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Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement Could Be the Missing Piece in Fighting Vacant Properties

Center for Community Progress

These properties, as Community Progress Senior Fellow Alan Mallach recently discussed on NPR’s 1A , actively harm neighbors and neighborhoods by threatening public health and safety, keeping residents from building wealth, and destabilizing local government finances.

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Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives

AWS Public Sector Blog

Pahlka served in President Obama’s administration as the deputy chief technology officer from 2013-14, where she worked on initiatives to modernize government technology and improve digital services. She served as executive director from its formation until 2020.

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Celebrating 20 Years of Land Banks in Michigan

Center for Community Progress

Between 2009-18, the Calhoun and Kalamazoo County land banks created at least 286 full time jobs in construction, lawn care, and property maintenance. Here are a few examples of how land banks in Michigan have helped neighbors and neighborhoods: The median sale price increased 11.5% and the mortgage rate increased 5.6%

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. Governor Steve Bullock An accomplished lawyer, Steve Bullock served the State of Montana as Attorney General from 2009 to 2013, and as Governor from 2013 to 2021. public sector customers. We recently announced that 250,000 active-duty enlisted members of the U.S.

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Addressing federal record retention in mobile device messaging

AWS Public Sector Blog

Virtually all federal, state, and local government agencies must adhere to various data retention and records management policies, regulations, and laws. Qintel, LLC is a leading provider of data analytics and intelligence founded by former government and military intelligence professionals in 2009.

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CPBB Teams with Toledo Regional Chamber to Bring Priority Based Budgeting to the City of Toledo, Ohio

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

At the Center for Priority Based Budgeting (CPBB) , we're constantly impressed and amazed at just how innovative local government communities can be. A complete revolution in how local governments utilize their limited resources to the benefit of the communities they serve.

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ACTION, DATA, EVOLVE! 3 Ground Breaking Moments from the CPBB (Un)Conference

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

By 2009/2010, ICMA, GFOA, NLC and the Alliance for Innovation urged us to broaden our ability to serve many local governments surviving the Great Recession. The Center for Priority Based Budgeting (CPBB) was created “ to produce a replicable and scalable methodology and toolset for all local governments” to use.