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Stories of service: The impact of federal employees on the West Coast

Partnership for Public Service

At the heart of the public sector are local federal workers, the vast majority of whom work outside the Washington, D.C., These career civil servants include public affairs specialists, engineers, researchers and many more who shape the standard of living at the local level.

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Risk, resilience, and security – the three key functions of public safety technology

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Between 1980 and 2020, natural disasters affected nearly 50 million people in the EU and cost EU governments approximately 12 billion euros yearly. The systems currently available handle alerting the public and continuity of communication in a bi-directional manner.

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

For example, it ranks 170th out of 180 in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2020. Public Affairs, New York, 443 pp. Stability, good governance and democratic participation are essential ingredients of disaster risk reduction. Haiti has long had a shortage of all three. i] Muggah, R. ii] Farmer, Paul 2012.

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Fiscal Impacts from COVID-19–Revenue Structure Matters

Death and Taxes

Based on the real monthly updates on the Florida state and county unemployment rates in 2020, we estimated each county’ unemployment rate in 2021 and 2022 to forecast the revenue impact for FY 2022 and FY 2023. Hai (David) is an associate professor of public administration at the Department of Public Policy and Administration, Steven J.

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Meet the New Featured Contributors

GovLoop

With nearly two decades of experience in and around the public sector, Micah was previously Director of Solutions Engineering at OpenGov, Budget Director for the City of Minneapolis, and Chief Financial Officer for the State of Minnesota’s Department of Administration.

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CRA Podcast Episodes

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Previously, he served as Director of Resource Development and Public Affairs for Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland providing fund development and policy leadership. CRA Comments Letters are due April 8, 2020-Click here to learn more and to submit your comments: [link]. .