In March, we feature the top residential REITs that specialize in multifamily and the top properties in senior housing for 2022 based on their online reputation assessment (ORA) scores.
Top REITs
Elme Communities, with an ORA of 83, is the No. 1 REIT in the nation. Veris Residential and BSR follow, with ORA scores of 82.75 and 81.11, respectively.
The ninth annual REIT ORA Power Ranking includes private, public listed, and public non-listed REITs listed by Nareit, and it is based on ORA scores as of December. The average ORA score of the REITs is 73.51 compared with the national average ORA score of 62.88.
Top 100 Senior Housing Properties
In addition, we are happy to feature the top 100 senior housing properties based on ORA scores as of December. We monitor the online reputation of over 7,200 properties in this industry.
The No. 1 senior housing property for 2022 is Peyton Ridge, managed by WRH Realty Services, in Jacksonville, Florida, with an ORA of 99.
Also managed by WRH Realty Services, Abigail Court in Port Richey, Florida, ranks second with an ORA of 99. At No. 3 is Rolling Hills Gardens Apartments, managed by Greystar, in Chula Vista, California, with a 99 ORA. For properties with the same ORA scores, those with the greater number of reviews rank higher.
> The top three operators to manage the most reputed senior housing properties for 2022 are Life Care Services with 19 properties, Greystar with 17 communities, and Gardant Management Solutions with five properties.
To be eligible for the senior housing ranking, a property had to register an ORA score of 95 or higher with a minimum of 20 online reviews on at least two review sites.
About the ORA Power Rankings
Developed by J Turner Research, the ORA Power Rankings are a monthly, independent ranking of apartment properties and management companies based on their Online Reputation Assessment (ORA) scores. A property or management company is not required to be a J Turner Research client to qualify for this ranking, which is published by J Turner’s media partner Multifamily Executive.
The ORA score is an aggregate compilation of a property’s ratings across various review sites and ILSs. J Turner Research monitors the online ratings of more than 132,000 properties nationwide each month. Using a statistical model, a single score based on a scale of 0 to 100 is assigned to each property. This score serves as a benchmark to compare a company’s individual properties and portfolios nationally, regionally, and against the competition.
It took almost a year to collect, analyze and interrogate the data used for “Education Suspended,” a first-of-its-kind effort to understand the scope of attendance-related suspensions in Arizona.
Dear Tim,
I hope you can make time to tune in next week as AZCIR’s Maria Polletta joins a group of education leaders, an Arizona lawmaker and a student to discuss the impact of suspending students for missing class—a practice Maria exposed in 2022 as part of nearly yearlong collaborative investigation with Tara García Mathewson of The Hechinger Report.
The panel discussion, hosted by the Arizona chapter of the ACLU and moderated by Dawn Shim with Support Equality Arizona Schools, will take place online from 3:30 - 5 p.m. on Friday, April 14.
Maria’s statewide investigation, Education Suspended, analyzed data from nearly half of Arizona’s public school systems, quantifying for the first time the extent of punitive discipline for truancy. The project shed light on how the practice of suspending students who arrive late to class or miss it entirely further compounds learning loss, ultimately alienating students. It also found the discipline measures disproportionately affect Arizona’s students of color.
Since the investigative series published in late 2022, our findings have gained statewide and national attention, including from top officials at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. We’ve heard from students, parents, lawmakers and advocates, including one parent who, after reading our series, had a suspension struck from her child’s record upon learning it violated state law.
If you missed our reporting or are new to our newsroom, you can read more below, in both English and Spanish.
Suspending students for missing class—whether it’s because they showed up late, cut midday or were absent entirely—is a controversial tactic. Yet, here in Arizona, the practice is pervasive, causing students already struggling with absenteeism to miss tens of thousands of additional days of school. READ MORE >
Black, Latino and Indigenous students are frequently overrepresented among those getting suspended for attendance issues, which some argue is a potential civil rights violation. Researchers have found such inequities in school discipline can contribute directly to race-based discrepancies in academic performance. READ MORE >
Though suspending students for attendance violations is widespread in Arizona, it is not universal—or necessary, according to school and district leaders who have found ways around it. They argue effective alternatives must make school a place students want to be, and treat absenteeism as a problem to solve, rather than a behavior to punish. READ MORE>
It took almost a year to collect, analyze and interrogate the data used for “Education Suspended,” a first-of-its-kind effort to understand the scope of attendance-related suspensions in Arizona. Here’s a closer look at how we did it, and the decisions we made along the way. READ MORE >
Whether you’re new to this newsletter or if you’ve followed our work for years, we hope you can join us for this important conversation.
