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Good Intentions vs. Effective Outcomes: An Analysis of Selected New Mexico Tax Incentives

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level State

State(s) New Mexico

Source Good Jobs First

Policy Areas Economic Justice

Tax incentives given in the name of economic development are the dominant form of spending for job creation in New Mexico; these types of tax incentives are also the least transparent and most poorly monitored. Thus, in response to New Mexico’s costly, ineffective, and insufficiently...

2022 Contractor Transparency Amendment to the San Diego Municipal Code

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Office of Mayor Todd Gloria

Policy Areas Economic Justice

The California Business and Professions Code requires all persons performing contracting work on any project valued at $500 or more to be licensed by the Contractors State Licensing Board. The proposed Contractor Transparency Amendment would codify the state regulations into the City's...

National Cyber Incident Response Plan - December 2016.pdf

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town, County, Other Boards and Agencies, State

State(s) All States

Source The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency

Policy Areas Data & Technology, Democracy & Governance

Building comprehensive cyber security standards and action plans is crucial for cities collecting sensitive data. This brief provides tools for US organizations to effectively respond to cybersecurity breaches with an emphasis on operational coordination, protecting intelligent infrastructure...

IT Best Practices for small municipalities

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year -

Level City or Town, State

State(s) Massachusetts

Source Massachusetts.Gov

Policy Areas Data & Technology, Democracy & Governance

This report serves as a guide for town administrators, providing fundamental information, checklists, and best practices for navigating Information Technology (IT). It emphasizes the importance of understanding IT resources, costs, and maintenance, extending beyond hardware and software...

Fostering Partnerships for Community Engagement: Community Voice and Power Sharing Guidebook

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level National

State(s) All States

Source Urban Institute

Policy Areas Community Development

To address the challenge of building equitable and sustainable partnerships for community-engaged work, localities should adopt policies that emphasize the importance of thorough preparation, promoting equity, maintaining transparency, and cultivating trust in partnerships. This plan...

Dirt Diggers Digest Guide to Strategic Corporate Research

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2024

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Good Jobs First

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

Public access to corporate information functions as an important bulwark against the excesses of private power. This guide lists key sources of company information, provides tips for mapping governance structures, and demonstrates best practices for analyzing company legal records...

Online and Observed: Student Privacy Implications of School-Issued Devices and Student Activity Monitoring Software

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level School District

State(s) All States

Source Center for Democracy & Technology

Policy Areas Education, Data & Technology

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many school districts have introduced student activity monitoring software and other digital tools aimed at facilitating remote classroom management and driving student engagement. Though helpful, these tools can also be intrusive. This report examines...

The Right to Know: How to Fulfill the Public’s Right of Access to Police Records

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) California

Source American Civil Liberties Union of California

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

Democracy depends on the public’s right to know what its government is doing so it can hold officials accountable. California voters recognized the fundamental importance of public access to documents by enshrining the right of access in the state constitution. But the right of access...

A Public Interest Primer on Charter Schools

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source In the Public Interest

Policy Areas Education

The rapid growth in the number of charter schools amounts to the privatization of public education. These schools receive public education money and because of this are often referred to as “public schools,” but this is a mischaracterization. Charter schools are privately operated...

Social and Behavioral Sciences Team 2016 Annual Report

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level National

State(s) All States

Source National Science and Technology Council

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety, Health, Finance & Procurement, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Education

The Social and Behavioral Sciences Team 2016 Annual Report highlights SBST's progress implementing the President's directive over the past year in eight key policy areas: promoting retirement security, advancing economic opportunity, improving college access and affordability, responding...

Tracking Body Camera Implementation

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Campaign Zero

Policy Areas Public Safety, Data & Technology

Body cameras are rapidly becoming the norm in communities across the country. Campaign Zero reviewed available police department body camera policies from the largest 30 cities in America to determine whether this new technology is being implemented in ways that ensure accountability...

1997 Ramsey County Ordinance 480 Requiring Candidates to File a Campaign Finance Report

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 1997

Level County

State(s) Minnesota

Source Ramsey County Board of Commissioners

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This ordinance requires committees and candidates to file a campaign finance report within 14 days of having donations or reimbursements in excess of $750. The campaign or committee must continue to file reports before January 31st, and for candidates who will appear on the ballot...

