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Federal Business Applications Webinar - June 21st - Power Platform Center of Excellence

Microsoft Public Sector

The Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs of a Power Platform Center of Excellence in the Federal Government Sphere June 21st @ 1pm ET Established in 2020, Transport Canada’s Power Apps Centre of Excellence (PACE) team has been involved in Governance, Professional Development, and Citizen Development.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Housing is the highest monthly bill typical Americans face, reaching an average of $1674 a month in 2021. Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018).

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In response, Democrats in California and Massachusetts, Republicans in Utah and Montana, and city governments across the country have enacted legislation designed to address the barriers that restrict new housing development. For example, in the 2014 planning cycle, the statewide target for housing growth was one million units.

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More than a quarter of ambassador positions are without a Senate-confirmed official, hindering American diplomacy

Partnership for Public Service

government at risk. government. government. For example, when the Islamist terrorist organization Boko Haram abducted more than 200 school girls in Nigeria in 2014, the U.S. government and provide expert assessments of facts on the ground. 18, 2021. mission, can face challenges in conducting U.S.

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The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Definitely this is another example of DC government's failure to focus and to be innovative. cuts speed limit to 20 mph to curb pedestrian deaths: a step forward but not enough | New thoughts on a comprehensive Vision Zero agenda ," 2020 In " Revisiting Vision Zero in DC and NYC " (2021) I made these points: 1.

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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But that message isn’t getting through to our local government. The data reflect what we already know: When people’s basic need for a safe, stable home is met, it decreases violence in our neighborhoods. As we talked to close to 200 Grays Ferry residents, the stories poured in.

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

According to Twitter and other news sources (" WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative ," DC News Now) WMATA the operator of regional subway and bus services, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, are going to start working together. inter-city) transit planning ," 2011). It's about speed versus access.