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Business Improvement Districts: The Case Of Municipal Management Districts In Houston. Paper/Presentation, Andrew Ewoh, Theophilus Herrington

THEOPHILUS HERRINGTON

No abstract provided.

Houston Housing Authority And The Status Of Affordable Housing For Low Income Families. Paper/Presentation, Andrew Ewoh, Michael Adams

Michael O Adams

No abstract provided.

Open Records: A Guide For Municipal Officials (2008), Josh Jones

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This guide summarizes Tennessee’s open records laws as of October 2008 and includes practical applications for municipal officials and employees.

Water And Wastewater Management (2008), Steve Wyatt, Brett Ward

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The purpose of this manual is to provide a resource for both new and experienced water board members and municipal officials who have little or no formal training for the job.

Technical Bulletins: Municipal Travel Policy (2008), Melissa Ashburn

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

State law requires all municipalities with populations less than 100,000 to adopt and file with the state comptroller a travel policy that covers expense reimbursement for elected and appointed officials.

The Institutionalization Of Diversity And Gender Equity Norms And Values In Higher Education Settings, Rowanna Lynn Carpenter

Dissertations and Theses

Universities in the United States increasingly experience demographic, business, and community pressure to hire, retain, and educate women and ethnic minority faculty, staff, and students. Responses to this pressure have changed over time from isolated open-door initiatives to comprehensive diversity initiatives designed to create welcoming campus environments for people of all backgrounds. Current literature on the assessment of diversity initiatives in higher education suggests the need to use approaches that include attention to the entire university, and to institutionalize the norms and values associated with diversity initiatives as part of the change process. Despite this shift toward a comprehensive understanding …

Dawnbreaker Vol 56 No 2 (Winter 2008-2009), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Decentralized Administrations And Decision-Making & Effective Policy Implementation: A Study Of Agricultural Severance In Southwestern Ontario 2001 To 2007, Paul Hicks

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines agricultural severance activity, specifically lot creation in agriculturally designated land, in Southwestern Ontario between 2001 and 2007. Data on the number of lots created in agriculturally designated areas in 10 rural municipalities was collected and compared to information on the planning and decision-making structures of the municipalities. The findings reveal that there is a relationship between decentralized administrative and decision-making bodies and the granting of agricultural severances.

Policy Mandated Collaboration, Jan Ivery

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This exploratory study examined the collaborative strategy used by Tri Cities Partnership (TCP) to facilitate the collaborative process required by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to receive Continuum of Care funding. The study examined partner perceptions of TCP's leadership, organizational structure, benefits and drawbacks of participation, and relationships with partners. A follow-up survey and key informant interviews explored themes related to organizational affiliation with TCP, benefits and drawbacks of participation, relationships with partners, challenges impacting the ability of TCP to facilitate collaboration and strategies for involving key stakeholders. The study also identified factors that motivate …

The Growing Inter-Ethnic Conflicts In Contemporary Nigeria: Is Ethnic Security Dilemma A Root Cause?, Ali Simon Yusufu Bagaji

Ali Simon Yusufu Bagaji

Nigeria is ethnically a diverse nation-state. Its ethnic diversity, like that of the United State of America ideally is a source of strength. However on the contrary, analysis of post independence inter-ethnic relations in Nigeria indicates surge from ‘ethnic accommodation to ethnic agitation’. Consequently, due to frequent inter-ethnic conflict, the task ‘to keep Nigeria one’ is therefore more than ever becoming an uphill task. This article explores the root causes of the growing inter-ethnic conflicts in contemporary Nigeria from the perspective of the ethnic security dilemma prism and concludes that it is a relevant explanatory tool for understanding it.

Female Participation In The Police Promotion Process: Are Women Competing For Promotion In Numbers Proportionate To Their Statistical Representation In Policing?, Brent Shea

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines the participation rate and success of female officers in the police promotion process viewed within the theoretical context of organizational culture, systemic discrimination, and the pipeline and glass ceiling theories. A survey of female officers employed with the Ontario Police Services between 2000 and 2007 was conducted. The findings reveal that although the challenges and obstacles faced by women have not disappeared, encouraging progress has been made. For both the sergeant and staff sergeant ranks, women are seeking promotion in proportions that exceed the historic and weighted seniority requirements associated with police promotions that previously required pre-determined …

Metaevaluation By Formal Evaluation Theory Of Aid Evaluation Work, Ryoh Sasaki

Dissertations

This document describes the metaevaluation of aid evaluation reports generated in a single fiscal year (FY 2004). Sample reports (n=102) were chosen basically by stratified random sampling from the pool of evaluation reports (N=1034). The pool consists of ex post evaluation reports (and some extensive midterm and termination evaluation reports) obtained from Web sites.

The Key Aid Evaluation Checklist (KAEC) was developed based on the well-known Key Evaluation Checklist (KEC) (Scriven, 2005, 2006). A supplemental checklist, Subdimensional Checklist (SDC) was also applied for the metaevaluation.

A key conclusion of this metaevaluation is this: Quality of the current aid evaluation reports …

Providing Access To Resilience-Enhancing Technologies For Disadvantaged Communities And Vulnerable Populations, John J. Kiefer, Jay Mancini, Betty H. Morrow, Hugh Gladwin, Terina Stewart

John J. Kiefer

No abstract provided.

