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Elon Musk wants to privatize Amtrak. It would make train travel worse

Fast Company Tech

Project 2025 called for the privatization of all sorts of government agencies and services, and Elon Muskwho has been helping enact that plansaid this week that the U.S. should privatize Amtrak specifically, calling the national passenger rail service a sad situation. Afterward, one union report revealed that at least 1.5

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National Institutes of Health radically cuts support to universities

Ars Technica

Grants paid by the federal government have two components. But the government also pays what are called indirect costs. On Friday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that negotiated rates were ending. Some institutions see indirect rates as high as half the value of the grant.

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When Nonprofit Boards Meddle: The Dangers Of Micromanagement

Bloomerang

When board members blur the lines between governance and management, they inadvertently sabotage the organization. Why board micromanagement makes nonprofit leaders furious Board members are supposed to focus on governance, strategy, and oversight. One of the most common complaints of executive directors is board micromanagement.

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Research Friday: The Functions of Government in Social Entrepreneurship

ASU Lodestar Center

Government has a rich legacy of social entrepreneurship. Consider some examples from American policy history. In response to the Great Depression in the 1930s, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration enacted the nation’s first-ever social policy with the programs of the Social Security Act.

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Bill To Pull Tax Exemptions Headed Back To Congress

The NonProfit Times

9495, putting the bill through “regular order” by being granted a Rule from the House Rules Committee, which the bill will definitely get at today’s Rules Committee meeting, according to Mark Micali, vice president of Government Affairs at The Nonprofit Alliance in Washington, D.C. House Rules Committee will consider H.R

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How you can help save declining butterflies

Fast Company Tech

But while national and international efforts are needed to address the crisis, you can also take small actions that can have quick benefits, starting in your own backyard. Photo: Chris Light , CC BY-SA] Supporting policies that benefit conservation can also help. But those laws could be changed.

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Does Your Organizational Already Have a Policy for Professional Conduct?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My YMCA colleague posed for this photo on purpose to illustrate a point about professional conduct and social media policies. Since I had a lot of educators and people who run summer camps and other programs, a policy question came up. Certainly,this can be easily referred to in a social media policy.

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