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Director, School of Public Policy, UMass Amherst; Dist Professor; tech, gov, inequalities & change. ; Board/Fellow. Views here are my own.
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Super excited for a great new local coffee shop in W7 West #Somerville, Yego Coffee! Check it out - locally roasted coffee from the owner’s family farm in Rwanda.
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I saw Janet Yellen once at JFK. She was carrying her own luggage and eating what looked like a wilted two-day-old grab-and-go salad. We tend to celebrate big, loud personalities but thank goodness we have modest public servants who eat shitty salads at JFK and just do their jobs.
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Especially for readers over 60, my commentary on the legendary Tom Lehrer. Okay boomers—listen up! fcw.com/comment/2023/0
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Over the years, I have learned so much from about performance management. His piece in is no exception! Online first. It is part of a larger symposium organized by Check it out
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Thanks, and congrats to the next generation of public service leaders at the #NASPAASimulationCompetition. Appreciate for hosting #inspiring #leadership
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Getting ready for the final presentations of the #NASPAASimulationCompetition @RockefellerColl @ualbany @naspaa
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So proud of my brilliant, courageous colleague, for organizing the Asian American Digital Politics Workshop. Big congrats. Happy birthday!
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Thanks for coming to my birthday… er, Asian American Digital Politics Workshop. I feel inspired by these brilliant beautiful people @norasuren @matthew_bui @rachelkuo @YenaKang7 @kxraja @FylproMabuhay @gabriellelim @emsuna @pyo_jane @CAAsanfrancisco @computermacgyve @ShirKi
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Imagine what your neighborhood would look like without your local mom-and-pop shops.
Small businesses are the heart of communities – and the engines that keep them going.
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Until the 1930s in Massachusetts you could go from the mills of Lowell to the streets of Salem and the beaches of Newburyport on a robust electric streetcar network. 🚋
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We’re hiring ! Multiple positions working at an engaged research center looking to reduce gun violence, improve public safety, and promote neighborhood well-being.
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🚨YouthVoices🚨👫
This fully funded Fellowship is open to mid career african professionals and executives below 35 at the start of the program on 1 Sept.2023. Women & PWD will exceptionally be considered upto age 40.
Deadline is 22 February
Apply now 👉🏾 bit.ly/3XcghSU
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We are proud to announce the creation of the Office of Technology at , a team that will provide technical expertise across agency matters and strengthen the agency’s ability to enforce the nation’s competition and consumer protection laws. ftc.gov/policy/advocac
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We are thrilled to welcome Brittany Houston to the faculty. She brings the whole package: research, teaching and professional experience. She's a 2022 Founders' Fellow.
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We are excited to welcome Brittany D. Houston to the School of Public Policy faculty! Houston will join the UMass Amherst School of Public Policy faculty next fall as an assistant professor.
Learn more at umass.edu/spp/news/britt
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The federal workforce is aging. It’s time for a new generation.
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Thanks to @psychmag for highlighting our efforts to make academic research matter in the real world 
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The great retirement has come for the civil service and public servants. What's the 2023 equivalent of "Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country." jfklibrary.org/learn/educatio
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State governments are eagerly recruiting MPA students. Collectively, we need to talk with more undergraduate and high school students about the demand for and value of public service careers! @naspaa @ASPANational timesunion.com/state/article/
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"everyone has to undertake the task of loving anew: while scientific knowledge accumulates through generations, in love we cannot build on the progress of our forebears. Nevertheless, we first learn to love...from our parents, & we carry their long legacies folded up inside us."
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If you are a scholar doing research on public policy or management, please consider submitting your work to the annual conference! appam.org/conference-eve
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“Why must you always concentrate on color?”
As always, this answer from James Baldwin is what you were looking for. Must watch.
#BlackHistoryMonth
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Without groundhogs on the National Mall, our rangers use other methods to predict the weather. If the Washington Monument is wet, it's raining. If you can't see it, that indicates thick fog. If you can see the Monument's shadow, you're probably too late for daily tickets.
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Hello everyone, this is Cere! I am eager to connect with all of you and share my knowledge and enthusiasm for #technology.
