• Performance Pay for Teachers Would Boost Economy
• Posted By: Charles Chieppo |   June 30, 2010
• Economic success depends on a well-educated workforce. So it makes sense to think of improving education as a tool for boosting a region’s economy.
• Categories: Innovation by Design
• 2 Comments

• Cashless Innovation
• Posted By: John D. Donahue |   June 30, 2010
• Pressure, not money, appears to motivate innovation.
• Categories: Innovation by Design ,  Management and HR

• GIS Helps Citizens Co-Deliver Public Services
• Posted By: Jonathan D. Breul, John M. Kamensky |   June 26, 2010
• The ability of GIS to empower citizens to actively participate in the delivery of public services is growing.
• Categories: Technology

• Lessons from the Gusher in the Gulf
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   June 23, 2010
• As the damaged BP oil well continues to spew millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, these four lessons will challenge officials to rethink how risk is mitigated and regulated.
• Categories: Management and HR ,  Technology
• 5 Comments

• Change Doesn't Have to Take a Decade
• Posted By: Russ Linden |   June 23, 2010
• Russ Linden on bringing about major change in a short amount of time.
• Categories: Management and HR

• Amid Fiscal Pressures, States Move to Privatize Workers Compensation Programs
• Posted By: Leonard Gilroy |   June 21, 2010
• In a general streamlining trend, several states are moving to get government out of the workers' compensation insurance business.
• Categories: State
• 1 Comments

• Stadiums and Economic Growth—or Not
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   June 18, 2010
• Some governments are building stadiums they don’t need with money they don’t have.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 1 Comments

• Sandy Springs Outsources (Almost) Everything
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   June 17, 2010
• The earliest days of Sandy Springs, Ga., provide a fascinating (and rare) instance of a community having the freedom to create a government on a blank canvas...
• Categories: Innovation by Design
• 2 Comments

• 2011's 3 IT Challenges
• Posted By: Jerry Mechling |   June 16, 2010
• With political transitions looming, a unique opportunity to innovate presents itself.
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• Fiscal Watchdog: D.C.’s Independent CFO Yields (Uncomfortable) Benefits
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   June 15, 2010
• A professional, independent municipal CFO can be a strong protector of taxpayer interest. At the same time, they can also be a source of sand in the gears of government.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 1 Comments