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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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