Policy Chats

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Previously, she has served as a board member of the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry, was the Chief Operating Officer at Americans for Financial Reform, and was an Attorney Case Manager at White & Case LLP.

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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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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Thoughtful public policy can bring about this kind of change, mustering a predictable dose of “convincing technocratic optimism.”

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Public Policy Blog

AUGUST 1, 2013

The city’s pension boards have accused Emergency Manager Orr’s team of failing to negotiate in good faith over changes to retiree pensions (NPR) which I feel will be the single largest hang-up and possibility for a bailout scenario that Detroit has in order to salvage retiree benefits and incomes.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 20, 2024

You need to craft data-driven narratives that connect with the intended audience, whether government officials, legislators or constituents. Gardner Policy Institute. The institute, which is based at the University of Utah, provides state and local leaders with economic, demographic and public policy research.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Post-Helene, there is not a moratorium on summary ejectment proceedings, although activists and at least two legislators have called upon the legislature, the chief justice, and the governor for such action. It is possible that the legislature will consider the issue when they reconvene later this month. 42-42(8) ). 42-50, -51.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

Conservatives were very vociferous in opposing the changes, most notably in two prominent Wall Street Journal editorials: “Upside Down Mortgage Policy” (April 22, 2023) and “Spinning Federal Mortgage Fees” (April 28, 2023). the legislation that established them).

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

taxpaying public. 12 This means that the taxpayers are now officially (again, using FHFA calculations) earning a sub-standard return on their investment, providing what amounts to a large, hidden, and never-congressionally-approved economic subsidy to the GSEs, 13 which is not good public policy.

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Barrett & Greene

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Last week’s B&G Report included the second in a series of lists, compiled by experts, about managing performance. Performance management efforts are more likely to be sustainable if they are not overly identified with an outgoing political administration.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 15, 2025

Importantly, this series is based on the widely held view that congressional legislation to reform the GSEs will not occur in the foreseeable future and that any significant changes to the GSE structure will thus need to be implemented via “administrative means,” as defined directly below. That portfolio peaked at over $1.5

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Barrett & Greene

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Michael Jacobson, director of Performance and Strategy at the King County Office of Performance Strategy and Budgets put the matter eloquently when he pointed us some time ago to an he had once heard: "Aggregate to communicate and disaggregate to manage."

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 7, 2025

Will GSE reform, including conservatorship exit, be accomplished through congressional legislation? Since then, the FHFA has been managed via the National Economic Council (NEC) in the White House. Question #4: Will GSE reform, including conservatorship exit, be accomplished through congressional legislation?

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Barrett & Greene

JULY 21, 2022

Much more recently, Michael Jacobson, director of Performance and Strategy at the King County Office of Performance Strategy and Budgets pointed us to an adage he once heard: "Aggregate to communicate and disaggregate to manage.". Every 10 years information is pulled together about every single resident in the United States.

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