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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The core thesis of this two-part article is that the congressional design of GSEs has a fundamental flaw: that subsidies and privileges given to a GSE will inevitably, over time, drift to being used unduly to produce stand-alone profit to benefit their owners and executives, and too little to support its intended mission.

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January 2024 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

MC683663 — (Updated) Access Microsoft Lists, PowerBI, Loop and Whiteboard Content in OneDrive Web 60 Days As a Viva Engage customer you will enjoy the new video and image experiences as soon as they reach general availability early in 2024—no action needed. All customers are expected to have the new designs by the end of March 2024.

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October 2023 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

When this will happen: We will begin rolling out this change in early October 2023 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by late March 2024. Stage 3 – (Timeline – April 2024) Wikis tab and wiki App wouldn't be able to accessible in Teams and users wouldn't be able to export. Users can also export their content to OneNote.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Nina Berman , Homeland Security Advisory Billboard, Country Club Hills, IL, 2008, from the Homeland series. The National Parks article discusses presentation of potentially controversial contemporary art in parks (also see " Home Land Security" art certain to spark dialogue in uncertain times ," Golden Gate Conservancy).

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Nina Berman , Homeland Security Advisory Billboard, Country Club Hills, IL, 2008, from the Homeland series. The National Parks article discusses presentation of potentially controversial contemporary art in parks (also see " Home Land Security" art certain to spark dialogue in uncertain times ," Golden Gate Conservancy).

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Crain's Chicago Business: Crain's Forum on Rebranding Chicago

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

One of my earliest pieces " Town-City branding or "We are all destination managers now" " (2005) was later expanded into the concept of a city's elected officials and stakeholders are its brand managers in commercial district revitalization framework plans I wrote in 2008 for Cambridge, Maryland, and Brunswick, Georgia. New Geography).

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Thanks Obama! (for saving my life)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A recent Reuters article, " Why Congress is becoming less productive ," about how Congress is accomplishing less and less. But the Bush Administration and its failed response to Hurricane Katrina, demonstrated that the government capital surplus had finally been depleted. Obamacare included Medicaid expansion.

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