The City Fix

MAY 8, 2024

Mexico became the first nation to declare access to safe mobility a human right in 2020 and two years later passed the General Law of Mobility and Road Safety to protect people, reduce collisions and promote sustainable modes of travel. Now, with this new.

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GovPilot

MAY 4, 2023

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that sets standards for protecting sensitive patient health information.

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GovLoop

JUNE 21, 2023

Increasingly, government leaders recognize the need to approach cybersecurity in the same way they approach public health: There must be a holistic network in which the well-being of individuals, or individual systems, depends on and benefits the well-being of others.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 15, 2023

State laws gives land banks their unique powers. Community priorities and state laws determine what land banks can do with properties. Increase health and wellbeing : Addressing problem properties can help reduce crime and improve personal and public health. What does a land bank do with the properties it acquires?

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Dave Williams, Materials Manager at 3M UK PLC, introduces 3M bright screen privacy filters for laptops that enhance on-screen privacy and compliance in the public sector In today’s digital age, the public sector is increasingly reliant on technology to deliver services efficiently and securely.

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GovLoop

JUNE 12, 2023

Problem statement: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) ability to gather and gain insights from public health data was hindered by wide variability in how that data was being managed at the state and local levels. Some, like Texas, have health districts. We’ve got a very federated system.

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GovCast

JULY 31, 2019

As director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, Mitch Zeller has an important public health mission to reduce disease from tobacco use. With a background in law as an attorney, Zeller discusses the importance policy and technology play in the center's mission.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 20, 2023

Inequitable, inefficient, and ineffective laws and practices feed a cycle of poverty and disinvestment that results in property abandonment and make it harder to put properties back to equitable reuse. Ambler Realty (1926) further armed municipalities to displace Black residents under the guise of public health, safety, and welfare.

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Masters in Public Administration

JULY 12, 2011

If you are looking for a good internship opportunity, here are 30 helpful sites to send you in the right direction: Public Policy Internships. If you want to get to the nuts and bolts of public administration, public policy internships are the way to go. You can learn about how laws are made, and how they are enforced.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

MARCH 5, 2024

He holds a Juris Doctorate from the Widener University Law School, Wilmington, Del. and a Master’s Degree in Public Health and Homeland Security from the Pennsylvania State University. He holds a Juris Doctorate from the Widener University Law School, Wilmington, Del.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 17, 2023

A new resource for local CED professionals, especially those working directly with elected boards and local government administrators working on formalizing food system work through adopted policies and laws was released this morning (January 17, 2023).

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Reprogramming the City

MARCH 22, 2022

Because the district’s training facility is a regional training center, not only fire personnel will be able to benefit from the car’s teachings, but so will local EMS agencies, law enforcement agencies, and the Los Medanos Junior College Fire Academy. If you like repurposing projects, you’ll LOVE the Reprogramming the City books.

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GovPilot

JANUARY 29, 2024

Whether through approving environmentally friendly laws or setting the pace in local offices, government bodies have a major impact on the environment of their community. Local governments set a prime example for their community in regard to environmentalism and eco-friendliness.

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Center for Community Progress

MARCH 28, 2024

More than just eyesores, they threaten public health and safety, drain tax dollars, bring down property values, and make neighbors feel like nobody cares about the neighborhood. Laws in the United States are designed to protect an individual’s private property. This process takes years.

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zencity

JANUARY 19, 2023

Local government officials have just encountered one of the biggest public health emergencies of their careers. As we kick off 2023, we’re attending dozens more city , county , and law enforcement conferences to share the message of the Zencity 360 platform.

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zencity

JANUARY 3, 2022

As we kick off 2022, we’re planning to attend dozens more city , county , and law enforcement conferences mapped out over 25 US states and three countries including the UK and Spain. Zencity may work primarily with cities, counties, and law enforcement, but we also work with state agencies and for us, this is not a conference to be missed.

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Center for Community Progress

MARCH 6, 2024

This blog post explains how code enforcement works, and why local governments should take a more strategic approach to code enforcement to make the most of a tool that can not only protect public health and safety, but also stabilize and strengthen neighborhoods. What is code enforcement?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Of course, the bigger cities, with homelessness, a propensity for vandalism, higher usage, low investment in facilities, and lack of attendants, have a problem in maintaining quality public facilities (" The Disappearing Public Toilet ," Seton Hall Law Review , 2020). Fancy restroom" in Bryant Park, New York City.

