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FITARA Scorecards Spur Agencies to Faster, More Efficient IT Modernization

FedTech Magazine

FITARA’s semiannual assessment ranks agencies on how well they meet the requirements outlined in the law, including data center optimization, enhancing CIO authority, cybersecurity and more. When 24 agencies were first assessed on the FITARA report card in 2015, only seven received a grade of C or higher.

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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

2015) (per curiam); Schutt v. In short, “the law does not require the officer to wait until the approaching animal is within biting distance or is leaping at him before taking protective action.” App'x 177 (5th Cir. Lewis , No. 6:12-CV-1697-Orl-37DAB, 2014 WL 3908187 (M.D. 11, 2014); McCarthy v. Kootenai County , No. Gaynor , 376 F.

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ADMIRALTY: Statute of Limitations for Wrongful Death

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

His illness was diagnosed on February 20, 2015, and he died on July 3, 2015. To decide the question, the appellate court recognized that there is a fundamental distinction between survival actions and wrongful death actions under admiralty law. William Powell Co. , 4th 554 (9th Cir. States Marine Lines, Inc. ,

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Housing prices have increased far faster than incomes (Miller 2015), making affordable homeownership inaccessible for many aspiring homeowners (Hackett et al. Inclusionary zoning or LIHTC units only provide below-market housing for a fixed period (Miller 2015), and Housing Choice Vouchers become more costly as rents rise.

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Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act: An Initial Analysis of Short-Term Trends

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The policy brief analyzes properties with various shares of rent stabilized units to understand whether the law had a differential impact on primarily rent stabilized properties. For these reasons, some argued prior to the law’s passage that the HSTPA would negatively impact building values in the short- and long-term.

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Straws and puffery: USC's DC "campus" as a lever for downtown revival

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And the GMU campus at Virginia Square in Arlington, Virginia, which has the policy and law schools, and other programs. Some schools have invested in nearby commercial districts, like Catholic University mentioned above. That's why I have to laugh at the article in today's Post about USC, " D.C.

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Celebrating Pride Month in Parks and Recreation — Episode 138

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

So far in 2023, more than 525 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced and more than 75 signed into law as of the time of this recording – the worst year on record. Chris is a six-time member of Team USA, and in 2015 he became the first openly transgender man to represent the United States in international competition.