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Economic impact of big name concert tours: Taylor Swift in Philadelphia

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. == More entries about music performance as an element of cultural planning -- " Song remains the same ," 2011 -- " Ground up (guerrilla) art #2: community halls and music (among other things) ," 2011 -- " Leveraging music for cultural and economic development: part one, opera ," 2017 -- " Leveraging music as cultural heritage for economic development: (..)

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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.

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Indiana BMV Builds on Three Pillars to Drive up CX

GovLoop

In 2019, the average visit time was 13 minutes, 4 seconds. The number jumped in 2020 and 2021 (the most recent year for which stats are available), first because of COVID restrictions and then staffing shortages. From a constituent perspective, such behavior diminishes trust in government as a whole, Deloitte found.

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The GSE Conservatorships: Fifteen Years Old, With No End in Sight

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

This week, September 6 to be exact, marks the fifteenth anniversary of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae – the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) - being placed into conservatorship by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). [1] Q1: What problem was the government trying to solve when it placed the two GSEs into conservatorship?

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In some instances, notably the Manchester Arena bombing and the Grenfell Tower fire (both in 2017), the shortcomings have been nothing less than scandalous (Kerslake 2018, Moore-Bick 2019). This document is periodically updated and the latest edition came out in 2020. State of the UK Climate 2020. doi: 10.1002/joc.7285

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Elections

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In the 2017 and 2019 elections, I thought Democratic wins in Virginia presaged a lot more. While Biden won in 2020, the rest of the ballot didn't do so well for Democrats. In blue and "mixed" states, governance matters. In some red states, governance doesn't matter so much, but women's rights do. Conclusion.

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FEDERAL TORTS CLAIMS ACT: Feres Doctrine Cracked? Opening of Pandora's Box or Further Encasement in Stone?

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act ("NDAA"), SB 1790, 133 Stat 1198, into law. The provision also sets a two-year statute of limitations except for 2017 injuries that are filed in 2020. Trish Sifka , Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group. at 143; see also United States v.

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