Center for Community Progress

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Land banks are public entities with the unique authority under state law to acquire, manage, and transform problem properties, prioritizing community goals over profit. If you’re struggling with vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties in your community, check out our   free online resources ,   webinars , and   publications.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2023

Public officials and employees for electoral candidates, political committees, and political action committees (PACs) must publicly disclose their campaign finances in accordance with different state campaign finance disclosure laws. Together, they built a proof-of-concept to act as an incremental prototype.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

“At AWS, we’re inspired every day by our public sector customers who are leveraging data to deliver enhanced citizen services and make more informed decisions,” said Kim Majerus, vice president of global education and US state and local government at AWS. In Virginia, data integration helped battle opioid addiction.

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Barrett & Greene

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Thanksgiving is just a few days away and we thought this was an appropriate time to dig into some of the state and local government news we’ve covered over the last year, which we think give people reason to have hope for the future. We hope they’ll give a reason for cheer. And Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

US state and local government and education customers can get in-person no-cost training, hands-on help, and more at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) State and Local Learning Days. AWS will offer one-on-one support and more at two AWS State and Local Learning Days events. Connect and network in the co-working space.

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Center for Community Progress

JANUARY 15, 2025

Housing and building code enforcement is one of local governments most important tools to stabilize and strengthen neighborhoods. It also forms the foundation of other strategies to address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) properties, including land banking.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The average (mean) cost for state and local government organizations to recover from a ransomware attack was $2.83 This is a sample of the data in the “State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2024 report.” Through PSTA, member organizations can learn about specific cyber-threats targeting local governments.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

State and local tax agencies process millions of tax filings and collect billions of tax dollars annually to support essential public services in health, safety, and education, as well as critical infrastructure such as roads and utilities. Pick a problem you want to solve, build a hypothesis, and then test it using historical data.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The “why” and “when” wealth left our communities may be different from the major cities, but the outcome was very similar: the real estate market failed, and we were left with a glut of vacant, abandoned, and dilapidated properties that became the burden of local governments to address. The bill ran in 2014 and passed that same year.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

DDC works with technology companies to make their services available directly to eligible committees at low-to-no cost, as well as education and information sharing for campaign professionals.

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GovLoop

JUNE 21, 2023

Cybersecurity for state and local governments is just as important as efforts at the federal level, and frequently, they lack the resources, technical know-how, and situational awareness to secure their systems, or respond in the event of an attack,” said former Sen.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 29, 2024

We’ve delivered customized, expert guidance to leaders in over 300 communities and provided hundreds of hours of free educational resources as well as leadership programming to help policymakers, practitioners, and community members across the country return properties to productive use. The sessions at RVP reflect that!

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 15, 2023

State laws gives land banks their unique powers. Community priorities and state laws determine what land banks can do with properties. A land bank’s primary purpose is to acquire properties that some call “ blighted ” and temporarily hold and take care of them until they can be transferred to new, responsible owners.

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Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

That’s true in large part because adapting infrastructure to climate change is fundamentally a local government issue. As we wrote , “the potential impact is site-specific, local governments are primary responders to their communities' needs, and local governments have authority over land use.” That’s just one example.

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Public Policy Blog

AUGUST 1, 2013

Scott Bomboy of the Constitution Center mentions that “the concept of nullification–that states can overrule federal laws–predated the Civil War by decades, and the ultimate issue of nullification (secession) was settled in the 1860s. Hortonville Education Association, 426 U.S. 1257 courtesy of Cornell Law Institute).

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 17, 2023

a geographic approach (joint city/county efforts, or government-based regional partnerships). Between Local Food Systems and State Governance: A Regional Perspective. The Project’s new resource encompasses 431 coded laws at the local level relating to access to healthy food in a searchable database with accompanying analysis.

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zencity

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

While not all states have mandatory recycling laws, whether for disposables or organic waste, most cities and counties have some sort of voluntary or required household recycling program, separate from requirements for commercial recycling. Innovative local governments with next-level recycling & composting.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 3, 2024

The City successfully advocated for a change to state law that would open up their ability to use in rem code lien foreclosure, a tool developed by Community Progress in 2019 for the city of Mobile. Our work in Birmingham uplifted the need for a better tool to move deteriorated properties stuck in the code enforcement cycle to new ownership.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

State and local governments need a robust and holistic approach in order to effectively protect their digital assets and critical data. What is defense in depth for state and local government? The biggest challenge in the state and local community is resourcing. Let’s start with a definition.

