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Talking About the Age of Responsibility on NPR
Posted By: Elizabeth Daigneau | October 7, 2009
Alan Greenblatt, writer of this month's feature on what age states and towns should consider teens as adults, is scheduled to appear on NPR'...
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Mommy, Where Do Governing's Stories Come From?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | October 6, 2009
The classic childhood question is "Where do babies come from?" Well, that's the classic question other than "Are we there yet?&...
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Next Year's Medicaid Sticker Shock
Posted By: | October 2, 2009
Here's the good news: Thanks to federal stimulus money under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, states got a lot of help with their Medicaid ...
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Keeping Gen Y in Government: The Three A's
Posted By: Zach Patton | October 2, 2009
Just got out of the panel I co-moderated on Attracting and Keeping Young Leaders in Government. It was great -- one of those terrific sessions ...
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Smokers Need Not Apply
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | October 2, 2009
Nothing is certain but death and taxes. That doesn't mean they have to occur in the same place. Anne Gannon, the tax collector in ...
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Making Government a Good Place to Work
Posted By: Zach Patton | October 1, 2009
It's true that any the current economy, any place to work is a good place to work. But seriously, how can governments transform themselves (...
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When Not Changing Is the Biggest Risk
Posted By: Zach Patton | October 1, 2009
After hearing from Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue earlier this morning about how he's changed state government to make it more efficient, we got a ...
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Can You Really Change the Culture of Government?
Posted By: Zach Patton | October 1, 2009
Great panel discussion this morning on a daunting topic: Is there really anything you can do to change the culture of state governments? Can you ...
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Georgia Governor: States Should Be Problem-Solvers
Posted By: Zach Patton | October 1, 2009
As I mentioned yesterday, Governing chose Atlanta as the site for its 2009 Managing Performance conference. And it wasn't just because you can get a ...
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