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October 2023 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

Microsoft Teams for US Government Adoption Guide Message Center Highlights SharePoint Online MC678064 — UseRemoteAPIs functionality change 60 Days Updated September 27, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. >60 Days Updated September 12, 2023: We have updated the content below with additional information.

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Desperate times sometimes lead to a more marketing-oriented guise: WMATA/Metrorail | Bonus: WMATA's financial crisis

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Second, during the 2008 crash, I got an email from an activist in response to all the budget and service cuts faced by transit systems. Now a goodly amount of that is encapsulated in " Branding's (NOT) all you need for transit " (2018), but old pieces like " Making Transit Sexy " (2005), make the point too, less sophisticatedly.

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More systematic equity and revitalization planning as an imperative and opportunity in the suburbs: Northern Virginia

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Louis revitalization planning in the face of population shrinkage ," 2023 Inside NoVA reports, " Report: As Northern Virginia prospers, some neighborhood conditions worsen ," that the wealthy communities of Northern Virginia have communities that have and continue to lag. Part 2: Implementation Approach and Levers ," 2021 -- " Revisiting St.

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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). That's what I've been writing about for years, obviously, as indicated by the text above.

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Indiana BMV Builds on Three Pillars to Drive up CX

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percent” in 2008, according to a study by the Sagamore Institute. That work has continued unabated since Daniels left office in 2013, and the rating now sits at 98%, according to the 2021 annual report. Indiana’s success reflects the complex discipline of CX and is built on three pillars: people, processes and technology.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In the years immediately following conservatorship (which began in September 2008), the FHFA increasingly took over setting the average G-fee. Through 2013, the fee moved up strongly as part of the FHFA’s push to raise the cost of GSE mortgages in an attempt to “crowd in” more private market capital into mortgage lending.

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Government Mortgage Interest Rates: A Serious Discussion about the Intertwined Topics of Risk Adjustment and Cross-subsidies

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Conservatives were very vociferous in opposing the changes, most notably in two prominent Wall Street Journal editorials: “Upside Down Mortgage Policy” (April 22, 2023) and “Spinning Federal Mortgage Fees” (April 28, 2023). those with a principal amount over $726,200 in 2023 33 ).