Maggie Allen

I am forever grateful for the reminder beep from the microwave. ☕

"We must hold fast to the realization that our cities are for people and unless they work well for people, they are not working well at all. As the people of this world realize what is possible, they will demand that their cities be geared to the humane and the beautiful." - Jim Rouse

YouTube video by The Texas Tribune A blueprint for Texas cities: Growth, challenges, and opportunities

Watch live: At the Tribune's day-long symposium on Texas cities, panelists discuss how lawmakers can address the state's housing affordability crisis.

Most of what we call "tech" is about getting the right information into a database and trying to prevent the wrong person from reading or updating it.

If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.

It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.

They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.

I’m happy to invest and/or help

The Ripple Effect Of Musk's Government Purge Fresh Air · Episode

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Learn more about our work on strengthening the government workforce here 👉 peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu/about/

Exclusive: Trump administration drops work on stronger building codes for disasters To help homes survive more intense disasters, FEMA has been developing recommendations for stronger building codes. The Trump Administration has pulled them back.

Building codes finally make the news! When was the last time most folks thought about them? Miami building collapse? Vermont floods? LA wildfires? If only there was a way to prepare for a stronger America…

FEMA backtracks on stronger building codes for disasters

www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n...

"All were unvaccinated against measles or had an unknown vaccination status."

Wealth inequality. Racial inequality. Information inequality. Gender inequality. Health inequality. Environmental Inequality. Safety Inequality. Opportunity inequality.

Reminding myself to acknowledge these more frequently and more publicly as the chaos machine dials up distraction.

Dear Decision Makers:

Please don't forget to include those closest to the problem in your journey towards solutions.

XO, Public Servants Everywhere

#localgov #commdev #innovation

On the bright side, I learned how to make an omelet. 😊

Government’s wins are often invisible: Systems that avoid plane crashes; alliances that avert war; surveillance that prevent pandemics.

Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*

So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?

We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.”

Who needs a gallon of ketchup?

Something about the doge nonsense brought back a vague memory from my admin law grad school course.

There’s a pretty famous case that holds contracts can’t be invalidated by the government after the fact! Seems like all these savings won’t hold..

Fletcher v. Peck: www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1...

Dismantling government won’t make it more efficient–investing in it will COMMENTARY | The work federal employees do is often invisible, but it’s always essential.

Octavia Abell and I wrote this before last night's news but the message still holds true - the underlying philosophy behind blanket federal worker purges is harmful for the American public.

www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

The phrases “dessert books” and “nutritious books” are so gross

HUD is bracing as DOGE seeks to cut waste, fraud. Union leaders have a suggestion The Trump administration is reviewing contracts across the federal housing agency. Some employees worry about potentially "devastating" cuts, though union leaders also hope some good may come of it.

The Trump administration is reviewing contracts across the federal housing agency. Some employees worry about potentially "devastating" cuts, though union leaders also hope some good may come of it.

JUST IN:

Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Don't judge me for my open tabs, Google.

Seems like a good time to say this again.

Dismantling institutions, whack-a-mole style.

Treasury, USAID, FBI, GSA, Education, Energy.

It's happening so fast, it's impossible for people to truly appreciate the chaos that's being thrust upon so many people - from workers, to the public, to our environment.

Will absolutely be watching this thread!

Hug a public servant today. ❤️

a quote that says: "The way to greater american prosperity is encouraging pople to move from lower productivity jobs in the public sector to higher productivity jobs in the private sector"

The deep and fundamental misunderstanding that is leading to so many harmful policies.

Trump's Federal Funding Pause Threatens State Financials President Donald Trump’s federal funding pause threatens more than $1 trillion that flows to states, cities and other local governments, putting everything from transit infrastructure to housing proje...

A shake up in govt shakes up people's lives - a pause means rent checks don't get paid and people get evicted, small businesses can't meet their obligations. We're all about to learn a lot about what our government does for us.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it . ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it .

POV: explaining the history of amazing #localgov initiatives and how they got cut from priorities.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but don't forget batteries.

"Without teachers, there are no other professions."