GCN

AUGUST 23, 2022

State and local officials, along with representatives from federal agencies and election industry companies, participated in the “Tabletop the Vote” exercise to prepare for a range of hypothetical risks to election operations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

Partners are seeing increased customer interest in solutions that support critical public services like traffic, voting, transportation, and waste management. Some Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partners are already making big strides in offering these solutions.

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The full House and Senate still need to consider and vote on these bills. These stopgap measures hinder innovations in technology, operations and staffing that our government needs to deliver services more effectively, forcing agencies to live with a fiscal uncertainty that prevents them from making long-term, strategic decisions.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 2, 2016

By looking at many factors of the City’s operations, Priority Based Budgeting starts to identify services areas that are important to our community ,” said City Manager Sam Anselm. “ Residents were not asked to vote on specific city services to fund or how much funding they thought should go toward specific services.

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Iron Sharpens Iron

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

During their conversation, Jen shares what it’s like to be an active Philadelphian in what she calls an owner-operated city. Episode Transcript Here: [link] Jen Devor is a South Philly block captain, committeeperson, public school advocate, voting enthusiast, and a published author on civic engagement.

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Iron Sharpens Iron

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

During their conversation, Jen shares what it’s like to be an active Philadelphian in what she calls an owner-operated city. Jen Devor is a South Philly block captain, committeeperson, public school advocate, voting enthusiast, and a published author on civic engagement. Episode Transcript Here: [link]. Episode Transcript Here: [link].

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

There's an article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram , " America's future sports stadiums finally at a cross roads ," suggesting that the KC vote indicates voters are tired of paying subsidies to billionaires for sports teams. redevelop RFK Stadium site ," Washington Post ). I'm not sure I agree. That’s what these owners want.”

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Google Public Sector

DECEMBER 16, 2022

How was Classkick able to manage this while keeping operations consistent? This is why we continue to build a product that reaches the highest number of users at no cost, and allow those users to vote with their feet rather than not having much say in the education technology they are using.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 17, 2023

Which is probably why for more than two decades, the Phoenix Coyotes have been unsuccessful economically, gone through bankruptcy, been owned and operated by the League, the City of Glendale refused to extend their arena contract, etc. Although more recently, Las Vegas has been very successful in adding a hockey team.

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zencity

MAY 3, 2023

After nearly two years with Zencity as a Senior Advisor, the incomparable Maurice Classen has joined us full-time as Chief Operating Officer! Maurice is a powerhouse when it comes to both local government and operations. It is a privilege to have Maurice on board in this capacity and to be able to share this news with all of you.

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Librarian.net

JANUARY 27, 2022

There were some Round Table readjustments which were mostly paperwork-driven and seemed non-controversial but required voting. We did not get to vote on the Resolution to Support School and Youth Services Librarians Facing Increased Intellectual Freedom Challenges because of time spent discussing TAG which was too bad.

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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. Those who didn’t resign would have faced a public hearing seeking their removal, the people said. We thank the commissioners for their service to our county.”

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American City & Country

AUGUST 23, 2024

Not only were the votes bipartisan, but even those who may not have been supportive in the past are now seeing the positive impacts on their constituents and their communities. Roads, bridges, water lines and other public infrastructure are a fundamental right, not a privilege, in a modern society. We desperately need to work together.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Maybe he wouldn't if Toronto had ranked choice voting. In a Star article about a proposal by the Mayor to institute stricter metrics for park operations without adding funding, there is a great quote: Matlow also took aim at the mayor’s approach to funding park amenities.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Despite being voted “most likely to be president” in high school, James Earp’s path to public service wasn’t a direct one. Since signing on as city manager for fast-growing Hutto in 2022, Earp has leveraged his passions for leadership, finance and education to help reshape the city’s operations with an emphasis on collaboration.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

If it isn’t service cuts, then it’s consolidation — many fire and police departments are either decertifying their operations or merging with nearby departments, Mr. Dougherty said. And I'll be honest: our response to them has largely been, heal thyself, mostly through service cuts.”

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The next stage for Equinox is to become more of a nonprofit arts community development corporation, like Jubilee Housing of Baltimore, which does both studio development and housing. Initially, he turned Equinox into a cooperative, with every tenant holding an ownership stake.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JULY 7, 2016

Toledo City Council unanimously voted last month to spend up to $50,000 from the city’s general fund to hire the Center for Priority Based Budgeting, of Englewood, Colo. He made his comments before a webinar with Colorado-based consultants hired to shepherd the city through a review of its budgeting practices.

