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Government: Ethics & Transparency at the Federal Level (with Shelley Finlayson)

Policy Chats

Office of Government Ethics Chief of Staff & Program Counsel Shelley Finlayson talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about ethics and transparency within the executive branch of the federal government. In this episode, U.S. About Shelley Finlayson : Ms. Guest: Shelley Finlayson (U.S.

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Government: Ethics & Transparency at the Federal Level (with Shelley Finlayson)

Policy Chats

Office of Government Ethics Chief of Staff & Program Counsel Shelley Finlayson talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about ethics and transparency within the executive branch of the federal government. Shelley Finlayson on the topic of why the Office of Government Ethics was created. “

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: A damning, 72-page report the agency authored portrays a housing authority in disarray and at risk of defaulting on its agreement with the federal government. How are these multiple failures not an indictment of the capacity of the DC Government to manage and act? (" HUD report on D.C. But he didn't.

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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

Though not a government entity or body politic, the original Ohio land bank laws were designed to: 1) allow municipal land banks to acquire properties through tax foreclosure at no cost after being exposed to sale without bidders and 2) to hold these properties real estate tax exempt until the land could be repurposed.

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15th anniversary: “Making Environmental Self-Regulation Mandatory”

Andy Whitford

Written with a former undergraduate student during my time at Kansas, “ Making Environmental Self-Regulation Mandatory ” appeared in the journal Global Environmental Politics in 2006. I think this mechanism still has legs; indeed, there is now a robust research literature on environmentally-friendly procurement.

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Lessons Learned from TANF Clients

Barrett & Greene

A PhD in Social Work, Vogel-Ferguson also has directed research studies and program evaluations with state and regional level government agencies and is the principal investigator of studies on other topics, including refugee support, employment of formerly chronically homeless individuals and the implementation of trauma informed approaches.

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Opposition to affordable housing in Chevy Chase, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But DC Government shows a lot that it's management capacity is weak. Obviously, DC itself has successful examples of doing this, although more with replacing the civic asset rather than including it going forward. It hasn’t gone as planned ," Washington Post , " Mayor Bowser meets with Connecticut Ave.

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