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City of Joplin, MO Residents Engage with City Budget Survey to Rank Seven City Priorities

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

Joplin residents rank safe, secure city as highest priority Joplin residents who responded to a city budget survey rated a "safe, secure and prepared community" as the highest of seven city priorities. 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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In extremis: what Ukraine 2.0 tells us about reforming government and the public sector

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

Corruption was endemic, from the bribes demanded by traffic cops to the kickbacks needed to secure government contracts. Mr Zelensky has since strengthened this system by installing a new council composed partly of retired American and European judges to regulate judicial conduct.

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How AWS supports the 10th anniversary of National Voter Registration Day with digital tools for civic engagement

AWS Public Sector Blog

Founded in 2012, National Voter Registration Day is an annual civic holiday on which the nation focuses on registering Americans to exercise their most basic right – the right to vote. million Americans have registered to vote on the holiday. Read on to learn more about how organizations use AWS to make it simple to register to vote.

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The Importance of Thoroughly Screening Election Poll Workers

American City & Country

At the heart of our democracy, election poll workers serve as the guardians of the voting process. Ensuring secure and transparent elections. The benefits of screening poll workers include: Security and Integrity of Elections: Polls handle sensitive information like voter lists and ballots.

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The White House’s Focus on Closing Costs: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

For example, the securities brokerage industry in 1975 was barred from setting prices as a cartel, as it long had; airline fares were deregulated by the government in 1978; and bank deposit interest rates underwent complete deregulation in phases from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. 15 Credit reports.

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What is government for?

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

That New Deal meant that the government would no longer work simply to promote business, but would regulate business, provide a basic social safety net, and promote infrastructure. trillion American Rescue Plan without any Republican votes. As soon as they took office, President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats passed the $1.9

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How to Evaluate the Likelihood of GSE Reform in the Next Presidential Administration: Six Questions to Ask

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

reforms that Treasury and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of F&F, could undertake instead. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin had extensive experience in mortgage securities during his career and thus was personally knowledgeable about the operations of the U.S. mortgage system.]]