AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The AWS Institute creates a library of guides, videos, and articles featuring insights and best practices shared by public sector leaders to help their peers accelerate their transformation programs. She served as executive director from its formation until 2020.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 6, 2022

From the article: Ultimately, as with Ferguson, we recognized that we had a deeper problem and we had to be more aggressive in owning up to the problem. But the 2009 blog entry indicates that the problem continues. I had only lived in DC for about 4 years when this happened.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Take the Asia-Pacific region, where spending on healthcare per person is now 80 percent higher than it was in 2009. The AWS Institute creates a library of guides, videos, and articles featuring insights and best practices shared by public sector leaders to help their peers accelerate their transformation programs.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2024

Note that before the book, there was an article in Fortune Magazine , " Downtown is for people " ( pdf ). It's a very important book, about the recentralization of metropolitan areas focused on center city revival. I actually have the original magazine--from an estate sale in Bethesda, found by Suzanne, not me, but it's in DC. Great images.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

From the article: The capital improvement program reflects the region’s commitment to maintaining and improving your community’s $100 billion transit asset. The question of how best to fund Metro is an important one that requires thought leadership and extensive community input.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Agglomeration economies and the biotech cluster in Cambridge Massachusetts.The Globe article explains why I am such a proponent of face to face, cluster development and agglomeration economies. But it seems that people have a hard time learning or retaining previous knowledge, so sadly these kinds of points need to be constantly repeated.

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The Lowe Down

JANUARY 5, 2022

Article by Nicolas De Mello. The article contributes to the line of research on recessions and birth rates by constructing a novel dataset of 150 countries and using an event study analysis to explore how fertility rates are impacted by the trough of recessions. Overall, 22% of the selected shocks are from 2009.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 4, 2023

From the article : Metro rides are free after 5 p.m. They still pale compared to systems like London Underground and Melbourne, but for the DC area, they are a step forward. I was shocked to read in today's Post that this evening, starting at 5pm, Metrorail and Metrobus will be free, to support people going to and from the fireworks.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

From the article: Prince George’s County didn’t feel like a place to make movies when actress Kike Ayodeji grew up. As pointed out in the Post article, if you want to develop a functioning if not thriving film community, you need to support its development, and a film festival is an element that does. I think it's a great idea.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In a recent article, Gartner identified investments in digitalisation as a way for businesses to prepare for an economic recession. Latest ONS figures show that the UK’s output per hour growth between 2009 – 2019 was the second lowest of the G7 countries. This is where low-code tech comes in.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 11, 2023

From the article: a state law decentraliz[ed] the Chicago school system and giving parents and educators the power to review school budgets and hire principals.

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The Lowe Down

MAY 14, 2023

Article by Abizer Mamnoon and Anahitha Gopikumar Ontario Airport (ONT), located east of downtown Ontario in San Bernardino County, is the geographically closest airport to the Claremont Colleges. Until the recession, LA County managed ONT well and 0.26% more passengers were arriving at ONT every month.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A short bibliography of sources that deal with common faults in Turkish R/C construction is appended at the end of this article. An experienced civil engineer could evaluate some of that by eye, but much of the rest is hidden and only exposed once the building collapses. While that cannot be negated, it is less than half of the story.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

From the article: Mowing grass too short can cut the tops off flowering plants, creating lawns that are inhospitable for pollinators seeking habitats in which to feed, rest and nest, experts say. The Washington Post had a great article, " Kids getting burned on swings and slides?

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

AUGUST 20, 2017

It was a great honor to receive the Beryl Radin Award at the 2017 PMRC conference at American University in June for our article entitled, “ Clerks or Kings? In this blog post, we will highlight the article’s main conclusions, as well as our indebtedness to a wonderful mentor and scholar who enabled this project.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

I have found, in a variety of recent articles, the 10 to 15 percent range for housing price declines (i.e., So, the risk exposure to the GSEs is even lower than indicated by the referenced credit statistics. [19] 19] It is of course impossible to predict what will happen to house prices.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 30, 2023

From the second article: The goals of the future hospital, he said, are to provide meaningful economic impact to the west side by employing residents who live near the facility, and to improve the health of a city that faces lower life expectancy and higher rates of serious conditions compared with the overall county.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 11, 2024

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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In 2009, I was appointed to serve on the Community Advisory Committee, representing the Eastern Market Preservation and Development Corporation. We did this in 2008 or 2009. 2006 and beyond, although what it's become is perhaps far beyond what I suggested, " Retail planning and Florida Market ," 2009. Anselm's is today.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 11, 2024

Louis regional transit planning process as a model for what needs to be done in the DC Metropolitan region " (2009) DC area transit planning and operations is an extreme example of gaps. The concept of a multi-regional and multi-state transit network is outlined in " The meta-regional transit network " (2009).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

I noticed an article that Baltimore County, Maryland is on the verge of passing a plastic bag ban. DC did that in 2009. There is an article from Fox45 in Baltimore that states: " Law enforcement expert says liquor stores are hotspots for crime in Baltimore City." increase in violent crimes. In the early 2000s!