Thanks, as always, for following and supporting our work.
Cheers,
Brandon Quester Executive Director and Editor Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
The Ukraine related activities of the Department of State (Department) and the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) are a top oversight priority for the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The complexity, scale, and timing of efforts in response to Russia’s war against Ukrainedemand robust oversight. We are leveraging our extensive knowledge of the programs and operations of the Department and USAGM to develop a plan that provides timely and critical information for Congress and the U.S. taxpayer.
Deputy Inspector General Shaw discusses State OIG's Ukraine oversight response
Multiple federal agencies are responding to the crisis and OIG is coordinating with offices across the inspector general community, including inspector general offices at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). A variety of working groups, comprised of auditors, inspectors, and investigators, are meeting on a regular basis to collaborate and achieve results.
At OIG, we are deploying our resources, including recent supplemental funding, to target fraud, waste, and abuse in three high-risk areas:
Security assistance
Humanitarian and economic assistance
Diplomatic operations and programs
This Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 2023) Joint Strategic Plan for Ukraine Response (JSOP – Ukraine Response) is the first joint strategic oversight plan submitted to Congress by the DoD, State, and USAID OIGs. This plan describes these three OIG’s and partner agencies’ oversight of U.S. activities related to the Ukraine response.
NOTE: 170 viewsFeb 13, 2023Diana R. Shaw serves as the Deputy Inspector General Performing the Duties of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of State.
Over the past year, the U.S. has committed significant resources—to the tune of more than $100B—to support Ukraine as it defends itself against Russia’s aggression. Given what’s at stake and given that so much of the U.S. assistance provided to date is flowing through the Department of State, we here at State OIG have made oversight of the Department’s Ukraine response our top priority.
Learn more at https://www.stateoig.gov/ukraine-resp...
**Since February 2022, the U.S. Congress has appropriated more than $113 billion for the U.S. Government’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Robust, independent oversight of these funds is essential to ensure the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of the U.S. Government’s response efforts.
This report builds on the Joint Strategic Oversight Plan and fulfills the OIG’s reporting requirement under Section 1247 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2023 and State and USAID OIGs’ reporting requirement under Section 1707 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.
Above are links to our work. Below are links to DoD and USAID inspector general offices as well as additional Ukraine-related oversight information.
OIG Hotline (English and Ukrainian) and Fraud Awareness posters
Audit of Department of State Anti-Corruption
Programs and Activities in Eastern Europe
"The Ukraine related activities of the Department of State (Department) are a top oversight
priority for the Office of Inspector General (OIG).
The objective of this audit is to determine
whether the Department implemented and monitored anti-corruption assistance programs and
activities in Eastern European countries in accordance with federal and Department
requirements.
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Corruption is an ongoing threat in Eastern Europe; according to Transparency International,
years of inaction against corruption in Eastern Europe has undermined democratic processes,
restricted civic space, and weakened public institutions—fueling violence, conflict, and
instability.
Several bureaus and offices within the Department have supported longstanding
anti-corruption efforts in these countries.
> In 2022, the Secretary of State established the
Coordinator of Global Anti-Corruption to strengthen U.S. government anti-corruption issues
alignment, work closely with international partners to advance U.S. anti-corruption policies,
and lead the Department’s implementation of the United States Strategy on Countering
Corruption.
Based on the unique challenges facing the region in the wake of Russia’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as well as other factors, OIG will review Department anti-corruption
programs and activities active in Hungary, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine from FY 2018 through
FY 2023.
OIG will determine
1 whether the associated goals and objectives align with applicable
post, bureau, Department, and federal strategic guidance;
2 how anti-corruption programs and
activities have been modified in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine; and
3 how
Department personnel monitor and evaluate anti-corruption programs and activities to ensure
they achieve the intended results.
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OIG has ongoing projects related to Ukraine and will be announcing additional projects in
coming months.
> Visit OIG’s Ukraine Response Oversight page to follow our work in this area
and contact us at publicaffairs@stateoig.gov for additional information.
