Center for Community Progress

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In December 2022, Congress passed an appropriations package that included statutory provisions allowing for additional eligible uses for the American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (ARPA SLFRF). For background on ARPA SLFRF, please visit the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Resource Portal.

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Librarian.net

JULY 10, 2021

All meetings were virtual again this year and the big topic was ALA ‘s Forward Together plan. As you may know, ALA Council passed a resolution urging the Library of Congress to stop using the racist subject heading Illegal Aliens and replace it with something more appropriate. link] ala.org/aboutala/ Virtual_Council_Meetings.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 3, 2023

Extending the lifespan of a mobile phone from 18 months to four years could result in a 40% reduction in CO2e emissions At the Mobile World Congress 2023 (MWC), one of the main topics amongst industry leaders was how the mobile industry could create a circular economy for devices, extending their lifespan and reducing waste.

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Partnership for Public Service

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Our Agency Performance Dashboard offered a snapshot of 24 federal agencies featuring topics such as personnel numbers, employee demographics, political appointments, employee engagement scores, information technology maturity and social media engagement. . What lies ahead.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Despite this restriction, though, Congress has permitted interest paid upon certain types of “ qualified private activity bonds” to retain the tax exemption afforded to interest paid to holders of traditional governmental bonds. tax-exempt bond financing) makes a project ineligible to generate 9% credits.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

Before conservatorship, it was set by the GSEs themselves at a low level as much for political reasons (in particular to help maintain their lobbying power in Congress, as further explained below) as economic ones. However, that is very understandable given its constantly changing historical rationale.

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Policy Chats

DECEMBER 11, 2020

.” - Kevin Esterling on the topic of why there is a lack of communication between constituents and their representatives. So that constituents don't feel like they're just being messaged to, but they were being listened to.” - Kevin Esterling on the topic of utilizing technology to bridge the gap between constituents and members of Congress.

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Policy Chats

DECEMBER 11, 2020

. - Kevin Esterling on the topic of why there is a lack of communication between constituents and their representatives. Kevin Esterling on the topic of utilizing technology to bridge the gap between constituents and members of Congress. There really is, in principle, a lot of agreement within the Democratic Party.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 29, 2024

In 2007, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a non-partisan research arm of Congress, studied title insurance. On the topic of how the homebuyer does not, in reality, select the title insurer (as would be normal when consumers buy most things), 19 there is instead what economists call “third-party selection.”

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 18, 2022

We weren’t worrying too much about the news cycle because it’s always hard to tell when your show’s going to come out, but we wanted to talk about these evergreen, you know, topics that we felt like were still going to be relevant. What was the topic that you were most intrigued by as you were investigating?

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

While opinions on this topic vary, in my view, five core concerns needed to be addressed: The implied guarantee was a problematic method for government support, including that the taxpayers did not receive any compensation for providing it. In the end, none were successful.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

MARCH 10, 2017

In that case, and on a policy topic for which no one expects President Trump to be an expert, the benefits of relying on an expert seem to outweigh the costs. CNN reported that McMaster urged President Trump to avoid that phrase in his February 28 th address to a joint session of Congress. Contrast this with the travel ban.

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Policy Chats

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In this episode, UCR Professor of political science Ben Bishin talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about what to expect from a partisan Congress as we enter President Biden's first term in office. About Ben Bishin : Benjamin G. Bishin is Professor of political science. About Ben Bishin : Benjamin G.

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Policy Chats

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In this episode, UCR Professor of political science Ben Bishin talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about what to expect from a partisan Congress as we enter President Biden's first term in office. Ben Bishin on the topic of the importance of passing election reform bill, H.R.1, Music by: C Codaine.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

In short, this was a classic media-political firestorm about a relatively technical topic that is normally of interest only to those inside the mortgage system. The RFI document 20 itself has given the FHFA an opportunity to explain what it did and why and to educate the public on various aspects of the topic. See [link].)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 29, 2024

A good example is how the Republicans in Congress are outraged by re-funding the IRS, so it can collect the income taxes people should pay. Recently I've been collecting (more) ephemera related to parks on various topics. They'd prefer the wealthy blow off their obligations.

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