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Post columnist Colbert King says the DC Council needs to do more oversight

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

One of the comments on the article made a point about a local "Government Accountability Office" function. And in " Outline for a proposed Ward-focused (DC) Councilmember campaign platform and agenda " (2015), I suggest more tools for ward-specific oversight. More of that, please."

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It’s time to talk about a regional tax to help fund Metro (DC area)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Many people make the point that lack of dedicated funding is why the system is in failure mode.

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Learning what not to do from the New England Patriots football team

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

However, Angela McKee Brown, the consultant SFUSD hired to implement the recommendations, told Ackerman that IDEO failed to account for the operational and regulatory arrangements required for their implementation. Before I came up with the Transformational Projects Action Planning approach (" Why can't the "Bilbao Effect" be reproduced?

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PUBLIC LAW:  The Continued Vitality of Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

120 (2017), the Court stated that recognizing implied causes of action was now a "disfavored judicial activity," noting its consistent refusal "to extend Bivens to any new context or new category of defendants." Green , 446 U.S. More recently, in Ziglar v. Abbasi , 582 U.S. at *26-27 (brackets in original).

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CFP: Book About Teaching with Digital Storytelling

A Library Writer's Blog

The project offers first- hand accounts from the citizens most impacted in Puerto Rico and St. and will include the environmental, social and cultural impact on the most vulnerable citizens impacted by one of the most devastating hurricanes to hit the islands in 2017. Thomas V.I. Dr. Thomas P. American Library Association.

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Why Strathcona County Council & Administration have Embraced Priority Based Budgeting

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

BPBI Project Update to Priorities Committee - September 16, 2014 When complete in 2015/16, these processes will simplify and strengthen business planning and budgeting at Strathcona County, providing focus and direction to all of the County’s activities. Linton Delainey is councillor for Ward 6.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

This would be, in essence, an unwinding of the ERCF and a return to approximately the CCF that was officially in place from 2017 to 2019 for setting the average G-fee. 6] It was officially adopted in 2017. [7] 6] It was officially adopted in 2017. [7] For several reasons, in my view, the argument is not substantially valid.

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