Policy makers: Don’t forget Implementation and Experimentation
This article was originally published in Academia and can be found here. Every few days or so the national press in the US is likely to compare political solutions to
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Turning Crisis into Opportunity: How to Optimize COVID-19 Response and Recovery Funding
Practical strategies for prioritizing use of federal funding streams Over the next few months, state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments and other eligible entities (i.e., hospitals, public schools, and
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The White House Wants To Fight Climate Change And Help People. Cleveland Led The Way
This is an excerpt from an article written by Dan Charles for NPR. Read the entire article here for free. The fight against climate change may be taking a striking
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Filling a Vacuum: Subnational Governance amid National Government Inaction
Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Federal Grants Management: Improving Outcomes, Transparency, and Operational Quality
The text below is from the BETTER Project and can be found here. This work is a set of three publications published by the IBM Center for the Business of
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Federalism in Action- Understanding the Intergovernmental Dimensions of the COVID-19 Response and Their Consequences
The response to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted both strengths and weaknesses in the USA’s ability to respond to novel global infectious disease threats and, undoubtedly, will be the
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Towards a New Federalism: Retrofitting Our Structures for the Public Good
Federalism is integral to our democracy. Our decentralized governance system—distributed across multiple layers of government—stands like a building always under construction, a constant work in progress, functioning on a usually
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American Federalism and the Environment
To a degree unprecedented in recent American history, the environment, especially but not limited to climate change, has moved to the front rank of our public policy concerns. Even more
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Two Models for Successful Intergovernmental Data Sharing
The COVID-19 crisis has drawn increased attention to government data, and to the ability to quickly link important data sets across diverse sources. Certainly, there have been some disappointments in
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Federal COVID-19 Pandemic Response Illustrates Need for Better State and Local Financial Data
March 22, 2021
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The debate over COVID-19 aid for state and local government revealed a broad range of opinions that were only partially informed by the facts. Lacking complete information about the history
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The Coronavirus Relief Fund: A Review of Federal Fiscal Assistance and of Innovative County Response Strategies
March 15, 2021
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As America’s counties prepare for a historic federal investment to help mitigate the virus and aid the nation’s economic recovery through the American Rescue Plan, the National Association of Counties
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