How Politics Wastes Tax Dollars in Tax Incentives
Barrett & Greene
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
We can’t tell for sure whether the politicians genuinely know that their boasts are based on unrealistic assumptions. But they should.
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Princeton Public Library
APRIL 12, 2022
With tax season nearly in the rearview mirror, don’t let the topic of personal finance slip into the dark recesses of your mind. April is Financial Literacy Month. There are plenty of free resources available with and without your library card to help you navigate your journey.
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Local Conduit Issuances of Affordable Housing Bonds in North Carolina: The Basics
Community and Economic Development Program of UNC
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
But some units of local governments in our state possess at least one additional tool not mentioned there: the ability to serve as a “conduit issuer” of tax-exempt debt that a private entity can use to finance the construction or rehabilitation of privately-owned affordable multifamily rental housing for low and moderate income individuals.
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?Bridging the Academic/Practitioner Gap: Public Finance Journal
Barrett & Greene
JUNE 26, 2023
by Craig S Maher, Director School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska, Omaha and co-editor of the , Public Finance Journal There’s a great deal of valuable academic work being churned out every day in order to help practitioners deal with real world questions. advancing excellence in government finances.”
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How to Create Agile Leadership at Your Nonprofit
DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services
MARCH 2, 2023
In today’s podcast, Diane Leonard from DH Leonard Consulting and Stephen Halasnik from Financing Solutions, a leading provider of bank loans for nonprofits , discuss how to create agile leadership at your nonprofit. It empowers teams to self-organize and make decisions that align with the organization’s goals and values.
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Addressing the Housing Crisis (with Bree Lang)
Policy Chats
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Her research areas include urban economics, taxation, subsidized housing, and public finance. I think that we're more likely to be having conversations about those big picture issues. ” - Bree Lang on the topic of COVID-19 and its impact on the discussion surrounding the housing crisis. “ Guest: Dr.
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Addressing the Housing Crisis (with Bree Lang)
Policy Chats
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Her research areas include urban economics, taxation, subsidized housing, and public finance. Bree Lang on the topic of COVID-19 and its impact on the discussion surrounding the housing crisis. “ Bree Lang on the topic of solving the housing crisis. Bree Lang on the topic of solving the housing crisis. Guest: Dr.
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REINVENTING THE WHEEL – PUBLIC SECTOR STYLE
Barrett & Greene
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
One of our favorite quotes about this topic comes not from the world of the public sector but from Vatican City, where Pope Francis has said, "The lack of historical memory is a serious shortcoming in our society. His take: “These people aren’t building new things. They’re re-inventing things all the time.
Spotlighting Mountaineer Logistics
First State Insights
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Topics covered in this February 24, 2022 interview include Mountaineer Logistics’ mission and lines of business; the dynamics of operating a logistics company during the COVID-19 pandemic; and future plans for the company and its role in the community. Opening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0
Middle Income Families: Unintended Policy Consequences w/ Bob Mendez
Policy Chats
JANUARY 29, 2024
About Bob Mendez : A former member of the US Navy, Bob Mendez has had a decorate career in finance, having worked at Merrill Lynch Smith Barney, and Morgan Stanley. About Bob Mendez : A former member of the US Navy, Bob Mendez has had a decorate career in finance, having worked at Merrill Lynch Smith Barney, and Morgan Stanley.
Route Fifty’s Future of Work Series: A Summary
Barrett & Greene
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
We’ve written columns for a variety of publications over the years ranging from the late, lamented Ladies’ Home Journal to Forbes to Government Finance Review. The problem in the column business has been that we’re always hopping from one topic to the next and can rarely even remember what ran last week or last month in which publication.
Apply to Be a CXO Fellow and Enhance Your Leadership Skills
The CIO Council
JUNE 1, 2023
Imagine moving to the next level of your career by meeting semi-monthly for one year with other rising leaders in the government fields of Technology, Data, Human Capital, Finance, and Acquisition. Together, you will brainstorm ideas, such as how to strengthen your career trajectory and expand your network.
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2023 NASWA Summit Focuses on Building a More Efficient and Equitable Workforce
Government Technology Insider
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
View 2023 NASWA Summit Details Here State workforce agencies provide a wide range of services to their constituents which require expertise in administration, finance, and myriad new technologies to deliver efficiently and effectively.
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Bob Mendez: Middle Income Families: Unintended Policy Consequences
Policy Chats
JANUARY 29, 2024
About Bob Mendez : A former member of the US Navy, Bob Mendez has had a decorated career in finance, having worked at Merrill Lynch Smith Barney, and Morgan Stanley. About Bob Mendez : A former member of the US Navy, Bob Mendez has had a decorated career in finance, having worked at Merrill Lynch Smith Barney, and Morgan Stanley.
