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Analysis of Potential for County/City Shared Service Delivery: Police Department
Analysis of Potential for County/City Shared Service Delivery: Public Works & Utilities
The Public Works & Utilities department plays an integral role in any municipal day to day operations. The following proposal details our plan for the combination of specific Public Works and Utilities services between Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis. A lay out of what the Public Works and Utilities department would look […]
Measuring Neighborhood Stability
In their work, students made two types of conclusions—about the effectiveness of the measured characteristics in revealing neighborhood stability and about the stability of particular census tracts in the County. Measured Characteristics: Given that housing sales prices and household incomes are higher than average in Howard County, the typical measures of neighborhood stability are not […]
Policy Interventions to Address Poverty in Howard County, Maryland
This report comprises excerpts from the best ten reports submitted by students in the Public Finance and Public Policy class of the fall semester at the University of Maryland, College Park. In introducing these papers, I want to draw attention to what I consider to be the best program ideas to come out of the […]
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Building an Urban Design Website
The project’s goal is to build an interactive website in the form of a Content Management System (CMS) that would engage the interest of the public and stakeholders in Ellicott City. The architecture students of UMD, under the umbrella of the Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS), came up with design proposals and illustrations […]
Emergency Notification System Analysis
The emergency notification system enables one-way or two-way communication between emergency communication staff, first responders, and impacted individuals. Counties have suffered from various severe weather conditions from time to time, including flooding, thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, freezing conditions, fire, blizzards, and other climatic emergencies. There are also other human-caused emergencies such as hazardous conditions caused […]
Data Driven Model of Evidence Based Practices for Corrections Programs
The Howard County Department of Corrections (HCDC) protects the public and its employees by providing safe, secure and humane conditions for persons legally under its authority. To achieve this goal, the department offers many programs and provides multiple opportunities for offenders to become law abiding and productive members of society. The aim of this capstone […]
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Promoting Online Public Engagement & Increasing Civic Engagement
To increase public engagement in Howard County and the Columbia Association, this report provides strategies for online and in-person engagement activities and programs. It suggests that both organizations continue to develop strong technology infrastructure, such as optimizing Wi-Fi services, maximizing the OpenHoward Data Portal’s effectiveness, and investing in mobile website design. Both groups can use […]
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Database Plan Development
Howard County would like to develop and populate a single holistic database that includes all the information on commercial buildings and occupancies for use by County agencies in various initiatives like inspections, licensing, and billing. Currently, there are many different County agencies that use information regarding commercial businesses, their occupancy and structure characteristics. For example, […]