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How Vacant and Abandoned Buildings Affect the Community

Center for Community Progress

This translates into lost property tax revenues of $1 million to $2.7 Research has shown vacant and abandoned properties lead to a decrease in taxable values of surrounding properties and increase the likelihood of mortgage and tax foreclosures nearby creating a harmful domino effect that creates revenue challenges for local governments.

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Technical Leadership Needs Advance The Politics-Administration Dichotomy

Public Policy Blog

It’s through the strategy and policy produced by elected officials, that administrative professionals translate, create context for, and craft these campaign promises into actual deliverable results to the publics and constituencies. Image: Wikipedia.

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Greening government commitments ICT annual report 2023 to 2024

Open Access Government - Technology News

You might wonder how these strategies not only set industry standards but also redefine the role of technology in environmental stewardship. You might wonder how these improvements translate to tangible changes in daily operations. What’s driving this transformation, and what lies ahead in their future sustainability goals?