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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The leadership of the FHLBs, along with various beneficiaries of their subsidies, has also begun to aggressively lobby and advocate against virtually any proposed change that it views as detrimental to its bottom line. In 2008, when F&F entered into conservatorship, the three reforms described above occurred immediately.

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Technical Leadership Needs Advance The Politics-Administration Dichotomy

Public Policy Blog

Waldo , concerned himself with the later, more expansive conception of the dichotomy, which included the process of policy making ( Rosenbloom, 2008 ). In 2012, Patrick Overeem wrote a forensic investigation [a la CSI-style] book hinting to a comeback in the making, particularly in the United States. Overeem, Patrick (2012).

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Former White House officials highlight the value of early planning for presidential transitions

Partnership for Public Service

During this period, presidents “should feature a non-partisan, managerial approach that consciously forms teams built to emphasize not just policy expertise, but effective leadership,” Liddell said. The book includes 30 declassified transition memos about Bush administration policies from 2008 and 2009 and made public for the first time.

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Creating a results-focused city government: An interview with Michael Nutter, former Mayor of Philadelphia – Episode #138

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

We get insights from Michael Nutter who served for eight years at the Mayor of Philadelphia, from 2008 to January 2016. Under his leadership, Philadelphia became known as a leader in the use of data and evidence. We get insights from Michael Nutter who served for eight years at the Mayor of Philadelphia, from 2008 to January 2016.

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Learning what not to do from the New England Patriots football team

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From " Design Thinking ," American Libraries, 2008 I used action planning concepts when I did a pedestrian and bicycle plan for Baltimore County (" Best practice bicycle planning for suburban settings using the "action planning" method ," 2010). It was an important lesson to me about not learning the wrong lesson from success.

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From LAX to ONT: The Transfer of Ontario International Airport and its Economic Implications

The Lowe Down

In retort, Los Angeles stated that the significant loss in business resulted from the 2008 recession rather than administrative negligence. Between 2012 and the acquisition, John Wayne rose to become dominant in international flights compared to ONT, Long Beach, and Bob Hope. The rankings have not changed since the acquisition.

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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

Prolific proponent of the networked society Manuel Castells (2011) describes mass media being displaced by mass self-communication (Deluca, Lawson, & Sun, 2012) in altering the communication model from one-to-one to many-to-many. 2013; Bennett, Breunig, & Givens, 2008). Social Media in the United States.