Fasten your seat belts, and let's get started! 
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.'s #HouseSpeaker vote coverage is getting kudos. FYI: Our non-profit network doesn't get a dime of gov $$. Sadly, we're not avail to all pay TV customers, importantly and . Please help convince them to add C-SPAN to their lineups by liking and retweeting.
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Are you a current federal employee? Want to come work for me and the rest of the great US Chief Technology Office team at as a Policy Assistant? Now's your chance:
usajobs.gov/job/697976400
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Happy to see that added the Chisinau-Kyiv route among the 8 best European train trips to try in 2023. Tours for foreigners is something we gonna develop this year. Will tell you more later.
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On same day that McCarthy fails to win speakership on party-line vote, PA lawmakers elect Dem Speaker (who says he’ll ‘govern’ as an indie) w/ more than dozen GOP votes. And, in OH, Dem minority gives enough votes to GOP speaker who says he’ll work with D’s on new maps.
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See what Members of Congress are tweeting via Twitter list --> twitter.com/i/lists/341795 #118thCongress
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I just made a donation to the and you should, too; its WayBack Machine is one of the most helpful tools out there, I've been using it for 2 decades & am so grateful it exists
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Only in Ukraine. You come the Kyiv opera on Xmas, and spend 1,5 hour in its basement because of air alert. But as soon as Russian bombers land in Belarus without launching missiles, the theater is full, and the Barber of Seville is on stage, from the beginning to the end ❤.
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Amen!
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Today as then, Jesus comes into a world that does not welcome him (cf. Jn 1:11), that rather rejects or ignores him, as we do so often with foreigners and with the poor. Let's not forget the refugees, the marginalized, people who are alone, orphans and the elderly, prisoners.
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Ukrainian defenders celebrating Christmas near the frontlines
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Congratulations to and for their well-deserved place on the "2022 Most Innovative 50" list. Their projects on water conservation & in other critical areas are at the cutting edge using digital tech to solve core problems.
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Thanks to our passion, team and vision, we are among the top 25 in Fast Company Magazine's "2022 Most Innovative 50" list. We are also one of the youngest companies on the list
We will continue to contribute to our planet with disruptive innovations. @FastCompanyT @FastCompany twitter.com/cerebrum_tech/…
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This is great, AND until we get serious about West-East from Pittsfield to Boston the work is incomplete, innovation and opportunity are stifled, inequities and imbalances increase, and people #InTheBerkshires can’t share fully in the economic promise of the Commonwealth. -TWB
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It is now time to fully realize the vision of East-West Rail, more possible than ever thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
I strongly support MassDOT’s grant application for over $108 million in rail improvements between Worcester & Springfield. masslive.com/news/2022/12/m
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Here’s an inspirational example of a project developed by one faculty member, , that has really taken off and helped so many people.
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Read this amazing post from our own @cschweik about the World Librarians Program, a model for connecting information requests from students in under-resourced countries with publicly available, open educational resources. bit.ly/3BkGiay @UMassAmherst @NewAmericaPIT
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Are you an SPP student or a current professional? SPP is offering two online winter courses to help you upskill:
- SPP 690F: Financial Management for Non-Profits, State, & Local Government
- SPP S690G: Grantwriting
Classes begin Dec 21!
#umass #umassspp #publicpolicy
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3 years ago, #UMassAmherst professor Ethan Zuckerman suggested turning #socialmedia into a public utility. Now, has referenced his thoughts regarding the idea of digital public space. #interesting
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City of Boston Total Taxable Property Value:
2021: $190,652,929,965
2020: $176,198,904,754
2019: $164,514,120,730
2018: $153,925,958,195
2017: $143,941,946,439
2016: $128,047,080,703
2015: $110,736,862,222
2010: $87,256,532,047
2005: $69,253,527,870
2000: $39,930,918,360
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Maybe embassy and (which has lots of business historically w/Myanmar) might care, as well. I agree, superb students at school -
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This is an outrage. Where is the attention in the Western press? Our students from Myanmar have lived in extreme danger. Pls retweet & draw attention to this human rights nightmare.
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