U.S. Department of State OIG
www.stateoig.gov
UKRAINE RESPONSE OVERSIGHT PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT
Audit of Department of State Anti-Corruption Programs and Activities in Eastern Europe
Based on the unique challenges facing the region in the wake of Russia’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as well as other factors, OIG will review Department anti-corruption programs and activities active in Hungary, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine from FY 2018 through FY 2023. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the Department implemented and monitored anti-corruption assistance programs and activities in Eastern European countries in accordance with federal and Department requirements.
State OIG has ongoing projects related to Ukraine and will be announcing additional projects in coming months. Visit OIG’s Ukraine Response Oversight page to follow our work in this area.
Under the Environmental Quality Act of 1986, the Arizona State Legislature established the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality in 1987 as the state agency for protecting and enhancing public health and the environment of Arizona. For more information, visit azdeq.gov.
ADEQ will take reasonable measures to provide access to department services to individuals with limited ability to speak, write or understand English and/or to those with disabilities. Requests for language translation, ASL interpretation, CART captioning services or disability accommodations must be made at least 48 hours in advance by contacting the Title VI Nondiscrimination Coordinator, Leonard Drago, at 602-771-2288 or Drago.Leonard@azdeq.gov. For a TTY or other device, Telecommunications Relay Services are available by calling 711.
ADEQ tomará las medidas razonables para proveer acceso a los servicios del departamento a personas con capacidad limitada para hablar, escribir o entender inglés y/o para personas con discapacidades. Las solicitudes de servicios de traducción de idiomas, interpretación ASL (lengua de signos americano), subtitulado de CART, o adaptaciones por discapacidad deben realizarse con al menos 48 horas de anticipación comunicándose con el Coordinador de Anti-Discriminación del Título VI, Leonard Drago, al 602-771-2288 o Drago.Leonard@azdeq.gov. Para un TTY u otro dispositivo, los servicios de retransmisión de telecomunicaciones están disponible llamando al 711.
Rendering of True Anomaly's Jackal orbital vehicle. Credit: True Anomaly
WASHINGTON — True Anomaly, a startup based in Denver, is building two small satellites that it plans to launch into orbit later this year. One of the spacecraft will attempt to chase down an “uncooperative” object and take pictures up close.
This is the type of technology that the U.S. military needs to compete with rival powers in space, True Anomaly’s CEO and co-founder Even Rogers told SpaceNews.
The startup, formed a year ago to focus on the national security market, announced April 6 it has raised $30 million in pre-seed, seed, and Series A funding. It built a 35,000 square foot factory where it’s producing the Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle.
> The first two spacecraft are scheduled to launch this fall on SpaceX’s Transporter 9 rideshare.
Rogers, a former U.S. Air Force satellite and ground systems operator, said the company will pursue DoD contracts for these orbital vehicles and plans to scale up production. He said the Jackal was designed to fill gaps in the military’s capabilities to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in orbit, a specialty known as space domain awareness. The company also develops digital tools for building models for space wargaming and training.
He pitched investors the idea that the U.S. Space Force needs an “industrial partner” solely focused on producing technologies to defend assets in orbit. The DoD currently relies on large defense contractors to meet these needs, Rogers said, but the military could benefit from more specialized providers.
U.S. needs satellites for tactical maneuvers
The challenge for the Space Force, he said, is that the United States faces an “asymmetric” disadvantage as rival powers like Russia and China deploy maneuvering satellites, some armed with space weapons that could threaten U.S. systems.
U.S. satellites were not designed to maneuver in orbit “without regret” because they have to conserve fuel. Rogers said the Jackal vehicles could be deployed to help identify potential threats.
Rogers noted that a growing number of companies in the commercial space industry operate sensors and analyze data to support space traffic management functions. However, he said, “nobody has mastered the technology and the concepts of operations that are necessary to do characterization and inspection at scale.”
Jackal, a 275-kilogram spacecraft built on a commercial satellite bus, was designed for “uncooperative” rendezvous and proximity operations, he said. A lot of vehicles perform cooperative rendezvous and proximity operations such as docking with other spacecraft. But uncooperative RPO is a much harder problem that hasn’t been solved yet, he said. “Doing that safely and autonomously is a capability and craft that the Space Force needs to be able to master.”
Rogers said having a vehicle that can chase uncooperative spacecraft and take pictures would help the U.S. hold China and Russia accountable for aggressive actions in space and possibly deter such behavior.
