Center for Community Progress

MARCH 16, 2023

Like in many states, a mix of ineffective laws, partisan divisions, and the allure of maintaining the status quo made reforming this local process difficult. Then, I heard that New York was exploring legislation to allow municipalities and counties to create land banks. What the heck is a land bank ?” Advancing Racial Equity.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 23, 2024

In response to these consequences, the ASCE released the Sustainable Infrastructure Standard, ASCE 73-23, a tool that provides guidance for infrastructure owners to develop and implement sustainable solutions throughout a project’s entire life cycle. Nonetheless, America’s communities are at a crossroads.

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 16, 2024

When Congress passes and the President signs major legislation, federal agencies must translate it into practical action to ensure its goals are realized. Our work to date The Partnership for Public Service has developed resources – detailed below – to help leaders implement these laws for maximum impact.

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GovLoop

APRIL 29, 2024

Recognizing that legislators and executive leaders have little appetite for sweeping modernization plans, many agencies are opting for a more targeted approach, focusing on initiatives that deliver tangible benefits. 2 – CAPTURING MORE REVENUE Legislators often question what return on investment modernization projects will deliver.

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Policy Chats

MAY 21, 2021

Learn more about Janelle Wong via [link] Podcast Highlights: “ The research I do at AAPI data shows that many Asian Americans as well as people from other racial groups don't feel confident in or are reluctant to report a hate crime to law enforcement. ” - Janelle Wong on the topic of why hate crime data is not necessarily representative.

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Policy Chats

MAY 21, 2021

Learn more about Janelle Wong via [link] Podcast Highlights: “ The research I do at AAPI data shows that many Asian Americans as well as people from other racial groups don't feel confident in or are reluctant to report a hate crime to law enforcement. ” - Janelle Wong on the topic of why hate crime data is not necessarily representative.

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Policy Chats

MAY 21, 2021

Podcast Highlights: “ The research I do at AAPI data shows that many Asian Americans as well as people from other racial groups don't feel confident in or are reluctant to report a hate crime to law enforcement. ”. Hate crime legislation alone is not going to solve our problems. ”.

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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Recently, Maine became the 13 th state , plus the District of Columbia, to adopt legislation guaranteeing paid family and medical leave for residents. And with a wave of interest in supporting workers’ rights, it won’t be the last state or territory to adopt universal paid leave legislation.

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Partnership for Public Service

AUGUST 19, 2024

Heyman Service to America Medals ® program demonstrated innovative strategies for implementing large-scale federal legislation. Mike Schmidt and the CHIPS Program Team implemented the multibillion-dollar CHIPS Incentives Program from scratch, quickly assembling a team of cross-industry experts to achieve success.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which includes $10 billion in grants that primarily flow through states, is just one of the funding sources. If the grant is successful and recipient municipalities bid out aspects of the grant implementation, the consultants can participate in the competitive bid response. Schneider , P.E.,

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Most striking is the abyss between plans and the ability to implement them with emergency response measures. Now every country needs a basic law that broadly specifies the organisation and structure of the civil protection system, and how it works. Failure to utilise the basic law is an indication that it is not fit for purpose.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 23, 2020

This provision was not implemented and the result appears to have been thousands of avoidable deaths. No country other than the UK has spontaneously abandoned its basic law on emergency management (in this case the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004). Covid-19 has revealed that the UK civil protection system is inadequate.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 11, 2024

In response to that growing criticism plus how much has changed in markets, legislation, and regulation during the 90-plus years of the FHLBanks’ existence, its regulator – the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) – announced in 2022 that it would undertake a review of the entire System.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

DECEMBER 16, 2024

These 421-a-eligible projects capitalized on a 2024 amendment to New York State law, which extended the construction completion deadline to help them stay on schedule and remain financially feasible. In April 2024, the New York State Legislature amended the law to extend the construction completion date by five years, to June 15, 2031.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 20, 2023

This team could address many potential “angles of attack” to find what is implementable, practical, and impactful. This effort will also require effective targeting to attract the necessary legislative support for new zoning to be adopted. Department of Agriculture (which finances rural housing).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

