budget

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Faculty experts Amy Beck Harris and Stephanie Leiser coached students in grant writing and strategic budgeting for a real-world UN/EU education project in Moldova.

Every year, Corey Ackerman (MPP ’16) guides choices that affect the daily lives of almost 10 million Michiganders—through funding classrooms, health care, and community programs. A Ford School graduate, Ackerman has spent almost a decade converting M...

Free webinar June 4 will demo the Excel to iXBRL Conversion toolA free, open-source tool designed by the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy is now available to help local governments make financial data more accessible.  Developed ...

When Congress passed the Financial Data and Transparency Act (FDTA) in 2022, it required all municipalities in the U.S. to modernize and digitize their financial reports. This is a heavy lift for small towns and school districts, most of which still ...

Professor at the Ford School and former General Counsel to the Office of Management and Budget, Samuel Bagenstos said the president "withholding certain funding — including for green energy projects and foreign aid" is not supported by "proper reason...

 Eleven talented students showcased what they learned during their summer internship at the Ford School 7th Annual Policy Pitch Competition. Undergraduate and graduate students spent three minutes sharing their key deliverables, policy impacts, and l...

A majority of Michigan local leaders' assessments of their fiscal stress this year remain essentially unchanged compared to both 2021 and 2020, despite significant infusions of federal and state aid in recent years.  The findings come from the sp...

Many Americans use the analogy of a pie to think about the government budget. But, Sarah Leiser, lecturer of public policy and leader of the Michigan Local Government Fiscal Health Project at CLOSUP, says there's another way to think about it. "I...

With a predicted state surplus, Governor Whitmer is set to propose a plan that would give teachers bonuses, invest in mental health professionals, expand free preschool, and more. Jonathan Hanson, lecturer in statistics for public policy, weighed in ...

This week, Betsey Stevenson spoke to NPR and PBS about the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, from supply chains around the world, to a changing workforce, and U.S. government debt. "COVID's affecting the entire world. There are entire fa...

Economist Marina v.N. Whitman is interviewed by Cynthia Canty, host of Michigan Radio's "Stateside" program, for a ten-minute segment on President Trump's proposed budget and the troubling outlook for public goods in America. The segment, "Nixon advi...