The IIJA is a $1.2T bipartisan funding measure that, while not explicitly written to address climate change, contains funding for renewable energy and resilient infrastructure improvements. It directs over $100B
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Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) and State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) have provided financial lifelines to state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments facing the dual challenges of a
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In 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act temporarily expanded the Child Tax Credit (CTC). It increased the credit to $3,000 per child ($3,600 for children under age 6), expanded access
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Academy Fellow G. Edward DeSeve recently wrote a piece for Government Executive, “We Should All Be Rooting for the Infrastructure Implementation Task Force.” Drawing on lessons learned while serving as
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This is a repost from Brookings written by Jenny Schuetz, Tim Shaw, Katherine Lucas McKay, and Genevieve Melford. You can access the original piece here. Local elected officials have a lot on their
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This post is a repost from Brookings and was originally written by Joseph W. Kane, Andrew Bourne, Adie Tomer, and Caroline George. Access the original article here. The urgency to address climate change
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This is a repost written for Urban Institute, by Madeline Brown and Julia Payne. Access the original article here. The pandemic-induced recession has disproportionately affected people of color because of historic and
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This piece is a repost from GovExec and was written by Jim Richberg, the public sector field chief information security officer and vice president of information security at Fortinet. Please access
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This piece was written by Dr. Alan R. Shark, Executive Director, CompTIA’s Public Technology Institute; Assistant Professor of the Schar School of Public Policy and Government, GMU; and NAPA Fellow
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This post is originally from Bloomberg Philanthropies and was written by Adam Freed, Rose Gill, and Megan Sheekey. Please access the original article here. The American Rescue Plan (ARP), along
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This is a repost from the Brookings Institute, written by John D. Ratliff. Read the original article here. Download the full report here. Federal, state, and local policies profoundly affect
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This is a repost from the Urban Institute’s blog page, Urban Wire, written by Eric Burnstein and Amy Rogin. View the original piece here. Earlier this month, 16 years after
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