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Decision Models For Foreclosed Housing Acquisition And Redevelopment: A University Of Massachusetts Multi-Campus Collaborative Project - Processes And Findings To Date, Michael P. Johnson Jr., Jeffrey Keisler, Senay Solak, David Turcotte, Rachel B. Drew, Armagan Bayram, Emily Vidrine

Jeffrey Keisler

The recent housing foreclosure crisis has had devastating impacts on individuals, communities, organizations and government. In response, several community development corporations (CDCs) have sought new ways to assist neighborhoods suffering from the myriad effects of high foreclosures, including neighborhood instability, increased vandalism and crime, lower property values, and economic disinvestment. This research project focuses on activities of community-based organizations that acquire and redevelop foreclosed properties to support neighborhood stabilization and revitalization. However, the costs of pursuing this strategy far exceed the resources available to typical CDCs. Thus, our project seeks to solve the following decision problem: What subset of a …

The Value Of Government Mandated Location-Based Services In Emergencies In Australia, Anas Aloudat, Katina Michael, Roba Abbas, Mutaz M. Al-Debei

Dr. Mutaz M. Al-Debei

The adoption of mobile technologies for emergency management has the capacity to save lives. In Australia in February 2009, the Victorian Bushfires claimed 173 lives, the worst peace-time disaster in the nation’s history. The Australian government responded swiftly to the tragedy by going to tender for mobile applications that could be used during emergencies, such as mobile alerts and location services. These applications, which are becoming increasingly accurate with the evolution of positioning techniques, have the ability to deliver personalized information direct to the citizen during crises, complementing traditional broadcasting mediums like television and radio. Indeed governments have a responsibility …

The Social And Behavioral Implications Of Location-Based Services, Katina Michael, M.G. Michael

Associate Professor Katina Michael

The social and behavioral implications of location-based services (LBS) are only now beginning to come to light in advanced markets where the services have been adopted by just a little over half the market (Microsoft 2011). Depending on one’s definition of what constitutes location-based services, statistics on the level of adoption differ considerably. While it is helpful to provide as broad a list of applications as possible in what constitutes LBS (e.g. everything from in-vehicle navigation systems to downloading a map using a computer), it can also cloud the real picture forming behind this emerging technology. Emerging not in the …

Poverty Measures And Anti-Poverty Policy, Francois Bourguignon, Gary S. Fields

Gary S Fields

[Excerpt] Amartya Sen has made fundamental contributions to the study of distributional aspects of economic growth and decline. Among his pathbreaking works are his lectures on the economics of inequality (Sen, 1973), his article on the axiomatics of poverty measurement (Sen, 1976), and his book on anti-poverty policy in the context of famines (Sen, 1981). This paper is concerned with one of these areas, namely, the measurement of poverty and the implications for anti-poverty policy. In the 1960's and 1970's those who were working in the poverty field held a number of somewhat incompletely articulated views as to the extent …

Estimating The Effects Of Changing Social Security Benefit Formulas, Gary S. Fields, Olivia S. Mitchell

Gary S Fields

[Excerpt] The U.S. Social Security system faces serious financial difficulties in both the short and the long run. The short-run problem is that the system has very meager financial reserves. In the long run—after the year 2010, when the post-World-War-II baby-boom generation reaches retirement age—the financial problems of Social Security will intensify because of population aging and the consequent decline in the ratio of workers to retirees.

These problems have led to proposed reforms aimed at assuring the financial stability of the system. The question addressed here is: what effects would these reforms have on three variables—retirement ages, retirement incomes, …

Savannah, Georgia, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center

Conferences, Panels, and Events

Highlights from Savannah, Georgia.

Seattle, Washington, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center

Conferences, Panels, and Events

Highlights from Seattle, Washington.

Rochester, Minnesota, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center

Conferences, Panels, and Events

Highlights from Rochester, Minnesota.

