Latest News

• How Mitt Romney Will Choose His Veep
• SOURCE: GOVERNING | McClatchy Newspapers | May. 17, 2012

• Poll: GOP Gains Ground in Wisconsin
• SOURCE: GOVERNING | McClatchy Newspapers | May. 17, 2012

• Rick Perry Endorsements Don't Include Texas House Speaker
• SOURCE: GOVERNING | McClatchy Newspapers | May. 17, 2012

• Michigan Audit Finds 1,500 Dead or Imprisoned Voters
• SOURCE: GOVERNING | Dylan Scott | May. 17, 2012

• States Rethink Trying Juveniles in Adult Court
• SOURCE: GOVERNING | Stateline.org | May. 17, 2012

• Florida Gov.: Odds Against Another Quiet Hurricane Season
• SOURCE: GOVERNING | McClatchy Newspapers | May. 17, 2012

• Border Tunnels for Drug Smuggling are Targeted in New Get-Tough Law
• SOURCE: GOVERNING | McClatchy Newspapers | May. 17, 2012

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• Child-Care Fraud Detected in Los Angeles County Using Data Analytics
• SOURCE: Government Technology | May. 17, 2012

• Vermont is First State to Ban Fracking
• SOURCE: Burlington Free Press | May. 17, 2012

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Idea Center

• NY to Require Pro Bono Work for Admittance to the Bar
• In an effort to provide legal help to those in need, New York will become the first state to make pro bono work a mandatory requirement for admittance to the state bar, reports the New York Times.
• By: Brian Peteritas | May 17, 2012

• Colorado Program Connects Inventors to Patent Attorneys
• A new plan will target low-income inventors, allowing them greater opportunities and protection
• By: Brian Peteritas | May 14, 2012

• Pennsylvania Community Colleges First to Adopt New Metrics
• New standards will increase transparency and college performance.
• By: Brian Peteritas | May 10, 2012

Analysis and Insight

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• House GOP: Who Needs Data, Anyway?
• Diverse stakeholders fight House plan to stop collecting demographic data. …
• Blogs | May 17, 2012

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• Demographic Shift Underway: Majority of Babies are Minorities
• Minorities now account for the majority of babies in the U.S. View new estimates of minority children for each state.…
• By the Numbers | May 17, 2012

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• Random Idiots and Useless Blowhard Gasbags
• Bad things happen, and the media amplifies them. But they are not the indicators of the decline of our culture that some would have us believe.…
• Bring on the Funk | May 17, 2012

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• Efficiency Lessons from Our City Halls and Statehouses
• State and local governments are finding ways to cut spending while improving services. There are signs that the federal government is beginning to take notice.…
• Better, Faster, Cheaper | May 16, 2012

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• Longtime State Pension Chief Resigns, Calls 401(k) Experiment a 'Failure'
• After more than two decades heading pension systems in Colorado and Kansas, Meredith Williams tells Stateline that Americans are woefully underprepared for retirement.…
• View | May 16, 2012

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Columns

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• Obstacles to Results-Based Management, the Erosion of Analytic Capability, and the Hazards of Municipal-Guaranteed Debt
• Plus: Life in the 'burbs, and more management news
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene | May 17, 2012

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• "Say on Pay" for Public Pension Funds
• What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
• BY: Girard Miller | May 17, 2012

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• Making the Mail Snailier
• The U.S. Postal Service will never have a bright fiscal outlook, but it’s going to be vital to our communities and our economy for a long time to come. Should we just keep cutting, or is it time to rethink the mail from scratch?
• BY: John Martin | May 16, 2012

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• More States, Cities Look to Test Drones
• "Eye in the Sky" is fast becoming a reality for many states and municipalities as they turn to unmanned vehicles -- or drones -- for a variety of uses.
• BY: Elaine S. Povich | May 15, 2012

Events & Webinars

• GOVERNING Summit on Sustainability - 2012
• June 20, 2012 , Annenberg Community House | Santa Monica, CA
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  Beyond “thinking green” the Summit will address the topic of sustainability in the context of economic, health, social and environmental issues. As a critical strategy for long-term economic vitality for a region, we’ll discuss best practices and policies around jobs, finance, energy, facilities, infrastructure and urban planning.

• GOVERNING Summit on the Cost of Government - 2012
• September 18, 2012 , and September 19, 2012 | Newseum | Washington, D.C.
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  GOVERNING’s Summit on the Cost of Government is an invitation-only gathering of public officials to confront the structural problems in government and explore the path forward.