COVID-19: The Role of Counties (with Greg Devereaux)
Policy Chats
JUNE 16, 2020
He was also the former Chief Executive Officer of San Bernardino where he helped the Board of Supervisors lead the County in a new direction and helped to stabilize county government finances, increase infrastructure maintenance, and restore community programs.
COVID-19: The Role of Counties (with Greg Devereaux)
Policy Chats
JUNE 16, 2020
He was also the former Chief Executive Officer of San Bernardino where he helped the Board of Supervisors lead the County in a new direction and helped to stabilize county government finances, increase infrastructure maintenance, and restore community programs.
Manufactured Housing Is a Good Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing - Except When It’s Not: High-Level and Specific Policy Recommendations (Part 3)
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
JUNE 20, 2023
First, the four government mortgage agencies, 3 and in particular the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, should lower the cost of financing “chattel loans” (i.e., Department of Agriculture (which finances rural housing). Department of Veterans Affairs, and the U.S.
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Military Health System Research (MHSR) - Deadline To Apply 09-30-2021
iGrantWriters
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Description The Military Health System Research (MHSR) Initiative, provides grants/agreements for topic areas directed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OASD (HA)) and the Defense Health Agency (DHA). Eligibility Individuals and for profit entities are not eligible for this opportunity.
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Lessons from 2023 VAD Academy: Systemic Racism is a Root Cause of Vacant Properties
Center for Community Progress
JULY 20, 2023
Properties in majority-Black and Latino neighborhoods are consistently undervalued in appraisals , which determine a fair price for the home in price and financing. Subscribe to our mailing list so you don’t miss out on other free educational webinars and check out our YouTube channel to see recordings of past webinars on a variety of topics.
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New research for public sector CIOs as they prepare for digital assets
AWS Public Sector Blog
APRIL 24, 2023
The result will be a “basket of currencies” approach in global finance including interactions between stablecoins, CBDCs, cryptocurrencies, and fiat currencies in the future of money. To inform this process, AWS has collaborated with industry analyst firm, Constellation Research, to write a new research report available to the public.
AWS and Halcyon announce climate resilience fellowship cohort
AWS Public Sector Blog
JUNE 7, 2023
Meet the fellows of the Halcyon Climate Resilience in Latin America and Caribbean Fellowship This class of fellows spans an impressive array of solutions, from climate change insurance, to natural refrigeration, sustainable finance, Lithium-Ion battery re-use, and new developments in composting. at the end of July.
Fiscal Impacts from COVID-19–Revenue Structure Matters
Death and Taxes
JULY 21, 2021
His scholarship focuses on state and local public finance, budgeting and financial management. His core research agenda is developing and promoting innovative, efficient, and effective infrastructure financing to support critical infrastructure that is sustainable and resilient in its financing and funding, use, performance, and maintenance.
Relearning old lessons: Urban economics, agglomeration economies, and adaptive reuse of "a large stock of old buildings"
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
I remember when the multimedia Internet was first launched so to speak, and I was on a marketing e-list where the new field of e-commerce and Internet based marketing was the primary topic. I have been writing about this topic for many years. The founder of the list was big on the creation of "Internet Malls" modeled on real malls.
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Aligning the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS with UK National Cyber Security Centre guidance
AWS Public Sector Blog
DECEMBER 11, 2023
You can also review additional NCSC guidance on the topic of organizational structure. Finance – responsible for reporting on budget utilisation and spend/cross charging across the organisation. You can add the following section to your organization-config.yaml.
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So, Your Jurisdiction is Thinking of Starting a Revenue Manual…
Death and Taxes
OCTOBER 12, 2021
the budget), a revenue manual is an encyclopedia of how government is financed. It, hopefully, has everything of relevance on that topic—in this case the revenue sources your government relies on to function. The Village relies on a variety of revenue sources in order to finance the cost of services provided to its residents.
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SBIR/STTR: A Win-Win Partnership for Private and Public Sectors
Grant Training Center
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
billion, which supports the financing of cutting-edge technologies developed by small businesses. These agencies will typically advance general topics of research and allow the principal investigator and the small business to present their ideas for how to help them achieve their missions.
Citizen Engagement Tools: Online Budget Simulations
Death and Taxes
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
The blog post summarizes an article published in the journal Public Budgeting & Finance. They may also be useful to those that want to do experiments in budget and finance settings, which have some important practical challenges. ” Public Budgeting & Finance (2023).
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Meet the featured customer speakers for the Worldwide Public Sector Innovation Talk at re:Invent 2023
AWS Public Sector Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Amazon Web Services’ ( AWS) 12 th annual re:Invent conference offers a variety of events that educate attendees about cloud-related topics. Prior to joining SNDGG, Cheow Hoe held senior appointments in international banks and consulting companies in the areas of technology, operations, finance, and business.
