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Agencies Seek Gains Through Precision Modernization

GovLoop

Recognizing that legislators and executive leaders have little appetite for sweeping modernization plans, many agencies are opting for a more targeted approach, focusing on initiatives that deliver tangible benefits. 2 – CAPTURING MORE REVENUE Legislators often question what return on investment modernization projects will deliver.

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5 Ways That Agencies Are Ailing From Legacy Systems

GovLoop

GAO, in a 2023 report about the Internal Revenue Service’s modernization efforts, describes it this way: “In an era of constrained budgets, the high costs of maintaining legacy systems could limit an agency’s ability to modernize and develop new or replacement systems.” This is called technical debt. Department of Labor.

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Delivering What the Public Expects

GovLoop

With metrics, he explained, “you [can] go tell that story to Congress, to your constituents, to whoever wants to listen, that you made [something] better.” Seamless Technology Constituents want seamless, frictionless experiences, what Alboum described as, “let me go to one place, express what I need, and get everything I need.”

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Supply Skepticism Revisited: What New Research Shows About the Impact of Supply on Affordability

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

But as concerns about gentrification and displacement in urban areas have become more widespread, supply skepticism has expanded from the traditional anti-development constituencies to renters and social advocates fighting for equitable neighborhood planning. Suburban legislators strongly opposed Hochul’s statewide plan last year.

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Summit County (Utah) Community Planning Lab as an example of civic engagement and best practice technical assistance

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: The Community Planning Lab was launched in the spring of 2023 as a way to inspire county residents, community leaders, business owners and other stakeholders who are interested in learning about how local policy decisions are made to become involved in shaping the future of the community. I think that's reasonable.