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20 Funniest Presidential Gaffes of All Time

Masters in Public Administration

We’re all human and capable of making mistakes, but those who live their lives in the public eye are for more susceptible to feeling the pain long after the mistake has been made.

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30 Most Interesting Water Safety and Management Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

The phrase “water management” means a lot of things. From how to efficiently distribute water to the public, making sure water is sanitized or managing the sewage or waste water, this broad term has many meanings.

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The 50 Best City Manager Blogs, Sites, and More

Masters in Public Administration

A city manager is often charged with managing the city’s budget, various offices, and a ton of other responsibilities. Appointed, not elected, they must have outstanding educational and managerial qualifications.

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Fresh Blogging: The Top 50 Clean Air Advocacy Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

Clean air is on the mind of everyone. More people than ever suffer from lower respiratory problems such as asthma. Air pollution is also known for worsening the conditions of those with cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.

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“Think Globally – Act Locally”- A New Chapter for Data.gov…

Data.gov

Data.gov Team Moves to New Location. As this is posted today, the Data.gov team has re-located to our new “greener” General Services Administration (GSA) building in One Constitution Square in Northeast Washington, D.C. These new surroundings, optimized for open collaboration, are filled with new opportunities and possibilities.

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How Ancestral Knowledge Can Help Incarcerated Natives

Next City

After the Department of Corrections stripped imprisoned Indigenous people of religious freedoms in 2010, the organization Huy stepped in to advocate for them

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

CLTs offer reliable stewardship of community land assets and a long-term promise of affordable housing (Davis 2010). CLTs can be found in Irvine CA , Burlington VT (NYU case study here ), Tucson AZ , and Austin TX among others across the country, (Jacobus and Brown 2010).

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2022 in Libraries

Librarian.net

Previous years: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Not a big year for libraries though I did get to one new one in Fairlee. Kimball (56) – Once the library opened, it stayed open.

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2021 in Libraries

Librarian.net

Previous years: 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Only my regulars this past year. I picked up shifts at my local library and did a few months at Chelsea Public Library while they searched for a full-time librarian.

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2022 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

Previous librarian.net summaries: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. Here was the twitter thread of what I read last year. I’ll be posting on Mastodon this year instead.Find me there at [link].

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The Challenges of Policing (with Sergio Diaz)

Policy Chats

Diaz was the chief of police for the city of Riverside, California between July 1, 2010, and September 19, 2019. Prior to joining the Riverside Police Department, Sergio was a police officer in the city of Los Angeles for 33 years, retiring at the rank of Deputy Chief in 2010.

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Television programs and trust in government

Partnership for Public Service

The action series 24 has not been on the air since 2010, yet 37% of people say they have seen an episode while 15% reported watching the show “a lot.” The entertainment industry plays a big role in telling stories about the government.

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

This was in 2010, shortly after Haiti had been prostrated by a magnitude 7 earthquake. The 2010 earthquake occurred after yet another period of instability, which the United Nations Peacekeeping mission (MINUSTAH) had striven to bring to an end. vi] Oliver-Smith, Anthony 2010.

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2021 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

Previous librarian.net summaries: 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. Here was the twitter thread of what I read last year but I should note, it has two 46es on it. I read about the same this year.

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If you want people to act, provide them with the means to do so: neighborhood historic district sign lacking contact information

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And I have written about historic district signage (" Reassessing historic preservation on account of it being National Historic Preservation Month ," 2010). Yalecrest is a neighborhood historic district in Salt Lake City.

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How the Census Undercounts Will Impact CED Work

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

This group was undercounted by almost 5 percent, three times greater than in the 2010 Census. These latter two undercounts are about the same percentages as in 2010. The U.S. Census Bureau recently released its coverage estimates for the 2020 Census.

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Providing Opportunities for Those Who Think Differently — September Bonus Episode

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

In 2010, Time Magazine named Dr. Grandin one of the 100 most influential people.

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CED and Affordable Housing: How Does Manufactured Housing Fit In?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

This headline from last week would naturally grab the attention of any CED professional: “Affordable mobile homes are disappearing in Asheville; code change could bring some back.” Housing is a basic issue for anyone interested in CED.

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A Lime electric bicycle front wheel with the spokes iced up, Salt Lake City | Snow clearance issues and sustainable mobility

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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Child Nutrition School Breakfast Program Expansion Grant for U.S. States and the District of Columbia

iGrantWriters

1793), as amended by Section 105 of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-296), authorizes funds to provide grants on a competitive basis to State agencies. Eligibility State governments Eligible applicants under this RFA include all State agencies that administer the School Breakfast Program in the 50 U.S. States and the District of Columbia.

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Hear from civil servants who have fought workplace discrimination inside and outside of government

Partnership for Public Service

Bush in 2003, and then serving as acting chairman of the EEOC under President Obama from 2009 to 2010, Ishimaru is credited with rebuilding the agency , which had become underfunded and understaffed.

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More remonstration about the molasses of change: Transit planning, Baltimore County, Maryland and Towson

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Especially if it had been prioritized in the 2010 Baltimore County Master Plan.

