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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ). John Kotter’s Eight Step Model for Leading Change It definitely shows lack of accountability and no sense of urgency to act -2,000 units could house at least 4,000 people. The City Council is worked up about it (" D.C. Housing Authority better ," Post ).

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

Social media tends to be decentralized, nonmarket, peer-produced, nonproprietary, open-sourced, commons-based, and provide free or inexpensive access and distribution (Benkler, 2006). These pages, open to anyone with a Facebook account, include ‘friends’ not only from one’s home country or state, but from throughout the world.

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Top 50 City Government Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

She is the Hayward, California city manager and has worked in the office since 2006. The local government here strives to be accountable and accessible. Believing that Mayor Bloomberg will be reelected for a third time, she uses her blog as a keeper of reasons for why not to vote for the incumbent. City Manager’s Blog.

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