Partnership for Public Service

JUNE 21, 2023

While all our Sammies finalists represent the very best in government, this award grants special recognition to the finalist who receives the most votes from the general public.  Continue reading to learn more about these outstanding civil servants and vote for your favorite to be crowned the 2023 People’s Choice Award winner.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 23, 2024

On Thursday, Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, who believes too much money is spent on law enforcement and not enough on social services, held a news conference in MacArthur Park to announce several partnerships and social service initiatives. Theyre going to try ," LA Daily News ).The economy, present and future.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ? One thing is certain: government alone does not have the resources to construct and operate the needed housing units. This blog post outlines the framework through which local governments can lawfully support privately owned affordable workforce housing.

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Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Over the course of time, we’ve written repeatedly about the confusion many Americans have about which level of government provides which services. But in the past, we’ve largely omitted confusion about the services provided by localities that are generally thought of as the province of the federal government. The answer is very few.

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zencity

MAY 3, 2023

We’ve welcomed numerous new partner communities across the world, rolled out cutting-edge new features, including the first-ever use case of ChatGPT in local government , and re-launched as the best full-service community engagement platform available for government today. Welcome to the team, Maurice! appeared first on Zencity.

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Clean Energy Fuels One of the last ways we vote is with our dollar, so learn about the companies that run their delivery trucks using clean fuels. This blog follows clean energy news and discusses developments and laws on the topic. See how this pro puts away canned items to get her family through the winter. Let us count the ways!

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Founded in 2012, National Voter Registration Day is an annual civic holiday on which the nation focuses on registering Americans to exercise their most basic right – the right to vote. million Americans have registered to vote on the holiday. Read on to learn more about how organizations use AWS to make it simple to register to vote.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 26, 2024

At the heart of our democracy, election poll workers serve as the guardians of the voting process. A proven track record with following local, state, and federal CRA (Consumer Reporting Agency) laws and regulations. Do they have experience working with government agencies? How quickly can they return results?

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

” 4 Starting nearly half a century ago, antitrust law in the U.S. As documented in the Government Accountability Office (GAO) study referenced in Part 1, homebuyers will almost always defer to a third party involved in the purchase transaction to select a title insurer. 15 Credit reports.

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Masters in Public Administration

JUNE 13, 2011

Public administration is putting laws in action to better serve a civilization and the public. This isn’t your typical public administration, but it does illustrate how important proper delegation helps the government (or ruling party) conquer quickly. Public administration has a rich history that dates back to the Greeks.

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ResourceAssociates

AUGUST 17, 2020

You’ve found a government grant and, if awarded, it will literally pay your nonprofit to go out and accomplish its mission. Government grants are often larger and last longer than your average private foundation grant. 45 CFR 75.113 – Disclosures re: Violations of Criminal Law. Grant Questions? Let’s talk.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

Since 2003 the city has been growing--even with the recent hiccup of the recession + a slowing and braking on urban growth because of some shrinkage of the activity of federal government, especially in terms of leased office space and personnel. I chalk that up to a failure of leadership and approach. The Height Limit discussions.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Generally, they have the power to weigh in on matters before government bodies. Other cities have differently named similar organizations. My biggest criticism is that they lack resources and are given little in the way of technical assistance (not that the average Commissioner thinks they need it).

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zencity

MARCH 20, 2023

By invitation of the Solonian Democracy Institute , and alongside delegates from 60 countries, I was asked to speak to the value and contribution of Zencity to practices of direct democracy in the local governments we work with. They have municipal elections, voting on bonds, laws, and referendums.

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Social Pinpoint

JANUARY 8, 2023

It can be seen in various levels of government, where citizens have multiple access points to influence policymakers and politicians, who then implement decisions. One example is online participatory budgets , which enable citizens to vote for how they would like public spending to be allocated toward an initiative.

