Policy Chats

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Associate Professor Attwell led the interdisciplinary West Australian project “Coronavax: Preparing Community and Government”, which engaged in community and government research for the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, funded by Wesfarmers and the Health Department of Western Australia.

Public Policy 59

Public Policy Elected Officials Implementation Public Health 59

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2023

She recently had a book published, Getting Elected is the Easy Part: Work and Winning in the State Legislature In this podcast we learn about her personal experiences and then also dive more deeply into her advice for people aspiring to be elected officials.

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Legislation Campaign Sustainability 52

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

JANUARY 25, 2022

Call and email your city, county and state elected officials, your school principals, school district and then contact the respective Parent Teacher Association (PTA) to tell them to take action. Besides listening to this podcast you can go to the website Seismic Safety for Kids to learn more.

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Legislation Sustainability Management 52

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 21, 2016

"What distinguishes Scott County among the 120+ implementers in the PBB community, is the organization’s commitment to being truly data-driven." Scott County was the first local government in the State to implement Priority Based Budgeting. Scott County, Minnesota has always been unique, but it’s rapidly becoming even more so.

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Budgeting Implementation Local Government 52

Barrett & Greene

MARCH 14, 2023

by Hala Altamimi Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas In the public administration literature, it is generally expected that city managers are likely to support practices that improve government performance. There’s little question that’s true for a variety of reasons.

City Manager 52

City Manager Management Elected Officials Public Administration 52

Policy Chats

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Associate Professor Attwell led the interdisciplinary West Australian project “Coronavax: Preparing Community and Government”, which engaged in community and government research for the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, funded by Wesfarmers and the Health Department of Western Australia.

Public Policy 52

Public Policy Elected Officials Implementation Public Health 52

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. Although implementing the recommendations has not been without difficulty, the city had the organizational infrastructure, data collection expectations, and working relationships in place to do so.

Implementation 52

Implementation Development Community Development Elected Officials 52

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

AUGUST 30, 2016

At the Center for Priority Based Budgeting (CPBB) , we're constantly impressed and amazed at just how innovative local government communities can be. In this first article, the focus is on: “What is Priority Based Budgeting, Why do Communities implement this practice, and where is the City in the midst of its implementation.”

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Local Government Elected Officials Stewardship 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As an advocate, my experience with trying to do "new things" in government, is that you only get one chance to do it right. Even though transit usage is much reduced in DC post-covid, I don't think DC elected officials understand how central transit is to the city's competitive advantage and identity. She didn't last long.

Public Administration 52

Public Administration Development Government Elected Officials 52

AccessE11

MARCH 14, 2024

For municipal staff and elected officials, the journey towards digital transformation involves understanding the limitations of current practices, exploring the capabilities of modern technologies, and leveraging data for continuous improvement and strategic planning. Creative funding strategies can often mitigate financial hurdles.

Strategic Planning 69

Strategic Planning City Manager Elected Officials Operations 69

Barrett & Greene

APRIL 20, 2023

But the book points to Averell Harriman, the Secretary of Commerce at the time, as the individual who coordinated the implementation of the plan. Over the course of years, we’ve been aware that the people who generate new policies -- often elected officials – get much of the credit, or blame, for major projects and programs.

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Implementation Coordinator Community Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

From the article: Metro’s prospects for replacing hundreds of millions of dollars in fare revenue that vanished during the pandemic appeared to be waning as stimulus money runs dry, particularly as weary elected officials watch the agency struggle during a year-long train shortage. They all have to agree on major decisions.

Management 52

Management Elected Officials Transportation Budgeting 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

A commitment to the development and production of a broad, comprehensive, visionary, and detailed revitalization plan/s (Bilbao, Hamburg, Liverpool); the creation of innovative and successful implementation organizations , with representatives from the public sector and private firms, to carry out the program.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Elected Officials Implementation Development 52

Barrett & Greene

AUGUST 9, 2022

To prevent a “climate catastrophe,” the focus of local, regional, national, and international government leaders has been to keep temperature rise in check – no more than 2.0°C Still, for all of local government’s well-intentioned urgency in goal-setting and planning for climate action, leaders must fortify their commitment with resources.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Elected Officials Local Government Sustainability 52

GovLoop

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Agency IT professionals face a fundamental challenge: They need officials, politicians and agency staff to embrace — and perhaps fund — risk prevention measures that can save the organization time, money and reputation, but the audiences often have little tech acumen. Now, risk could be measured by a variety of different things, right?

