October 2014 Blog Archives
Countdown to 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Announcement
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Robin Claremont
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Military & Security
NPP is a 2014 nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is being announced on Friday.
NPP to U.S. Treasury: Here's Why Spending Data Matters
By
Becky Sweger
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Transparency & Data
NPP presented its outside-the-Beltway perspective on federal spending data to the U.S. Treasury Department.
Participatory Budgeting Can Transform our Democracy
By
Doug Hall
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Budget Process,
Transparency & Data
Last week I had the good fortune to join an amazing group of people doing exciting and transformative work in the growing field of participatory budgeting (“PB”), at the third annual PB Conference, held this year in Oakland (and nearby Vallejo), California. [I was invited to speak on two panels--one...
State Smart: Federal Grants to Your State
By
Becky Sweger
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Education,
Health Care,
Transparency & Data
Today's State Smart preview spotlights federal grants that go directly to state governments and ultimately affect people in our communitites.