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ALA Midwinter Report 2022

Librarian.net

All of the documents I mention should be linked from this page. I’ll try to pull out links for important documents. There were some Round Table readjustments which were mostly paperwork-driven and seemed non-controversial but required voting. If I did not cover a thing that you care about, please get in touch.

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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DC received a scathing report from HUD about the failures in managing the city's public housing stock of 8,000 units, 25%--2,000-are vacant because most are uninhabitable (" D.C. It attributed the issue to management failure and said the vacancies have accelerated the agency’s steadily deteriorating financial condition.

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Getting Ready for Grants, Part 3: Writing Compliance into Your Programs

ResourceAssociates

However, the compliance documents are thick, maybe even thicker than a New York City phone book. A recent grant award notice issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services listed the mandatory documents related to a grant award. Figuring it out can be a very daunting task. You see, there’s a conflict of interest.

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City of Joplin, MO Residents Engage with City Budget Survey to Rank Seven City Priorities

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

"Priority-based budgeting will allow city officials to regain control of the budget." - City Manager Sam Anselm The City of Joplin, Missouri is in their first year of the priority based budgeting process. This will help better manage the broad number of services we provide, while recognizing our budget constraints.”

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Five Placemaking Projects that Empower Community Engagement

Social Pinpoint

This plan will also be used to identify actions to manage change and help respond to challenges such as climate change, population growth and COVID-19. The City has also used other elements such as FAQ’s, a Document Library, and Facts cards as a way to provide further information to residents.

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Strathcona County Updating Priority-Based Strategic Plan

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

The process will provide valuable information that supports decision-making by directors and managers, enabling them to allocate or reallocate resources, based on each program or resource request’s alignment to strategic and corporate priorities. These documents. These documents. the task force on mature neighbourhoods.

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How governments can transform services securely in the cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

One of the services that had been transformed as part of the program was a service that helped register citizens to vote. In 2016, on the eve of the voting registration deadline, political leaders referred audiences to the website after a live TV debate. This system had seven levels, from Unclassified to Top Secret.