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The Safety, Security and International Affairs Medal went to Hilary Ingraham, Holly Herrera, Kiera Berdinner and the Operation Allies Welcome Resettlement Team. Behind, from left to right: Holly Herrera, Brian McKeon, Muzhgan Azizy, Kiera Berdinner. These public servants coordinated the largest resettlement of refugees in modern U.S.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ). Department of Housing and Urban Development’s scathing report on management and operational shortcomings in the D.C. At the heart of the problem is abysmal financial and operational oversight — a searing indictment of D.C. From the article: The U.S.

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Social Pinpoint

APRIL 16, 2024

However, it lacks a vision or guidelines for its operations and future growth. Along with the Fund It tool by using the posints system to get community members to vote on ‘Which draft criteria do you want to prioritize?’

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A Library Writer's Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

As librarians from small-mid-size institutions, we want to provide a volume aimed specifically at libraries found in ACRL’s College Libraries Section (CLS), as they often operate with minimal library staff and smaller budgets.

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JUNE 25, 2023

In the three-and-a-half years that the anti-corruption court has been operating, 65 people have been convicted in it, including 20 judges and several MPs and senior officials. And it goes on: Mr Fedorov has also turned his hand to streamlining the operations of the armed forces. (In Such prosecutions were unheard-of before 2014.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

One thing is certain: government alone does not have the resources to construct and operate the needed housing units. 157-9(a) sets forth the extensive powers of a housing authority, to include: to prepare, carry out and operate housing projects , both rental and homeownership. There is no near-term publicly-owned housing solution.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

Cities cost money to operate. I argue that that section of the Metro operates "monocentrically" while the overall design of the system is polycentric, which doesn't help the city so much--BART is a great example of a polycentric system, although SF doesn't really need it because it has its own rail-based transit system.

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Their office is responsible for the effective administration and operation of all municipal services for the entire city. Often encountered by the city manager, the City Council helps propose and vote on items of interest. Elizabeth Fretwell : Not just the subject of Elvis songs, managing the city of Las Vegas, Nevada is no easy task.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 26, 2024

At the heart of our democracy, election poll workers serve as the guardians of the voting process. Their role is pivotal in maintaining the integrity and smooth operation of elections. Partnering with the right background screening company to screen poll workers can help ensure voter safety and the integrity of the vote.

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Super Library Marketing

JUNE 5, 2023

It took another 17 years for the library to secure the funding and property they needed for the construction and operation of a new facility. There was an upside to this approach: the new building could be constructed without interruption to day-to-day operations. Then the project hit a snag.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 7, 2025

We know about congestion zones from cities like London and Stockholm, where motor vehicle operators pay a toll charge for entering the city core. Now what? ," Los Angeles Times ) for fear it could swing votes to Republicans, only to go on to agree after the election. London has an additional ultra low emissions zone too.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Rather than adamantly saying "no," I came to realize that since advocates mostly lose out on such initiatives--except if the city or state requires a public vote--we should be focusing on mitigating the problems from such facilities and increasing the benefits. I and many activists were against public funding, but it happened anyway.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 19, 2023

I don't think I was aware at the time of the Denver Scientific and Cultural Facilities District , which operates at a multicounty scale. I am not sure it passed, because there is a vote in August on a property tax levy for the Detroit Institute of Arts. I mentioned the Regional Asset District in Pittsburgh as the primary example.

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Social Pinpoint

JANUARY 8, 2023

One example is online participatory budgets , which enable citizens to vote for how they would like public spending to be allocated toward an initiative. In a direct democracy, citizens are responsible for voting directly on policies and laws. How is participative democracy different from direct democracy?

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Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

Professional government employees are vital partners for these officials and do [or should do] the day-to-day operations of the government, procure products and services, supervise, develop budgets for programs and execute tactics outlined in strategy put forth in part by our elected officials.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 21, 2025

The council identified the need to help the missing middle in its updated cultural strategy that is to be voted on by councillors on June 24. Of that lost space, 14,400 square metres was once production space occupied by artists, musicians, writers and performers, a decline of 28 per cent over that time.

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 15, 2022

is operating its foreign policy without Senate-confirmed appointees in more than one quarter of all top diplomatic posts. Representative to the Organization for American States were submitted to the Senate nearly a year ago and are still awaiting votes. A year and a half into President Joe Biden’s administration, the U.S. 18, 2021.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Use of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, blogs and photo sharing sites illustrate the flexibility of ICT platforms in supporting collective action and social movements while the mediums themselves are both inexpensive to operate and instantaneous; multiple messages can be conveyed clearly and consistently over the course of movement evolution.

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Not so much at the grand philosophical level, although that as well, but more at the operational level of government programs and policies and the way the civil service actually works or doesn’t. From protecting civil rights to counting the votes, it’s hard to imagine a stable democratic future without the machinery of modern government.

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