• How to Get Out from Under Federal Oversight
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   April 11, 2013
• Children and family services agencies under federal oversight need to focus on what's best for families and kids -- not just on what's mandated.
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• Can Data-Driven Education Close the Achievement Gap?
• BY: Charles Chieppo   |   April 11, 2013
• A Silicon Valley nonprofit wants to take its ideas into thousands of classrooms. It's an experiment worth watching.
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• Washington Targets Veterans for State Employment
• BY: Heather Kerrigan   |   April 10, 2013
• As troops begin returning home from Afghanistan, states are looking for ways to reduce veterans' high unemployment rate. Washington state wants to hire them.
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• Obama's Infrastructure Budget is Ambitious But Vague on Funding
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   April 10, 2013
• The president's budget calls for ambitious infrastructure investments but -- yet again -- doesn't provide many details on how to pay for it.

• This Government Brought to You by ...
• BY: Patrick Ibarra   |   April 10, 2013
• Many governments have been slow to find ways to generate revenue from their assets by selling naming rights, advertising or sponsorships. There's plenty of untapped revenue out there.

• Arkansas' Game-Changing Medicaid Expansion Plan
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   April 8, 2013
• A lot of information is floating around about the state's first-of-its-kind plan to expand Medicaid under Obamacare. Arkansas' Medicaid director sets the record straight.
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• Sharing the Burdens of a Broken City
• BY: Mark Funkhouser   |   April 8, 2013
• We're going to see more cities like Stockton. We need better ways to deal with the downward fiscal spiral.
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• What Citizens Really Want
• BY: Bill Bott   |   April 7, 2013
• Above all else, citizens want results. When they don't get them, they morph into selfish people.
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• Government Employment Changes Little as Job Growth Slows
• BY: Mike Maciag   |   April 5, 2013
• The U.S. economy added only 88,000 jobs last month, far below economists' expectations.

• The Metro Economies Most Dependent on Manufacturing Jobs
• BY: Mike Maciag   |   April 5, 2013
• Manufacturing jobs account for a sizable portion of the employment base in many regions. Read our analysis of the top 10 areas, along with data for more than 300 metro areas.
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• Oregon May Be 1st with Automatic Voter Registration
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   April 5, 2013
• Secretary of State Kate Brown wants to make Oregon the first state to instantly register voters when they apply for a driver's license.
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• Retirement Predictions, Sin Taxes' Side Effects and the Impact of Class Sizes
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   April 4, 2013
• Plus: a great resource for child welfare workers and more management news
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• The Right Way to Manage a Government Contract
• BY: Charles Chieppo   |   April 3, 2013
• The Illinois Lottery is showing that government officials can hold their own with their private-sector counterparts.
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• The Perils of Tunnel-Vision Leadership
• BY: Russ Linden   |   April 3, 2013
• The leadership fight at the University of Virginia is a powerful example of why so many change efforts fail.
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• The Benefits of Drones, Police on Pinterest, and a Successful IT Consolidation
• BY: Governing   |   April 2, 2013
• News you should know about government and technology.
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