Book Review: Sievers, B. R. (2010). Civil Society, Philanthropy, And The Fate Of The Commons, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

The selection of civil society institutions (which the author refers to as strands) around which the volume is woven is interesting because it contains several novel elements in a novel combination: civil society is said to consist of philanthropy, the common good, rule of law, nonprofit and voluntary institutions, individual rights, free expression and tolerance. This book is important reading for political philosophers, doctoral students and theorists interested in the connection of civil society and philanthropy. Yet it has a number of weaknesses that are enumerated in the review.

Chandler, Arizona, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center

Conferences, Panels, and Events

Highlights from Chandler, Arizona.

Press Release, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center

Conferences, Panels, and Events

The press release for the event: Creating a New Standard for the American Workplace for Workplace Flexibility 2010 held on January 24, 2005.

List Of Speakers, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center

Conferences, Panels, and Events

A list of Speakers for the event: Creating a New Standard for the American Workplace for Workplace Flexibility 2010 held on January 24, 2005.

Presentation: Presser, Harriet B. Presser

Conferences, Panels, and Events

Presentation by Harriet B. Presser on Working in a 24/7 Economy: Challenges for American Families, for the event: The Great American Time Squeeze: The Politics of Work and Family in a 24/7 World on March 3, 2005.

Presentation: Gerson & Jacobs, Jerry A. Jacobs, Kathleen Gerson

Conferences, Panels, and Events

Presentation by Jerry A. Jacobs and Kathleen Gerson on The Time Divide: Work, Family, and Gender Inequality, for the event: The Great American Time Squeeze: The Politics of Work and Family in a 24/7 World on March 3, 2005.

Presentation: Gornick & Meyers, Janet C. Gornick, Marcia K. Meyers

Conferences, Panels, and Events

Presentation by Janet C. Gornick, City University of New York and Marcia K. Meyers, University of Washington on Families That Work: Policies for Reconciling Parenthood and Employment, for the event: The Great American Time Squeeze: The Politics of Work and Family in a 24/7 World on March 3, 2005.

Recommendations For Australia’S Implementation Of The National Emergency Warning System Using Location-Based Services, Anas Aloudat, Katina Michael, Roba Abbas

Professor Katina Michael

Mobile alerts, notifications and location-based emergency warning systems are now an established part of mobile government strategies in an increasing number of countries worldwide. In Australia the national emergency warning system (NEWS) was instituted after the tragic Black Saturday Victorian Bushfires of February 2009. In the first phase, NEWS has enabled the provision of public information from the government to the citizen during emergencies anywhere and any time. Moving on from traditional short message service (SMS) notifications and cell broadcasting to more advanced location-based services, this paper provides executive-level recommendations about the viability of location-based mobile phone services in NEWS …

The Impact Of Government Policies On Urban Employment In Small Economies, Gary S. Fields

Gary S Fields

[Excerpt] Most of the policies intended to affect urban employment are not specifically employment policies nor are they specifically urban. Rather, the amount of urban employment, the composition of that employment, and the returns from it are determined by a whole host of policies. To review them all in a short paper is an impossible undertaking. The criterion by which I decided which policies to consider is policy-relevance, asking which set of policies is apt to have the largest impact on employment.

Appendix F: "A Sampling Of Government Reports On Workplace Flexibility", Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center

Briefings, Hearings, and Congressional Study Group

A Sampling of Government Reports on Workplace Flexibility from the event: Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing held April 30, 2008 for Workplace Flexibility 2010.

Appendix E: "Telecommuting: A Case Study In Public Policy Approaches", Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center

Briefings, Hearings, and Congressional Study Group

Telecommuting: A Case Study in Public Policy Approaches from the event: Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing held April 30, 2008 for Workplace Flexibility 2010.

Appendix D: "Some Background Information On Workplace Flexibility In Federal Agencies", Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center

Briefings, Hearings, and Congressional Study Group

Some background information on Workplace Flexibility in federal agencies from the event: Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing held April 30, 2008 for Workplace Flexibility 2010.

