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. Auditors use their own regulations to test grant expenditures for compliance and assess risk. Grant Questions?

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Regulations Fundraising Sustainability 52

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).

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Librarian.net

MAY 31, 2023

I want to live in a country where every person gets a vote and every non-person gets no votes.” Money is not speech and corporations are not persons and people have rights over corporations which have the privileges we give them. I work for my town. I believe in democracy.

Voting 40

Voting Elected Officials Grassroots Political Process 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 28, 2024

The 1980s neo-liberal counterrevolution, when governments focused single-mindedly on growth and came to see their primary role as creating the conditions for business to prosper, stripping away as many barriers to profit as politics allowed, changed not just government but the country and for that matter us.

Voting 52

Voting Regulations Public Service Government 52

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.

Regulations 59

Regulations Public Sector Government Constituents 59

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.

Government 52

Government Voting Budgeting Housing 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 7, 2025

In addition to those needed to fulfill campaign promises, various interest groups are advocating to add to that list, including calls to prioritize having Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two large government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) [1] , exit their 16-year-long conservatorships.

Legislation 69

Legislation Housing Campaign Voting 69

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.

Economic Development 40

Economic Development Voting Education Coordinator 40

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.

Legislation 90

Legislation Implementation Housing Regulations 90

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2025

He told agencies that oversee everything from gas pipelines to power plants to insert sunset provisions that would cause regulations to automatically expire by October 2026. But it was one of three executive orders from Mr. Trump on Wednesday in which he declared that he was pursuing new shortcuts to weaken or eliminate regulations.

Regulations 52

Regulations Press Release Transportation Advocacy 52

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.

Housing 52

Housing Legislation Policy Objective Implementation 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 28, 2025

One of the most discussed topics in housing finance policy in recent months has been whether and when the second Trump administration (Trump II) might end the 16-year conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (F&F), the two large government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs).

Implementation 52

Implementation Voting Operations Regulations 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Yet this is a powerful vote of confidence. One might hope that the scale of the US market, its relatively light regulation, the quality of its science and its attractions to high-quality immigrants are the explanations. These are not only far more valuable than those in Europe, but far more concentrated in the digital economy.

Voting 52

Voting Regulations Sustainability Accountability 52