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Philadelphia reduced school-based arrests by 91% since 2013—researchers explain the effects of keeping kids out of the legal system

GCN

COMMENTARY | Launched in 2014, the city's diversion program looks to prevent youths from being referred to the criminal justice system. In the first five years, it decreased school-based arrests by 84%, and researchers say it saves taxpayers millions of dollars.

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One problem in public space management is the desire to be unique | Does San Francisco really needs its own $20,000 trash can

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

There is a big tension in public space management over maintenance--its cost, vandalism, restrooms (an issue that I'm dealing with now in Salt Lake)--and the quality of urban design, street furniture, and the aesthetic environment of the place. This is also an issue with transit systems and their heavy rail cars.

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

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. Dave currently serves as a senior advisor for Blackstone Investment Group.

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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " Fighting blight by fixing up homes could bring down Philly gun violence, new study shows ," WHYY/NPR -- " Abandoned house repairs reduced nearby gun violenceAbandoned house repairs reduced nearby gun violence ," Penn Today (2023) -- " Urban Blight Remediation as a Cost-Beneficial Solution to Firearm Violence: A Citywide Cluster Randomized Trial (..)

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Insights from C-Stat in Colorado at year 5: An interview with Reggie Bicha, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Human Services – Episode #154

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

The Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) recently celebrated five years of C-Stat , its performance management and leadership strategy and one of the leading examples in the U.S. Related interviews: Ki’i Powell, then-Performance Management Director at CDHS, spoke in detail about the C-Stat process in her 2014 podcast interview.

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DC Public Safety Summit, Wednesday May 10th, 9am

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And I don't see things changing.

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In extremis: what Ukraine 2.0 tells us about reforming government and the public sector

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

In the words of one of them, Oleksandr Kamyshin, a 38-year-old former manager of a venture-capital fund who is now restructuring Ukraine’s arms industry, “we call it Ukraine 2.0. Such prosecutions were unheard-of before 2014. The public put far more faith in civil society than in official institutions.