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Policy Chats

JUNE 2, 2023

In this episode, Assistant Professional Researcher Deborah Lefkowitz talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about public health policy.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 5, 2024

Experts say raising state alcohol taxes also would make more money available for programs aimed at preventing unhealthy drinking and to enforce the state’s liquor laws. That’s no coincidence, experts say. Currently, the department charged with regulating Colorado’s alcohol outlets can’t afford to fill all its open positions.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) signed into law last November by President Biden is a once-in-a-generation investment in America’s urban, rural, and Tribal communities.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

s newest hospital ," Washington Post ), in a manner that combined acute care, wellness programming including addressing chronic conditions, and public health with a hospital providing acute care at the center. 2018) -- " Part Two: Creating a graduate health and biotechnology research initiative on the St.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 23, 2020

No country other than the UK has spontaneously abandoned its basic law on emergency management (in this case the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004). Public Health England, London, 57 pp. This provision was not implemented and the result appears to have been thousands of avoidable deaths. Exercise Cygnus Report.

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Barrett & Greene

APRIL 4, 2023

Combined with elements of the Inflation Reduction Act that augur in favor of domestic manufacturing, the two laws are signaling that the “economic war among the states” or “race to the bottom” is a losers’ game. The real competition is overseas, not the state next door.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

There is an article from Fox45 in Baltimore that states: " Law enforcement expert says liquor stores are hotspots for crime in Baltimore City." I noticed an article that Baltimore County, Maryland is on the verge of passing a plastic bag ban. DC did that in 2009. increase in violent crimes.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 18, 2024

In preparing for that interview, I looked at the websites for all of the city's Advisory Neighborhood Commssions (ANCs are block and neighborhood specific councils that weigh in on matters before DC government) and just a handful had transportation/public space committees. And public health.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

These systems are usually established by the passing of a national law that sets up and defines the system and specifies how it will function. Flanking civil protection, there needs to be a national higher institute of health, or similar organisation designed to manage the public health elements of a disease.

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Policy Chats

AUGUST 14, 2020

He joined the law firm of Richard Watson Gershon in 1977 and opened up the firm's San Francisco office in 1998. Mr. Stepanicich is also a UCR School of Public Policy Advisory Board member. He joined the law firm of Richard Watson Gershon in 1977 and opened up the firm's San Francisco office in 1998.

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Policy Chats

AUGUST 14, 2020

He joined the law firm of Richard Watson Gershon in 1977 and opened up the firm's San Francisco office in 1998. Mr. Stepanicich is also a UCR School of Public Policy Advisory Board member. He joined the law firm of Richard Watson Gershon in 1977 and opened up the firm's San Francisco office in 1998.

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Policy Chats

AUGUST 14, 2020

He joined the law firm of Richard Watson Gershon in 1977 and opened up the firm's San Francisco office in 1998. Mr. Stepanicich is also a UCR School of Public Policy Advisory Board member. Mr. Stepanicich on the topic of how the government can enforce laws and regulations, in order to increase public health and safety.

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NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

JUNE 25, 2020

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many aspects of our lives have been severely altered and restricted in the name of public health. A state's exercise of its police power is presumptively constitutional, especially when public health and safety are implicated. COVID-19 Pandemic. See Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Cannon , 553 F.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 21, 2022

Britain has created big problems by privatizing its water and sewage systems, abetted by minimal regulation and even more minimal fines which seem to have zero punitive power in getting the companies to follow the law. Flint, King George's County, Virginia, etc.)

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Partnership for Public Service

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Some executive branch employees are excluded from Whistleblower Protection Act protections but may be protected under other laws. However, employees should take some general steps when whistleblowing: Consult with an attorney who specializes in whistleblower law before taking any action. Postal Service staff.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

A new study by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that Black and Hispanic Americans are disproportionately affected by traffic-related deathsand that these disparities in fatalities are larger than previous estimates show. Disparities in enforcement.

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