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The Lowe Down

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Democracy is made up of factors such as voting rights, freedom of the governed, and minority rights. Freedom House” gathers data on democracy across the world, broken down into different indicators including rule of law, electoral process, political rights, and civil liberties.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 21, 2025

This post, co-authored by Kristina Wilson and Tyler Mulligan, also appeared on the Coates’ Canons Local Government Law Blog here. The open meetings law requires all official meetings of public bodies to be open to the public. 708 (1996) as described in a law review article ( here ) and summarized in a blog post ( here ).

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

In response, Democrats in California and Massachusetts, Republicans in Utah and Montana, and city governments across the country have enacted legislation designed to address the barriers that restrict new housing development. Researchers found preliminary evidence that these laws had their intended effect.

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Again, more below but the point here is her latest insights into why it’s wrong that so often the policy making machine in government – the place where the rules of the game are set and changed – finds it so hard to see, hear and absorb the wit and wisdom of those actually playing the game. No such luck; and thereby hangs this tale.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 24, 2022

And the Governor says when progressives complain, "Vote." The other thing that the State Legislature is very good at is laws directed at Salt Lake City, taking away local authority, such as to create historic districts. Before we moved here, a referendum was passed to have an independent redistricting commission. But he has good pr.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Social media would be “coordinating tools for nearly all of the world’s political movements, just as most of the world’s authoritarian governments (and, alarmingly, an increasing number of democratic ones) are trying to limit access to it” (Shirky 2011, p.29). In response to this criticism Clay Shirky (2011, p.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

-- " Senate votes to block controversial DC crime bill ," CNN I haven't written a blog entry on this, just comments, and comments on Washington Post article. In this case, how the law would be perceived in the world of public opinion, and the competition between Republicans and Democrats. I proudly wear my “51” hat.

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JULY 22, 2021

What is government for, what is it supposed to be and how is it supposed to act? Brian Kilmeade answered that not getting the vaccine is a personal choice and that the government has no role in protecting the population. It is, of course, literally the job of the government to protect us. That’s not their job.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2025

One of the strands from which the planning profession in the US was birthed was out of women-initiated "good government" and "good places" initiatives in a time when women still didn't have the right to vote. 3, Supplement. Women and the American City (Spring, 1980), pp. Gender budgeting.

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Poverty & Policy

JUNE 12, 2017

The Council’s unanimous vote for a policy more protective than what the Mayor originally proposed is maybe the biggest high point of this budget season. These collectively seem to save the federal government an additional $77 billion or so. SNAP Benefits Limits. But they would also have to adopt new restrictions.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 16, 2025

The justification of this concept is that law belongs to "the people" and is supposed to be free of bias. Actually this is true at all levels of government. The campaign would definitely raise the profile of law, Constitutional Law, and the federal criminal justice system. They don't like oversight.

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Poverty & Policy

MAY 26, 2017

They’re mandatory because the laws that authorize them require the federal government to spend as much as necessary to cover the costs or its share of costs for the benefits of everyone eligible to receive and enrolled to get them. How then they may vote, as it doesn’t say, but needn’t.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 13, 2025

From the article: But one of the potentially most destabilizing and long-term changes would be if the soon-to-be president follows through on his goal to reduce federal employment in this region a bedrock of the local economy where roughly one in 11 people work directly for the federal government and many more work as contractors.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The second Trump administration (Trump II) has begun to focus on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that together finance about half of the nearly $13 trillion in first-lien single-family mortgages in the U.S. Increase government efficiency, reducing expenses as much as possible.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JULY 30, 2024

Introduction Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (F&F), the two large government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), were placed into conservatorship in September 2008 at the height of the Great Financial Crisis, when the markets lost confidence in them. government should the companies get into trouble.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Last election after the debacle of CHOP/CHAZ , a more center candidate won as Mayor and a more law and order type as district attorney. In blue and "mixed" states, governance matters. In some red states, governance doesn't matter so much, but women's rights do. Conclusion.

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