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Reclaiming the Progressive Potential of Procurement
A longstanding misinterpretation of procurement law keeps cities and states from using federal money to advance local policy goals. JMA's Madeline Janis and UCLA School of Law Professor of Legal Ethics Scott Cummings on how groups like the Local Opportunities...
Scraping Away the Anti-Worker, Anti-Racial Equity Vestiges of the Reagan Era
Sarah Anderson writes about how outdated Uniform Guidance policies reinforce historic racial and economic inequities and what the Local Opportunities Coalition is doing to update them. Read more on Inequality.org
Local Opportunities Campaign Summer 2023 Congressional Letter
Last week, a letter signed by 61 Members of Congress was sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in support of the Local Opportunities Campaign efforts to update current federal grant regulations—called the Uniform Guidance. The letter was led by...