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Communications Outreach Public Health 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

That’s because both are government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). The GSE Background Over a century ago, Congress began creating public-private hybrid corporations known as government-sponsored enterprises. government, allowing them to borrow at near-Treasury rates, lower than any regular private sector company or bank could.

Legislation 93

Legislation Housing Regulations Operations 93

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

Gosh, years ago I wrote about an approach to planning I called "action planning," focused on implementation, and to be successful included elements of social marketing and branding and identity. and often people don't understand when treatments are implemented, often with little community involvement.

Transportation 52

Transportation Sustainability Communications Campaign 52

AccessE11

MARCH 14, 2024

For municipal staff and elected officials, the journey towards digital transformation involves understanding the limitations of current practices, exploring the capabilities of modern technologies, and leveraging data for continuous improvement and strategic planning. Creative funding strategies can often mitigate financial hurdles.

Strategic Planning 52

Strategic Planning City Manager Elected Officials Operations 52

Barrett & Greene

MARCH 6, 2023

How can the steps be implemented to ease the administrative burden for both companies and compliance staff? Externally, organizations can be confident that they have good quality data that can be shared with elected officials, other policy leaders, and the public. Procedures. What is the process for obtaining and managing data?

Management 52

Management Economic Development Elected Officials Program Manager 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Having lived through that period of disorder, I am always amazed that elected officials in cities like SF, Seattle, Portland, and DC are happy with encouraging it. I first moved to DC in grim times, the late 1980s and 1990s, when crime burgeoned. I don't think that's what they intended.

Public Safety 52

Public Safety Elected Officials Development Implementation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

And this is increasingly important as our country becomes more polarized, and even outside of this, people are very quick to criticize elected officials and government processes as uniformly corrupt, etc. Neighborhood groups had to come together to come up with and implement a program of community improvements.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Elected Officials Engagement Advocacy 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 12, 2023

So city elected officials seem to think it is the responsibility of the county while the county officials, because the park is in the City, see it more as a city facility. The county parks department is contracted to maintain it. The New Deal as a transmission mechanism of park architectural style.

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Housing Development Implementation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Neighborhood groups had to come together to come up with and implement a program of community improvements. Unlike DC's "constituency service" programs by Councilmembers and the Mayor's Office, these initiatives are designed to support DIY self-help efforts driven independently of elected officials.

Engagement 52

Engagement Parks And Recreation Elected Officials Transportation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Part 2: Implementation Approach and Levers ," (2021) -- " Revisiting St. I stopped testifying when I realized that the city's elected officials either didn't understand or care. Generally, they have the power to weigh in on matters before government bodies. Part 1: Overview and Theoretical Foundations ," (2021) -- " St.

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 24, 2023

To me, government is more about denying, saying no. From " Revisiting Vision Zero in DC and NYC ": Government has a bias for inaction*. I saw that in my 10 or 12 years as academic leader here at the College of Engineering.” I joked that under the Trump Administration, Brand America became: Can't Do. It varies depending on the mayor.

Transportation 52

Transportation Economic Development Sustainability Elected Officials 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Interestingly, the local high school newspaper gets it even if elected officials and automobile dependent folks do not, " MOVE Culver City: Rethinking Urban Mobility in the Heart of Screenland ," Culver City High Centaurian. And, umm, such interventions are already studied before being implemented. transit ," LAT.

Transportation 52

Transportation Sustainability Elected Officials Implementation 52

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 19, 2017

The unexpected victory of Donald Trump has upended all manner of enterprise, but is especially salient for those of us who study the workings of government. The institutions part of that formulation has become a good deal more important since the election. system seem designed to constrain elected officials who do not respect them.

Public Administration 40

Public Administration Laws Leadership Government 40