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Center for Community Progress

MARCH 28, 2024

But doing something about vacant properties is so hard because of the complicated web of local, state, and federal laws that govern who owns a property and what a local government can do when that owner neglects two basic responsibilities: taking care of their property and paying property taxes.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The problem with equilibrium or shrinkage is that personnel is the biggest cost for cities, and wages go up not down, not to mention the issue with retirees and pensions--typically local governments may stint on wages but in return offer great pensions often with health care, but these are underfunded creating significant financial overhang.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 10, 2024

North Carolina property tax law, nicknamed the Machinery Act, contains many dozens of full or partial exemptions for property as diverse as free drug samples, uranium 233, and Loyal Order of the Moose clubhouses. 2(3) ) for government, educational, scientific, literary, cultural, charitable, and religious property.

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Government Technology Insider

DECEMBER 29, 2021

An analysis from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) found that more than 300,000 women left the labor force last September – even though 194,000 jobs were added to the economy during the same month. The report finds that women are increasingly interested in obtaining in-demand digital skills.

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Center for Community Progress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Effective legislation is a vital piece of equipping state and local governments to effectively address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties (VAD). Alabama (SB 9) In Birmingham, Alabama, community and local leaders are celebrating the adoption of SB 9.

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

What to do after graduation can be as daunting a task as getting an education. They can help you make the most of your education and your work days with choices on everything from an after school job to what can happen when public administration goes right. Education Administrators. Administrative Services Managers.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 19, 2022

The plan focused on action steps and funding approaches that could be taken by local government entities and partners. Rental inspections became law in Bethlehem, and the Borough of Bangor partnered with Northampton County to redevelop a set of properties from the tax repository into affordable housing.

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Masters in Public Administration

JULY 18, 2011

Anyone working in or getting an education in public administration can have loads of research to do and little time. And if looking for a search engine or database just for public administrators beyond the basics like Google and local government office, there are even more difficulties. territories. Google Scholar.

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Death and Taxes

APRIL 16, 2025

Is the purpose of your public engagement tool to collect preferences or actively educate participants about legal and fiscal constraints? However, for those in the ending surplus treatment group, a prompt reminded participants that North Carolina law requires a balanced budget, encouraging them to revise large surpluses.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Simon Chassar, CRO at Claroty, discusses why cyber-physical systems security is so integral to government in the modern era Digital transformation allows state and local government agencies to better and more efficiently serve the public. What is the impact of an attack on public services?

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 26, 2024

When a property owner dies without a will or estate plan, state laws governing inheritance determine how the property is divided among the remaining family members, or heirs. In response to this growing issue, LISC partnered with local community development corporations to canvass door-to-door and host educational community workshops.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 22, 2024

To address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) properties, local governments must first identify what types of VAD properties exist in the community. When a property owner dies without a will or estate plan, state laws governing inheritance determine how the property is passed to family members legally entitled to it.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In January 2022, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) unveiled the National Roadway Safety Strategy , and Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that includes a new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 12, 2023

State law requires each board of county commissioners to levy and collect taxes as necessary to meet the county’s allocated share of the cost of mandated social services programs. Counties may also levy property taxes for any purpose for which the county is authorized by law to appropriate money, subject to voter approval.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

At the same time, many police departments are stretched thin, reducing the enforcement of traffic laws that can deter reckless driving behavior. Government agencies can leverage real-world data from their communities to improve public acceptance for automated enforcement or other mitigating actions.

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Death and Taxes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A certification or designation is required by law for some positions. Becoming and being a certified assessor or appraiser includes requirements for initial certification (certifying education) and also follow-up requirements for continuing education. Two are required in the assessor’s office.

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Government Technology Insider

MAY 12, 2022

Last year, on March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law. By investing in cloud infrastructure technology, state and local government agencies can streamline their administration and finance. What They’re Saying: Experts, Government Officials on Mississippi’s Federal Stimulus Billions.

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Death and Taxes

MARCH 30, 2021

Support from this event has a tremendous impact on the School of Government’s ability to continue providing advising, education, and support to North Carolina public officials. My work involves helping people understand local government law issues, and every day, people thank me for the help. Give today.

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