Cutting Corners: How Government Contractors Harm the Public in Pursuit of Profit

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source In the Public Interest

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement

Government contractors are incentivized to cut corners to show that they are a “cheaper” alternative to non-contracted works, often resulting in deception and lack of transparency that harms workers, the public, and the environment, while leading to cost overruns. Public officials...

Fair Elections Program Contribution Limitations and Requirements

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) District of Columbia

Source City of Washington, D.C.

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This ordinance limits campaign contributions from non-resident donors to an aggregate dollar amount and requires campaigns to maintain identification records for non-resident donors. ...

Long Beach Resolution Promoting Language Accessibility

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source City of Long Beach

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Community Development

This resolution delineates requirements for Long Beach government efforts to increase language accessibility. According to this ordinance, all public contact positions shall have access to a directory of qualified bilingual staff; departments shall share employee translation and interpretation...

The Other Environmental Regulators: How States Unevenly Enforce Pollution Laws

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level State

State(s) All States

Source Good Jobs First

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources

Upon the creation of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act, Congress granted the EPA primary responsibility for meeting anti-pollution goals, but allowed the EPA to delegate enforcement authority to state agencies. However, some state enforcement...

Memphis Blues: How Corporate Property Tax Breaks and Stadium Subsidies are Sapping the City’s Fiscal Strength

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) Tennessee

Source Good Jobs First

Policy Areas -

The City of Memphis has deliberately avoided its municipal pension obligations at the same time it has granted a series of costly property tax abatements, such as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs), to large corporations and sports franchises. For every year between 2009 and 2012,...

The Intersection of Trees and Safety

Type Article

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Elizabeth Macdonald, Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

Local planners often restrict tree planting near intersections due to safety concerns, which may not be justified. This article recommends that cities should not restrict sidewalk street trees unless it can be shown unequivocally that they create unsafe environments. This issue relates...

Show Us the Local Subsidies: Cities and Counties Disclosing Economic Development Subsidies

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Good Jobs First

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

Most cities and counties do not provide accessible information about which companies receive subsidies, tax benefits, or job creation. Taxpayers are entitled to know how public funds are used and whether they deliver promised outcomes. This report uses a scoring system to evaluate...

2004 Los Angeles Big Box Zoning Ordinance 176166

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2004

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles City Council

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Economic Justice

This ordinance requires planned superstores to complete an economic impact analysis before seeking approval for their projects. These reports shall identify whether the superstore would result in the physical displacement of any jobs and businesses; the demolition of housing; the...

2013 San Francisco Ordinance 121017 Regulating Open Data Requirements

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2013

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Data & Technology

This ordinance amends a prior open data policy that empowered San Francisco's Committee on Information Technology to establish rules and standards applicable to all city departments regarding the release of data to the city's online data portal. This ordinance establishes the positions...

Madison Network Security Policies and Procedures

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source City of Madison

Policy Areas Data & Technology, Democracy & Governance

Data de-identification is the process of modifying or removing personally identifiable information from datasets in a way that minimizes the risk of unintended disclosure of individuals' identities. This report outlines the fundamentals of data de-identification within the educational...

A County Manager’s Guide to Shared Services in Local Government

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level County

State(s) All States

Source IBM Center for the Business of Government

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

Shared Service Agreements are contracts or agreements that expand access to quality services while promoting collaboration and innovation between multiple local governments. This guide outlines best practices for establishing these agreements, highlights successful case studies, and...

2020 Seattle Ordinance 119803 Police Name Tags

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Public Safety

In 2000, the Seattle City Council passed legislation that requires police officers to wear unobscured name tags that display an officer’s first initial and last name. This ordinance amends the Seattle Municipal Code by prohibiting officers from using a mourning band to cover the serial...

Keep Public Funds in Texas Public Schools: Reject Harmful Private School Voucher Programs

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level State, School District

State(s) All States, Texas

Source Public Funds Public Schools

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Education, Children & Families

Private school voucher programs negatively affect public education in Texas and across the nation. When state resources are funneled away from investing in public schools into funding voucher programs it disproportionately harms the most vulnerable students. Voucher schools are not...

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