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Shutdowns and continuing resolutions aren’t the answer of effective government

Partnership for Public Service

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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Emphasizing ‘people over position’: 2023 Exemplary Public Servant James Earp

American City & Country

Despite being voted “most likely to be president” in high school, James Earp’s path to public service wasn’t a direct one. A path to public service It was while working in the banking industry straight out of college that Earp first learned about the job of a city manager.

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Welcome to the team, Maurice Classen!

zencity

His principal management responsibility included oversight of the City’s employees and a multi-billion dollar budget. Maurice’s career in public service includes serving as director of strategy at the Chicago Police Department and directing criminal justice and policing efforts at the MacArthur Foundation.

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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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Toronto Star "Can't We Do Better" series: Rampant Municipal Management Failure #3

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

" on the various way that the city government's execution of basic services is failing. Maybe he wouldn't if Toronto had ranked choice voting. The incumbent of the last 8 years, John Tory, is likely to win.

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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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Local Government Support for Privately Owned Affordable Housing

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

As Frayda Bluestein explains in a blog post , Article 1, Section 32 of the state constitution prohibits governments from granting exclusive emoluments (benefits or gifts) “but in consideration of public services.” Further, local governments may expend funds “for public purposes only.” 153A-149 when using state and local funds.