As Australia moves forward with its National framework for the assurance of artificial intelligence in government , Amazon Web Services (AWS) is committed to helping our customers implement AI solutions that align with Australia’s AI Ethics Principles. Each dimension is explored in depth in our responsible use of machine learning guide.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

Rather, the root cause has been the long-running blocking of reforms to reinstate price competition in housing and mortgage markets, which contrasts with other industries where such reforms have instead been successfully implemented in past decades. ” 4 Starting nearly half a century ago, antitrust law in the U.S.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 28, 2024

AWS can support implementation of the EHDS At Amazon Web Services (AWS) , we welcome the EHDS as an important step towards unleashing the vast potential of health data to benefit citizens across Europe and beyond. In 2019, the French government passed legislation transforming the healthcare system by establishing a digital health space (ENS).

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 13, 2023

Further, we’re seeing similar moves being made by other professional advisory and legislative bodies across the globe that are equally raising their expectations of organisations in deploying appropriate technical measures. At the same time, Utah and Connecticut will introduce new data laws this year.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

16 hosted at the NYU School of Law. Meanwhile, building community trust, advocating for policies that facilitate construction, and implementing bold, forward-thinking strategies despite short-term political considerations remains essential. "We Suburban legislators strongly opposed Hochul’s statewide plan last year.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This has prompted legislative action from many governments, as seen following the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, which shut down the pumping operations of a major US oil pipeline. Whilst government advice and directives are important, implementing proactive security measures is crucial.

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Partnership for Public Service

AUGUST 21, 2024

This growth in the IT and HR fields occurred partly because the Biden administration supported surge hiring across major agencies so they could implement important legislation such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the CHIPS and Science Act.

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GovCast

AUGUST 12, 2022

The event also happened just days before President Joe Biden signed the PACT Act into law. Senior Researcher Melissa Harris and Staff Writer Sarah Sybert discuss the top takeaways from the convention and report how these leaders will prepare for and implement the new legislation.

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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. In a direct democracy, citizens are responsible for voting directly on policies and laws. A well-known example is town hall meetings.

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Barrett & Greene

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

As the Center for Law and Social Policy argued a few years ago , In generalizing knowledge, EBPs fail to consider the cultural relevance of practices, thereby failing to provide certain communities, especially communities of color, with solutions that respond to and understand their individual lived experiences and cultural contexts.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Summary of federal and state law considerations Below is a summary of the major points from this post. Emergency loans for construction of new housing are authorized by the Housing Authorities Law (G.S. 1] Local government legal authority to offer home repair loans is limited under state law. Section V.B.2 42 USC 5301(c).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Implemented judiciously, such strategy empowers evidence-based governance through democratized data. Adopting powerful technologies like generative AI must align with principles contained in the GC’s Responsible use of AI of lawful, ethical data usage and explainable outcomes to impacted individuals.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

State and local policymakers around the country are working to address America’s severe housing shortage, by considering, and implementing, a wide range of policies in the hopes of increasing housing supply. Researchers found preliminary evidence that these laws had their intended effect.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JUNE 26, 2023

Furthermore, these proposed laws are intended to serve as a model for international legislation. PM Rishi Sunak explores potential legislation UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is currently evaluating the implementation of legislation that would require clear labelling for AI-generated photos and videos.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

And, umm, such interventions are already studied before being implemented. The moratorium would run from May 2025 to March 2026 as state transportation officials study all the traffic-calming projects the city had implemented or planned to build from July 2015 to July 2035. But still it wastes a year. And maybe UDOT will buckle.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In terms of timing, this focus seems misplaced because such changes can be made and implemented in a matter of months, while exiting conservatorship, if and when decided, would likely take years to implement. Congress, over time, has created through legislation these two major targeted access-to-credit programs.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JULY 30, 2024

I have also written on the inherent design flaw in F&F and the other GSEs embedded in their congressional legislation: see [link] and [link]. ]] For many years, this was considered the responsibility of Congress, which had established the GSEs by legislation – but Congress has never come close to agreeing on what changes would be needed.

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