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Building trust in government: A data-driven imperative

Partnership for Public Service

At a time when our democracy faces serious threats, partisanship is on the rise and public faith in federal institutions is low , the Partnership for Public Service and the Data Foundation share a mutual dedication to the important task of building trust in government.

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What is a land bank?

Center for Community Progress

State laws gives land banks their unique powers. Community priorities and state laws determine what land banks can do with properties. Increase municipal revenue : Problem properties are often delinquent on taxes, which reduces municipal revenue that funds critical public services like schools and roads.

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Municipal finances face a shaky future

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Pension funding, which has cost Philadelphia more than law enforcement in recent years, is no longer Wall Street’s main worry about local governments. labor force, and divisive politics that prevents decisive policy, as causes for concern that cities will go broke. Rising interest rates.

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25 Exciting Career Paths in Public Administration

Masters in Public Administration

Public administration professionals who have found success in one or more of the above positions can often put their names on the ballot and run for mayor or even a position on the city council. Public Service Employees Network. The PSEN has loads of resources for those interested in public administration.

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After the Storm: Summary Ejectment and Assistance Programs in North Carolina

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

A practice is unfair when it violates public policy or is immoral, unethical, oppressive, unscrupulous, or substantially injurious to consumers. There is no case law interpreting G.S. Public Service Co. Creekside Apartments v. Poteat , 116 N.C. 26, 36 (1994). 42-12 to guide judicial officials on its enforcement.

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Maritime History and Comic Books with The Shipping Lawyer

First State Insights

Alison Cusack is the Founder and Principal Lawyer of Cusack & Co Pty Ltd ([link] an innovative and forward-thinking maritime law firm based in Melbourne, Australia. IPA is a research and public service center within the University of Delaware's Biden School of Public Policy & Administration. License.

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The power of the connecting middle: where policy, delivery and democracy meet (and often don’t)

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

More about this below but it’s a project full of, well, possibility about making a dent in the vexed question about why so much of the effort and angst our human services systems invest in trying to shift conditions for those experiencing entrenched and complex disadvantage isn’t working and may even be making things worse.