A Summary of NASCA’s Day in D.C. with the Academy
On April 28th, the Academy was honored to help facilitate the National Association of State Chief Administrators’ “Day in D.C.” at the Ronald Reagan Building as a part of their
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Some Social Service Application Portals Vary Across States
The Academy’s Center for Intergovernmental Partnerships (the Center) recently looked at 12 states’ consumer front-end experiences for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
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Academia Letters: Should We Use Public or Private Sector Approaches for Policy Change?
By: Beryl Radin, Georgetown University, Academy Fellow One of the constant themes in the policy and public management field is an attempt to define the differences or similarities between public
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Academy Working Group Offers Recommendations to Facilitate the Nation’s Response to the Next Pandemic
Report summarized by Kyle Romano, Academy Senior Research Associate The COVID-19 pandemic offers an unprecedented opportunity to examine federalism in action. This blog follows up on an earlier entry in
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Higher Inflation, Will it Last?
Longer Than We Think By Mark Pisano – Academy Fellow and Co-Chair of the Standing Panel on Intergovernmental Systems Up to now, we have presumed that if we need workers,
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Intergovernmental Dimensions of Advancing the Economy, Health, & Social Equity
Academy Fall Meeting 2021 West Coast Region – November 2021 By Rich Callahan, Academy Fellow Ongoing discussions in Congress and the White House across the range of pandemic and economic
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The Grand Challenge – Creating Modern Water Systems for Safe and Sustainable Use: The IIJA and Sustainability
By Stan Meiburg – Director, Graduate Studies in Sustainability at Wake Forest University and Academy Fellow The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), otherwise referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure
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Who Will Build the Nation’s Infrastructure?
By Henry Cisneros and Sarah Rosen Wartell, Academy Fellows. On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The IIJA will provide $550 billion in
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Investing in Workforce Development While Promoting Equity
On November 15th, 2021, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (IIJA). The IIJA is an investment in America’s infrastructure that will provide $550 billion in new investments
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COVID Relief Funding is the Largest Increase in Federal Grants to States
To read the full brief, visit the Pew website. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2021/12/pandemic-related-funding-boosts-federal-grants-to-states
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States Shore Up Child Care to Help Parents Get Back to Work
The pandemic and related economic disruptions have simultaneously fueled a labor shortage and a loss of jobs in the United States. Early in the pandemic, the labor force participation rate
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Machine Learning Can Save Lives and Mitigate Climate Change
By Scott Cameron, Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, former Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Management and Budget, and Senior Advisor at Cornea, Inc. Machine
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