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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Federalism.us – Features, Data, News, and Federalism 101
The National Academy of Public Administration’s Standing Panel on Intergovernmental Systems launched Federalism.us in July 2020 as a convening place for policy makers, researchers, and citizens interested in analyzing and
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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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The President’s Advisor for Infrastructure Coordination Invites States to the Table
Earlier this month, White House Infrastructure Advisor Mitch Landrieu sent a letter to the nation’s governors, asking them to designate a single point of contact to coordinate with his office
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Incentivizing Workers for the IIJA’s Green and Renewable Infrastructure
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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Treasury Finalizes Rules for the Use of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF), part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
Treasury Finalizes Rules for the Use of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF), part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) This week, associations representing state, local, territorial, and
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