Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The full House and Senate still need to consider and vote on these bills. The way forward Several legislative reforms would help put a stop to these troubling developments. Legislators should also provide more multiyear appropriations so agencies have funds they can rely on to make long-term investments.

Government 99

Government Legislation Housing Budgeting 99

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

And whether you mailed in your ballot, voted early or are still undecided as you listen to this episode, we know that our guests today are going to provide sage wisdom on all things elections, voting and why it’s important to advocate at the federal, state and local level. Congress in a few months.

Parks And Recreation 40

Parks And Recreation Advocacy Voting Legislation 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 29, 2023

when its administrators blunder through years of bad contracting and project-management decisions. The culprit for this latest glitch is the relocation of utility lines. Those decisions have bloated what was to be a five-year project with almost $2 billion in construction costs into a nearly 10-year, $3.4 billion undertaking.

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Elected Officials Voting Legislation Management 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

Planners are tasked with considering the future and dealing with it, not trying to prevent change necessarily, but instead working to manage it and mitigate and limit negative effects, in ways that are good for the city in general and neighborhoods specifically, simultaneously. At the same time, there is a different cleavage.

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Urban Planning Elected Officials Housing Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The council, which appoints the board, voted unanimously in a closed session Tuesday to ask the entire board to resign, according to two people familiar with the vote. Because land use planning is about managing not preventing development, you're always going to get plenty of citizens calling the system corrupt. Sometimes it is.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Voting Coordinator Advocacy 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

-- " Senate votes to block controversial DC crime bill ," CNN I haven't written a blog entry on this, just comments, and comments on Washington Post article. I write that for the most part, DC's legislators have it pretty good. This letter to the editor (" The D.C. criminal code reform, the D.C. Council should own this fiasco.

Public Safety 52

Public Safety Legislation Voting Laws 52

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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Legislation Housing Campaign Voting 69