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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding. Why are CLTs a useful tool?

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Divided by Design? Urban Renewal’s Long-term Impact on Poverty and Income by Race

The Lowe Down

Urban renewal was controversial because it allowed governments to forcibly seize properties and displace residents via eminent domain. I test this idea using Collins and Shester’s methodology to analyze economic outcomes from three decades (1990, 2000, 2010) disaggregated by race (Black or White).

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AWS hosts inaugural Federal Executive Forum at Amazon HQ2

AWS Public Sector Blog

Forward-thinking leaders from across the US federal government working in civilian, financials, defense, and national security gathered to discuss emerging technologies, and share best practices and ways to use the cloud to advance their missions. David Appel on stage at the Federal Executive Forum.

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A Law Ignored “To a Startling Degree”

Barrett & Greene

But first a little background: “No leave issue is more of a fiscal threat to governments than ‘Leave liability’,” we wrote in the UKG report. Unused leave represents an often-escalating unfunded liability that comes due when employees retire or otherwise sever their relationships with their government employers.”

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Mapping the Cyber Threat Landscape

GovLoop

Cyber experts often emphasize that there’s no silver bullet for improving the security of government systems. As Fortune points out, these shortages are good news for cyber wages — and bad news for government agencies competing for talent. The problem is not that technology always falls short. million workers, but that still leaves 3.4

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Risk, resilience, and security – the three key functions of public safety technology

Open Access Government - Technology News

Controlling public safety is a major concern of governments, and that’s where public safety technology comes in The legitimacy that results from managing a crisis has an instant and lasting impact on public opinion and the daily lives of citizens. This means that public safety is both a risk and an opportunity.

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Re-“View”ing How to Win BIL Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Nicknamed Justice40, this initiative challenges local governments and nonprofit agencies to actively engage people living in disadvantaged communities in participating in the planning of major infrastructure improvements such as bridges, public transportation, clean air and water initiatives, and more.