Policy Chats

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Yee was elected in November 2014, following two terms of service on the California Board of Equalization. As Controller, she continues to serve the Board as its fifth voting member. Yee was elected in November 2014, following two terms of service on the California Board of Equalization.

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Policy Chats

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Yee was elected in November 2014, following two terms of service on the California Board of Equalization. As Controller, she continues to serve the Board as its fifth voting member. Betty Yee on the challenges of public office. As Controller, she continues to serve the Board as its fifth voting member.

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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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Partnership for Public Service

MARCH 15, 2024

This annual event raises awareness about how “ civic learning is needed to ensure each and every person across this country has the necessary tools to engage as members of our self-governing society.” Our democracy depends on the people who work in government. Federal jobs are available in every state, Washington, D.C., all the U.S.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

We anticipate that 2023 will see an increase in public sector organizations seeking end-to-end solutions versus an interest in building blocks. Partners are seeing increased customer interest in solutions that support critical public services like traffic, voting, transportation, and waste management.

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 31, 2023

Recent polling by the Partnership for Public Service shows that positive experiences with federal services may help drive trust in government but that negative experiences appear to affect trust more strongly. Is it a straightforward correlation—the better people’s experiences, the more they trust government?

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Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The simple political reality of this was conveyed to us many year ago by the long-time mayor of Indianapolis William Hudnut, who said (and we’re paraphrasing here, as it’s hard to find notes from the early 1990s): “The real measure of my success is clear when people vote.”.

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Partnership for Public Service

MAY 10, 2024

To kick off Public Service Recognition Week , the Partnership for Public Service announced the finalists for this year’s Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® program. 2024 Service to America Medals finalists during a special reception hosted by the Partnership For Public Service.

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Partnership for Public Service

MAY 30, 2023

Since 2001, the Partnership for Public Service has honored the work of exceptional public servants through the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals ®. have a positive view of nonelected government officials—who make up most of the federal workforce. labor force.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The neighborhood is primarily made up of low-income Spanish-speaking people, many of them undocumented residents who cant vote and can be easily ignored even though theyre a critical part of L.A.s ," LAT , " Can key politicians in Los Angeles help MacArthur Park? Theyre going to try ," LA Daily News ).The economy, present and future.

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 26, 2023

On July 20, the Partnership for Public Service announced that, after weeks of voting, Megan Meacham, Allison Hutchings, Sarah O’Donnell and the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Team won the 2023 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® People’s Choice Award. To serve the U.S. population is an incredible honor.”

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Partnership for Public Service

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Kiani highlighted the importance of youth engagement in politics, stating, “Five million young people didn’t vote who could vote. Engaging the public and future initiatives The founders aim to improve public service through engagement and education.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

From the article: A damning, 72-page report the agency authored portrays a housing authority in disarray and at risk of defaulting on its agreement with the federal government. Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ). The employees are considered DC Government employees. But he didn't.

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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!

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Despite being voted “most likely to be president” in high school, James Earp’s path to public service wasn’t a direct one. A path to public service It was while working in the banking industry straight out of college that Earp first learned about the job of a city manager.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The stickers have a QR code linking to their Twitter feed and calling on people to vote. The example below is a broken water fountain, which the label likens to Marcel Duchamp's famous Urinal. JohnTory’sToronto sticks labels on failed facilities.

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Masters in Public Administration

AUGUST 30, 2011

They all have city governments that can range from a department of thousands to a temporary meeting place with a part time staff. Although the average citizen may just think of government as an entity that solely exists to tax and spend, there is more going on than that. There are also other city government resources.

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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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Basically our local government finance systems were set up when the country was growing. The economic circumstances they face are issues common to that of municipal finance for communities and metro areas across the country, which I wrote about in " The real lesson from Flint Michigan is about municipal finance " (2016).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 20, 2022

-- " Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence " -- " Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority) " The Toronto Star is running a series of articles in advance of the Mayor and City Council election this, Monday October 24th, called " Can't We Do Better? "

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Partnership for Public Service

AUGUST 28, 2023

Thad Allen has seen the ways that this polarization can “start to color the processes” of transition, which are core to a well-functioning government and our democratic system. are] the basis on which people make decisions on who they are going to vote for. You have to figure out a way to actually get the wheels of government turning.

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

One of the most current entries was on brining transparency to government. City Manager Lynch blogs on everything from budget concerns to public service. Learn more about the Council-Manager Government they have with a visit. Wendy Greuel : She is the City Controller for Los Angeles, California.

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

20, the Partnership for Public Service hosted the 21 st annual Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals ®, or the Sammies, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In her acceptance remarks, Kinnard said that winning this award as a technologist illustrated the important role of technology in government. “I

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Jordan Himelfarb, Opinions editor for the Toronto Star interviews (" My dad used to run Canadas public service. Freedom economic freedom and freedom from government became a core value. Just look at how few people vote irrespective of the stakes and how many seem ready to burn it all down.

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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. And getting unstuck is hard.

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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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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 15, 2022

Data from the Partnership for Public Service and The Washington Post’s Political Appointee Tracker shows that 27% of 194 ambassador positions are currently without a Senate-confirmed official. Representative to the Organization for American States were submitted to the Senate nearly a year ago and are still awaiting votes.

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Partnership for Public Service

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The numbers fluctuate from year to year and administration to administration, but the likely reason why a divided government doesn’t slow the process is because Senate rules, regardless of who’s in the majority, give individual members ways to stall confirmation of a president’s nominees. The average length of confirmations over time.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The recent vote by the House of Representatives extends Trump tax cuts which will lead to massive budget cuts in areas where people really need the services currently provided (" House Passes G.O.P. The nearly party-line vote of 217 to 215 teed up a bitter fight within the G.O.P. But it makes the argument that many of us have.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Yet this is a powerful vote of confidence. This extends to the social sphere by denying the value of the safety net, government action of any kind, building the wealth of of the nation by investing in people, etc. These are not only far more valuable than those in Europe, but far more concentrated in the digital economy.

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