly what got me thinking about city-county consolidation--places like Indianapolis (1970), Knoxville, Macon-Bibb County, Georgia (2012), and what SF and Philadelphia did in the 1800s--was seeing mention of a Brookings Institution report about Pennsylvania c.

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The 50 Best City Manager Blogs, Sites, and More

Masters in Public Administration

A city manager is often charged with managing the city’s budget, various offices, and a ton of other responsibilities. City Budget Office : Because budgets are something a city manager comes into contact with a great deal, stop here. It is the site for the Budget Office of Seattle, Washington.

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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ). It attributed the issue to management failure and said the vacancies have accelerated the agency’s steadily deteriorating financial condition. The City Council is worked up about it (" D.C. Housing Authority better ," Post ).

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Top 50 City Government Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

Read them to learn how a city budget works, how townhall meetings are conducted, and even to see the inner workings of a police department. Lynch writes on everything from the budget to public service. There are also interactive resources on the budget for the viewing. One of the latest posts was on the proposed budget.

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10 Interesting Facts About the History of Public Administration

Masters in Public Administration

Public administration has a rich history that dates back to the Greeks. Public administration is putting laws in action to better serve a civilization and the public. Here’s a look at 10 interesting facts about the history of public administration. At this time the U.S.

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Technical Leadership Needs Advance The Politics-Administration Dichotomy

Public Policy Blog

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.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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. I and many activists were against public funding, but it happened anyway. Even neighborhood associations.