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Opioid and Fentanyl Legislation Under Consideration in Congress 

NLC (National League of Cities)

The SUPPORT Act, signed into law in 2018, aimed to tackle the opioid crisis by expanding on the previous work done through the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) and the 21st Century Cures Act.

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Shutdowns and continuing resolutions aren’t the answer of effective government

Partnership for Public Service

And since 1976, our government has shut down 21 times for at least a day, when Congress could not agree on appropriations or pass stopgap funding, including a partial government shutdown of 35 days in 2018-2019. The way forward Several legislative reforms would help put a stop to these troubling developments.

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Green technology: A world of opportunity for better EPC ratings

Open Access Government - Technology News

How can we provide renewable technology solutions to help companies meet the 2050 net zero deadlines and have improved EPC rating legislation? Changes in commercial EPC rating legislation An EPC rating is a document used to indicate a property’s level of energy efficiency. Businesses are provided with a commercial EPC.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018). Community Land Trusts and State Legislation: A Model Act to Enable This Affordable Housing Tool.”

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Decision Intelligence: Data Privacy

GovLoop

Congress has considered, but not enacted, broader privacy legislation. At the state level, California enacted the first state privacy law in 2018 and, via ballot initiative, established a more comprehensive version in 2022. Four other states — Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and Virginia — enacted statutes that take effect in 2023.

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Automobile interests don't favor mass transit

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

As I’ve written in my book , Musk admitted to his biographer Ashlee Vance that Hyperloop was all about trying to get legislators to cancel plans for high-speed rail in California—even though he had no plans to build it. The Boring Company was supposed to solve traffic, not be the Las Vegas amusement ride it is now.

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Find the Right Path to Digital Transformation

GovLoop

Leadership or legislators might not be moved by the need for simplifying IT management or improving collaboration, but they understand the need to keep constituents safe and services running. Department of Agriculture took this approach in 2018, when it adopted a combination of public and private cloud services.