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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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) This week, associations representing state, local, territorial, and
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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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