How Organizational Arrangements Affect High Reliability In Public Research Universities: Perceptions Of Environmental Health And Safety Directors, Rita Finn Sumner

Dissertations and Theses

The American research university is composed of two related but relatively independent structures. The academic core composed of faculty guilds, has the primary responsibility for academic content and quality. The administrative shell is responsible for mobilizing and distributing resources that support the work of the guilds and it protects guilds from harmful external forces. Part of the complex relationship between the academic core and the administrative shell is enabling the creation of internal quality through arranging institutional conditions to prepare resources to better manage risk. The need for research universities to develop infrastructures regarding environmental health and safety (EHS) to …

Hot Topic: Ftc Suspends Enforcement Of Facta Red Flags Rule, Josh Jones

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Enforcement of the FACTA Identity Theft Red Flags Rule has been suspended until May 1, 2009.

The Five Basic Steps For Registering A Domain Name For Your Municipality (2008), Justin O'Hara

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

An explanation of how a city may register a domain name for a Web site.

Operational Services Brief: 311 In Massachusetts, Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center For Public Management, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Edward J. Collins Center for Public Management Publications

Non-emergency constituent phone service (also known as “311”) is a growing nationwide trend among municipalities looking to provide more efficient services and improve communications with their citizens. According to an ICMA report, about 15% already use such a system, and another quarter are considering one. As an example of 311’s effectiveness, 43% of local governments reported a significant decrease in non-emergency 911 calls following implementation of a centralized customer service system.

In Massachusetts, 311 is just starting to gain popularity. It currently exists in at least five places (i.e., the cities of Somerville, Springfield, Boston and Worcester; and Dukes County), …

Technical Bulletins: Census Figures Help Cities Redistrict (2008), Gary Jaeckel

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Description of the processes involved in redistricting due to census figures.

Book Review 17 Me, Myself, And Why? The Secrets To Navigating Change By Lisa A. Mininni, William C. Mcpeck

William C. McPeck

This is my personal review of Me, Myself, and Why? The Secrets to Navigating Change by Lisa A. Mininni which was published in 2007 by PM Publishing.

Book Review 18 Make Room For Happiness By Steven Melemis, William C. Mcpeck

William C. McPeck

This is my review of Make Room for Happiness: 12 Ways to Improve Your Life By Letting Go of Tension. Better Health, Self-Esteem and Relationships by Steven Melemis, published by Modern Therapies in 2008.

Adopting Building Codes And Building Code Amendments By Reference (2008), Steve Lobertini

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Cities adopting building codes by reference must adopt the complete codes by ordinance. Includes sample ordinances and resolution.

Reinventing Libraries For Next Generation Of Library Users, La Loria Konata

La Loria Konata

Libraries have reinvented themselves to remain relevant in the 21st Century. During the early 1990s voters pushed towards “reinventing government.” Like governments in the 1990s, libraries are operating in a new environment and community that forces them to advocate their own relevancy against competitors and attract millennials as the next generation of library users. This paper examines how libraries are “reinventing” themselves and discusses key business management principles libraries must adopt to compete in a more diverse and abundant information environment.

Ordinance Drafting And Enactment: Issues And Recommendations, Steve Lobertini

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication contains a discussion of legal issues relevant to ordinance drafting, with sample charter provisions, as well as a summary of issues and an ordinance-drafting guide.

Reducing Health Insurance Costs In Tennessee Cities, Don Darden

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The best way for cities to affect health insurance cost favorably is to do a better job managing their existing programs and using all of the resources available.

Entitlement, Incivility And Excessive Informality: The Instructional And Administrative Challenges Of Student Misconduct, Stanley H. Barrett, Nadia Rubaii, John Pelowski

Public Administration Faculty Scholarship

Increasing incidents of incivilities and in some cases outright violence are well documented in K-12 through undergraduate educational setting as well as in the workplace across all sectors, yet the academic and professional literature that reflects and informs public affairs education is striking in its omission of how incivilities necessarily impact our teaching and program administration. In this paper, the authors trace the growing problem of student incivilities, identify contributing factors linked to the entitlement society, and make the case for a more proactive and comprehensive response. They present suggestions for MPA faculty and administrators to use within and outside …

Audit Profile: The Auditor-General's Office Of Singapore, Soo Ping Lim

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

No abstract provided.

Hotel-Motel Tax In Tennessee Cities (2008), Ron Darden

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The proceeds from the hotel-motel tax can be used for purposes authorized in your enacting ordinance, private act, or general law.

Technical Bulletins: City Recorder Certification Update (2008), Margaret Norris

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Municipal clerks and recorders are required to become certified by completing 100 hours of education and maintain the certification by obtaining 18 hours of continuing education every three years.

Urban Governance And Business Improvement Districts: An Exploratory Analysis Of Municipal Management Districts In Houston, Texas, Usa. Paper/Presentation, Andrew Ewoh

Andrew I.E. Ewoh

No abstract provided.

Hot Topic: Unemployment Insurance: Who Is Not Covered? (2008), Gail Cook

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Unemployment insurance is a program that provides up to 26 weeks of benefits to Tennessee workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.