Introduction to Nonprofit Program Budgets
Grant Writing Made Easy
AUGUST 3, 2022
Of all the topics I teach inside the course, the budget is the one that students have the most anxiety and confusion around. (By Indirect Expenses: These include administrative and overhead costs, all the costs of all departments outside of the program department, such as finance, human resources, and development.
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Don’t let grants be the scariest thing this spooky season
Grant Writing Made Easy
OCTOBER 30, 2022
5: Keep your finances in order. This is such a huge topic, but I will say that one of the first things you need to do if you haven’t already is hire an accountant who specializes in nonprofits. You can have some talking points prepared, but let the conversation proceed organically from there. #5:
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Closing Cost Reform: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 1)
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
APRIL 29, 2024
The case of title insurance Mortgage lenders routinely require homeowners to purchase title insurance when financing or refinancing their homes. For a first-time homebuyer purchase financed by a mortgage, the cost would roughly average $1,500. (I In both documents, see the section titled “Financing the Home Purchase.”
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Manufactured Housing Is a Good Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing - Except When It’s Not: Q&A on Eight Key Policy Topics (Part 2)
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
APRIL 3, 2023
Part 2 examines eight key policy topics, via a Q&A format, that must be accurately understood to develop effective policy that can expand affordable housing via MH. These topics reveal that MH is indeed a very complex type of housing. This is a topic for further research to get beyond generalities and into specifics.
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Government Mortgage Interest Rates: A Serious Discussion about the Intertwined Topics of Risk Adjustment and Cross-subsidies
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
MAY 31, 2023
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), has been very prominently in the news lately. The changes then became the subject of hearings and legislation in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to reverse the changes.
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Artificial intelligence: a registry of power
Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company
JULY 5, 2021
I shall write more as I read more and add it to the homework I’m endeavouring to get through on a topic that strikes me is one of the top three or four items on any realistic list of big policy dilemmas confronting the world right now. My quick framing?
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How First Northern Bank of Dixon Found the Perfect CRA Support Team
CRA Today
DECEMBER 4, 2023
This streamlines our process all the way from request initaition, through CRA decisions, to donation authorities, and to Finance for payment. She’s always changing topics and rotating ideas so that we learn the things we need. Now we can enter CRA Service Hours and Donations into one software. Kadince makes this so much easier.”
The GSE Conservatorships: Fifteen Years Old, With No End in Sight
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
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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Local Government Support for Privately Owned Affordable Housing
Community and Economic Development Program of UNC
MAY 16, 2022
The affordable housing specialists in the School’s Development Finance Initiative (DFI) regularly assist local governments with these preliminary steps. As Frayda Bluestein explains in her blog post on the topic, the North Carolina Supreme Court expounded on the exclusive emoluments clause in Brumley v. Baxter, 251 N.C.
Announcing the 2021 Google Cloud Customer Award Winners in Government
Google Public Sector
JUNE 15, 2022
The Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) provides the state of Oklahoma with a broad range of services for its constituents, including finance, human resources, property management, and business expertise. Winner: Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES).
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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
OCTOBER 7, 2022
are topics I've blogged about over the years. : The Complete Guide to City Living , 2004, Retire Downtown: The Lifestyle Destination for Active Retirees and Empty Nesters , 2006, both by Kyle Ezell), but mostly in weak market cities where the office districts were depopulated by business. Indianapolis Cultural Trail.
Rethinking how to hire and retain cloud talent in the public sector
AWS Public Sector Blog
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Robin Healey, chief information officer (CIO) for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance, shared insights on the panel about creating a culture of skills training. Read on for the top takeaways from the webinar, and watch the webinar on-demand here. Foster a culture of skills training.
30 November 2017 | Rethinking the Government-Nonprofit Partnership: Who’s Funding Whom?, by Kelly LeRoux
PMRA (Public Management Research Association)
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
To many scholars in the field of public administration and public management, the study of nonprofit organizations is viewed as a narrow niche, a handful of people working at the margins of the field on topics that largely sit outside of mainstream concerns for public managers. Education Finance and Policy , 9 (4): 541-566.
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Paths to Becoming a Grant Writer
Peak Proposals
APRIL 30, 2023
We’re going to cover this topic now, sharing three different paths. As with courses on any topic, grant writing courses vary considerably in length, price, and quality. We’ve written several posts over the years about how to write grants. We’ve also written about the pros and cons of being a grant writer.
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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
MARCH 10, 2023
The average guarantee fee (G-fee) of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), who currently finance about half of the nearly $13 trillion of outstanding first-lien single-family mortgages in the country, 1 is among the most closely-watched numbers by housing finance policymakers and the mortgage lending industry.
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Meet the New Featured Contributors
GovLoop
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
They have impressive government and industry experience and will cover topics such as IT; diversity, equity and inclusion; workforce management; process improvement; leadership; career building; and customer experience, to name just a few. Read on to meet the writers who will contribute two articles each month until July.
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