2010 52
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4 Tips for Leveraging Data in Your Grant Report

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Sheri’s foray into entrepreneurship began with Measurement Resources Company in 2010. Note from Diane: Grant reporting is a key part of the grant life cycle if you want to build and maintain strong grantmaker relationships.

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Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program ? Competitive Funding

iGrantWriters

Highlands Regional Study: Connecticut and Pennsylvania 2010 Update.â?? Eligibility State governments Only the Lead State Agency (or Agencies), as determined by the Governor of each Highlands State, may apply for funding under the Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program. If the Governor assigns multiple Lead Agencies, those Agencies must coordinate on funding requests prior to submission and ensure no more than the maximum allowable amount is requested through this funding opportunity.

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School Breakfast Program Expansion Grant for U.S. Territories

iGrantWriters

1793), as amended by Section 105 of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-296), authorizes funds to provide grants on a competitive basis to State agencies and U.S. Eligibility Eligible applicants include all U.S.

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Gerrymandering in Utah

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In the 2010 cycle they divided Salt Lake County into three of the four districts. Top right, how Republicans organized the state's House districts after the 2020 Census.

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California Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis: A Career in Public Service

Policy Chats

From 2010 to 2013, Kounalakis served as President Barack Obama’s Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary. From 2010 to 2013, Kounalakis served as President Barack Obama’s Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary.

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5 public sector technology predictions for 2023

AWS Public Sector Blog

When AWS started our public sector business in 2010, customers were primarily attracted to cloud for two reasons: to save money, and to promote efficiencies by hosting websites on the cloud and using cloud storage.

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How will the UK Cyber Essentials Scheme change in April 2023?

Open Access Government - Technology News

Take social media as an example – where we were referring to using such platforms in hours per month in 2010, the average user today now spends 2 hours and 27 minutes of their day on them.

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Google Cloud expands higher education credits to 8 countries in Africa

Google Public Sector

Since 2010, they have used Google Workspace for Education to provide email addresses to all students and faculty.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

2010). 2010). 2010) showed that in Colombia the combined effect of 20,000 small destructive events was much greater than the socio-economic impact of five large disasters. Herbane 2010. Barbat 2010. Guidotti (eds) 2010.

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One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

We test this hypothesis using a sample of all 159 counties in the state of Georgia from 2010 through 2017 and find this to be indeed the case. By Michelle Lofton and Mikhail Ivonchyk. Working capital management is a managerial strategy that monitors and uses current assets (e.g., cash, accounts receivable, and inventory) and current liabilities (e.g., accounts payable and notes payable) to ensure smooth operations.

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COVID-19: Airline Bankruptcy? (with Michael Huerta)

Policy Chats

Before being named Administrator, Mr. Huerta served as Acting Administrator of the FAA from 2011 to 2013 and FAA Deputy Administrator from 2010 to 2011.

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The basic lesson of intensification that government officials and activists don't understand: intensification happens first in high value areas, not low value areas

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And why in some places, proximity to transit has little value premium, so creating transit oriented development is very difficult, time intensive, and requires subsidy (" From the files: transit planning in Baltimore ," originally written 2010).

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Remote workers: When do they count for local economic development incentives?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

304 (2010). “Remote work is here to stay,” says a 2022 Forbes article. Research by McKinsey & Company released in June 2022 reveals that 58 percent of Americans reported having the opportunity to work from home “at least one day a week,” and 35 percent had the option to work from home “five days a week.”. According to Pew Research , the move to remote or hybrid work is not universal: “Most U.S.

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Lessons in applying behavioral insights to human services from the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project: An interview with Lashawn Richburg-Hayes and Nadine Deshausay, MDRC – Episode #136

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

In 2010, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched a project to explore how programs could advance their goals, and address specific challenges, by applying insights from behavioral sciences, including behavioral economics.

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Parking fees/admissions fees for arenas, stadiums, concert facilities: Fee proposal for Live Nation Pittsburgh opposed by developer

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

One of the projects was an arena for the Pittsburgh Penguins, called the Civic Arena , which opened in 1967 and was torn down in 2010. Marimba Milliones is president and CEO of the Hill Community Development Corporation.

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Calling on states to close their youth prisons: An interview with Patrick McCarthy, President, Annie E. Casey Foundation – Episode #105

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

To learn more, we’re joined by Patrick McCarthy, who has led the Casey Foundation since 2010 and has been at the foundation since 1994. The Annie E.

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Community Resilience or Community Dystopia in Disaster Risk Reduction?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

There is no such thing as societeigh", she said in that false plummy, slightly hectoring, distinctly overbearing voice (Tice 2010). Rioting and looting occurred in London in 2011 and in Concepcion, Chile, after the 2010 earthquake and tsunami. 2010. 'No

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Do Lawyers Matter? Early Evidence on Eviction Patterns After the Rollout of Universal Access to Counsel in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The study primarily used data from the New York State Office of Court Administration, which provided information on all cases filed in housing courts in New York City from 2010 to 2019.

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