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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. To create such a board will obviously require congressional legislation.

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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.

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October 2023 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

How this will affect your organization: If your tenant turns ON the Attendance Report, organizers will see engagement information in the " Attendance " tab in calendar or meeting chat. Note: If the end user opts out of the Attendance Report in Teams settings, then the user's engagement information will not be shown in the Attendance Report.

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

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

14 Interestingly, the FHFA – in its review of the Federal Home Loan Bank System (together considered the “third GSE”) now underway – is engaged in soliciting public comment on what the mission should be as part of a rulemaking to make it clearly defined. 13 See my previous article that discusses this in more depth.

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