Appendix C: "The Federal Employees Flexible And Compressed Work Schedules Act (Fefcwa)", Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center

Briefings, Hearings, and Congressional Study Group

The Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act (FEFCWA) from the event: Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing held April 30, 2008 for Workplace Flexibility 2010.

'Dear Colleague' Letter, Mike Dewine, Christopher J. Dodd

Briefings, Hearings, and Congressional Study Group

'Dear Colleague' letter for the September 2006 briefing on "Children's Well-Being and the Role of Workplace Flexibility for Parents" event.

Prepared on behalf of Workplace Flexibility 2010 by Senator Mike DeWine and Senator Christopher J. Dodd.

Letter Of Invitation To A Briefing On Meeting The Needs Of Today's Families: The Role Of Workplace Flexibility, Lamar Alexander, Hillary Rodham Clinton

Briefings, Hearings, and Congressional Study Group

Letter of Invitation to a briefing on Meeting the Needs of Today's Families: The Role of Workplace Flexibility, held April 25, 2006.

Testimony Of Chai R. Feldblum, Chai R. Feldblum

Briefings, Hearings, and Congressional Study Group

Testimony of Chai R. Feldblum, for What An Aging Workforce Can Teach Us About Workplace Flexibility July 18, 2005.

Beyond Mystiques And Mismatches: Unpacking Retirement And Work, Phyllis Moen Phd

Briefings, Hearings, and Congressional Study Group

Beyond Mystiques and Mismatches: Unpacking Retirement and Work, An Issue Brief Prepared by Phyllis Moen for What An Aging Workforce Can Teach Us About Workplace Flexibility July 18, 2005.

Remarks On What An Aging Workforce Can Teach Us About Workplace Flexibility, Robert Hutchens Phd

Briefings, Hearings, and Congressional Study Group

Remarks on What an Aging Workforce Can Teach Us About Workplace Flexibility, An Issue Brief Prepared by Robert B. Hudson, PhD, for What An Aging Workforce Can Teach Us About Workplace Flexibility July 18, 2005.

Perspectives: Aligning Business Needs With Older Workers' Preferences And Priorities, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes Phd, Michael A. Smyer Phd

Briefings, Hearings, and Congressional Study Group

Perspectives: Aligning Business Needs with Older Workers’ Preferences and Priorities An Issue Brief Prepared by Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes and Michael A. Smyer for What An Aging Workforce Can Teach Us About Workplace Flexibility July 18, 2005.

Perspectives: Older Workers' Priorities And Preferences, Michael A. Smyer Phd, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes Phd

Briefings, Hearings, and Congressional Study Group

Perspectives: Older Workers’ Priorities and Preferences An Issue Brief Prepared by Michael A. Smyer and Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes for What An Aging Workforce Can Teach Us About Workplace Flexibility July 18, 2005.

Labor Force Participation Rates Of Women Age 55 And Over, Annual Averages, 1963-2003, Robert Hutchens Phd

Briefings, Hearings, and Congressional Study Group

A chart of labor force participation rates of women age 55 and over, by age group, annual averages, 1963–2003 by Robert Hutchens, PhD, School of Industrial and Labor Relations Cornell University, on behalf of the event: What an Aging Workforce Can Teach Us About Workplace Flexibility held on July 18, 2005 by Workplace Flexibility 2010.

Labor Force Participation Rates Of Men Age 55 And Over, Annual Averages, 1963-2003, Robert Hutchens Phd

Briefings, Hearings, and Congressional Study Group

A chart of labor force participation rates of men age 55 and over, by age group, annual averages, 1963–2003 by Robert Hutchens, PhD, School of Industrial and Labor Relations Cornell University, on behalf of the event: What an Aging Workforce Can Teach Us About Workplace Flexibility held on July 18, 2005 by Workplace Flexibility 2010.