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

Center for Community Progress

At the height of the foreclosure crisis post-2008, a group of elected officials, community development practitioners, and lawyers came together to craft a strategy to respond to the hemorrhaging real estate market in Ohio. Everything seemed to work as planned—until 2008. Ohio’s Traditional Land Bank Law.

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21 August 2017 | Partisan Alignment and Delegation to the U.S. Bureaucracy, By Christine Palus & Susan Webb Yackee*

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

In sum, a takeaway message from our findings, then, is that agency officials may feel pressure to conform, rather than discretion to innovate, when serving under politically like-minded elected officials. He passed away in 2009; yet, his legacy in the field of Public Administration continues to live on.

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The journal article " Making Cycling Irresistible ," inspired my own blog entry in 2008, " Ideas for Making Cycling Irresistible in DC." Sometimes they're led by the elected official for that district. There aren't many free air pumps or bike stands. I don't know if some apartment buildings have high quality bike parking.

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Technical Leadership Needs Advance The Politics-Administration Dichotomy

Public Policy Blog

Professional government employees are vital partners for these officials and do [or should do] the day-to-day operations of the government, procure products and services, supervise, develop budgets for programs and execute tactics outlined in strategy put forth in part by our elected officials.