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Citizen Engagement: Active Participation

Death and Taxes

Local governments in North Carolina are required to engage citizens in their budget process by following the guidelines set forth by the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act. In addition to these legal requirements, many local governments in North Carolina have taken further steps to engage citizens in the budget process.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

It is considered one of America’s government- sponsored enterprises (GSEs), i.e., public-private hybrid corporations created by Congress and authorized to engage only in a narrowly-tailored set of activities. 2 Those findings included information and analysis that validated many of the criticisms.

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An Analysis of Survey Data from Municipalities who have Implemented Priority Based Budgeting

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

With the tools of PBB, leaders and decision makers are better able to understand how their resources are being marshaled to achieve their policy objectives - thereby reinforcing the importance of strategic goal setting, as policy makers have a clearer path to achieve their stated Results. Thank you!

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October 2023 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

For more general information uncheck these boxes under “Cloud Instance”. >60 Days Updated September 12, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information. For more information on Viva Goals please visit Introduction to Microsoft Viva Goals. Power BI Windows app will reach retirement on December 31, 2023.

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Freddie Mac’s Second Mortgage Pilot: Should the Taxpayer Subsidize Equity Extraction Lending?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

6 From this perspective, the pilot is arguably a significant move by the GSEs to informally expand their mission beyond housing or homeownership by providing taxpayer-subsidized loans that can be used for purposes other than housing-related ones. It seems clear it would not. 13 See my previous article that discusses this in more depth.

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