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

AUGUST 30, 2016

In this first article, the focus is on: “What is Priority Based Budgeting, Why do Communities implement this practice, and where is the City in the midst of its implementation.” At its core, Priority Based Budgeting is a process to ensure that your community is getting the best bang for the taxpayer dollar.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

The Tribune article asks the question of whether or not the streetcar is contributing to traffic reduction. The journal article " Making Cycling Irresistible ," inspired my own blog entry in 2008, " Ideas for Making Cycling Irresistible in DC." I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal. They had a very sophisticated approach.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

The article " Philadelphia’s Market Street East searches for growth and renewal — with or without a new Sixers arena ," has an interesting section on a community meeting where people who weren't into the arena concept suggested alternatives. They don't want an arena, they want green roofs.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

With regard to the last of these points, it is worth considering the criticisms of the concept of social capital, which is often used in conjunction with community-based DRR (Haynes 2009, Inaba 2013). I need not repeat them here. The manifestation of community may simply be an expression of the will of the powerful. Disaster subcultures.

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Scott Darrington : Although he gave no reason for it, Scott stopped blogging in 2009. You can also get articles on pay, news, employment, and more. It is the site for the Budget Office of Seattle, Washington. Sections include updates, inflation, and a budget process overview. There is also a link to the city’s main site.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

Louis regional transit planning process as a model for what needs to be done in the DC Metropolitan region ," 2009 And some of that seems to be happening, at least with the local commuter line (" Brightline, Orlando and Orange County collaborate on potential convention center rail route ," Orlando Business Journal ).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

From the article: Surveying the 30-plus public gardens, arboretums, historical landscapes, and support groups that comprise Greater Philadelphia Gardens, consulting firm Econsult Solutions added up the digits and found an economic impact of $256 million a year, a big boon for the tourism industry. s Black arts scene ," Post ).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

There are tons of "leadership books" and seminars and articles about leadership lessons from sports team coaches. The Stanford Social Innovation Review has published articles over the years about application of design thinking to social enterprises and social issues. But to dig deeper for the right lesson. Learning from sports teams.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Read on to meet the writers, who will contribute two articles each month to GovLoop until July. You can begin reading their articles here.) Sandra is a best-selling author, podcast host and writes career coaching articles for Forbes and other industry magazines.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 19, 2023

From the article: Meanwhile, a few hundred feet away, Pioneer Square mainstays Linda Hodges Gallery and the Center on Contemporary Art are celebrating a different milestone: their last First Thursday Art Walk. Hotel Development ," Bisnow), and retail spaces that are getting crushed.

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Partnership for Public Service

APRIL 6, 2023

Christopher Liddell, the deputy chief of staff during President Donald Trump’s administration, wrote an article in the Spring edition of National Affairs headlined, “ The Five-year Presidency ,” where he details his final days in the White House and why potential presidents should plan early.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Screenshot, Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership marketing campaign, 2009. From the article: In a first for the province — and believed to be unique in Canada — a “vertical school” will be built into the third floor of the project on Lake Shore Blvd. I haven't written about this being discussed in a number of places like DC (" D.C.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

5] This was the policy of the FHFA when it was under the control of Acting Director Edward Demarco (2009 to very early 2014). See my article “The Policymaking Implications of Record-High Mortgage Origination Profits During the Pandemic. In this paper, I will utilize this economic G-fee, i.e., 0.46 Thus, a potential 0.20

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

It doesn’t take long before thousands of Facebook users join these pages (Fieser, 2009). In a historical context, when viewing the snapshot of their nascent birth, we can see the peak of OWS has slightly more interest in America than searches for the TPM did during the groups’ peak in 2009” (Parrillo, 2011).

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 12, 2016

” He briefly outlines how the SOTU has evolved with advancing mediums and with an ever more discerning American public: Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution tells us this: The President “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union.”. Why or why not? Sound off below.

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