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08/26/2021 Meeting, Kelleen Maluski Aug 2021

08/26/2021 Meeting, Kelleen Maluski

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


08/19/2021 Priorities Group Meeting, Kelleen Maluski Aug 2021

08/19/2021 Priorities Group Meeting, Kelleen Maluski

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (Lvmpd) Budget Review, Fiscal Years 2018-2021, Olivia K. Cheche, Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr. Aug 2021

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (Lvmpd) Budget Review, Fiscal Years 2018-2021, Olivia K. Cheche, Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.

Criminal Justice

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s (LVMPD) annual budget increased every fiscal year (FY) from 2018 to 2021. Using data provided by the LVMPD’s final budget reports for FY 2018 to 2021, this Fact Sheet details LVMPD funding increases and summarizes budget expenditures by unit and area command.


Police Spending And Crime Rates: Evidence From U.S. Cities, 1985 – 2010, Daniel Padrick Aug 2021

Police Spending And Crime Rates: Evidence From U.S. Cities, 1985 – 2010, Daniel Padrick

Theses and Dissertations

Panel data covering the largest U.S. cities from 1985-2010 is used to reevaluate the endogeneity issue between policing and crime rates. Crime rates are not found to be a strong predictor of police spending, indicating that reverse causality is not as severe an issue as frequently thought. Increases in police spending result in modest decreases in certain index crimes.


07/19/2021 Meeting, Kelleen Maluski Jul 2021

07/19/2021 Meeting, Kelleen Maluski

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


2021-2022 Fiscal Year Budget, Kelleen Maluski Jun 2021

2021-2022 Fiscal Year Budget, Kelleen Maluski

Charge and Committee Documentation

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06/24/2021 Meeting, Kelleen Maluski Jun 2021

06/24/2021 Meeting, Kelleen Maluski

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


We're All About The Space: Taking Inclusive Library Spaces To Another Level, Catherine Fahey, Tara Fitzpatrick, Dawn Stahura, Rukmal Ryder, Elizabeth Mckeigue May 2021

We're All About The Space: Taking Inclusive Library Spaces To Another Level, Catherine Fahey, Tara Fitzpatrick, Dawn Stahura, Rukmal Ryder, Elizabeth Mckeigue

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Appraisal Of Information Resources And Services In Nigerian Polytechnic Libraries (Npl): The Npl Librarian’S View, Bello Sani Manzo, S Kannan Jan 2021

Appraisal Of Information Resources And Services In Nigerian Polytechnic Libraries (Npl): The Npl Librarian’S View, Bello Sani Manzo, S Kannan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study evaluates information resources, services, ICT infrastructure, staffing and sources of budget for developing the libraries. The Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN) minimum standard for establishing an academic library is use as a yardstick upon which the libraries are accessed. The survey research design is employ with a population of 12 polytechnics selected using the stratified random sampling Technique. The judgmental sampling is used to select the respondents. An interview and questionnaire are used as data collection instrument and the data was analyze using descriptive and thematic analysis. The result of the study show that print and electronic …


Can Transparency Transform Governments? : Effects Of Financial Information Disclosure On Management, Citizens, And Elected Officials, Hyewon Kang Jan 2021

Can Transparency Transform Governments? : Effects Of Financial Information Disclosure On Management, Citizens, And Elected Officials, Hyewon Kang

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Financial information disclosure affects decision makings of important stakeholders of financial management in governments. Financial information disclosure can operate as an accountability tool by reducing? the information asymmetry between governments and citizens. Using data from U.S. state and local governments, this dissertation examines how financial information disclosure affects decisions made by local government managers, citizens, and elected officials. The first essay examines whether setting financial performance targets by state governments improves local governments’ financial performance. Using the framework developed from the performance management literature, the study tests the effectiveness of New York State’s fiscal stress monitoring system. The second essay …