• How Health Reform Could Improve Outcomes in Child Welfare
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   February 14, 2013
• If human services officials want to take advantage of the Affordable Care Act, they need to get involved in its implementation now.
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• Gun Taxes and State Revenues
• BY: Penelope Lemov   |   February 14, 2013
• A handful of states and localities are considering gun and ammunition taxes. Is there any state and local revenue in this approach?
• 42 Comments

• Is It Time to Revive Boarding Houses?
• BY: Tod Newcombe   |   February 14, 2013
• Over time, single room occupancy hotels became the housing of last resort for the poorest and most troubled segment of an urban population and have all but disappeared.
• 2 Comments

• Survey Signals Possible Public-Sector Hiring Rebound
• BY: Mike Maciag   |   February 13, 2013
• State and local governments may start to hire, but employment remains below pre-recession levels.

• Solving a Piece of the OPEB Puzzle
• BY: Charles Chieppo   |   February 13, 2013
• A Massachusetts city's approach to cutting the cost of retiree health care might be a way for other jurisdictions to grapple with the problem.
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• Early Retirement Incentives Making a Comeback
• BY: Heather Kerrigan   |   February 13, 2013
• Several municipalities offered early retirement incentives to public workers last year. What impact such incentives have on budgets and services, however, is up for debate.
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• How to Market a Health Insurance Exchange
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   February 13, 2013
• Many Americans still don’t know about the online health insurance marketplaces that are being created under the Affordable Care Act. The District of Columbia is trying to figure out how to change that.
• 3 Comments

• Mobile Technology, Co-Creation and the Empowered Citizen
• BY: William D. Eggers,Jason Salzetti   |   February 13, 2013
• Mobile devices are powerful platforms for engaging citizens as partners in transforming the public sector. Governments need to move faster to take advantage of this opportunity.
• 2 Comments

• What Graduate Degree Program is Best for You?
• BY: Heather Kerrigan   |   February 13, 2013
• How to decide between an MPA and an MPP degree.
• 1 Comments

• FCC Wi-Fi Expansion May Threaten Connected Vehicles
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   February 12, 2013
• Transportation stakeholders are urging the FCC to slow plans that could undermine much anticipated technology that can help drivers avoid crashes.

• Phoenix Hospitals Tax Themselves to Cash In on Federal Funds
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   February 12, 2013
• The city expects to bring in hundreds of millions in federal dollars through the initiative.

• Universities Test 'Tuition Guarantees' to Reduce Debt
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   February 12, 2013
• A few schools are guaranteeing four-year tuition rates for incoming students while the higher education world watches to see how the experiment works.
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• Advancing the Debate: Political, Fiscal Costs of the Medicaid Expansion
• BY: J.B. Wogan   |   February 11, 2013
• 11 GOP governors have rejected the Medicaid expansion, but some are endorsing it -- even though they lambasted so-called "Obamacare."

• Landmark S&P Lawsuits Mark Improved State-Fed Relations
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   February 11, 2013
• The lawsuits, which are the first against a credit ratings agency in connection with the economic meltdown, were a coordinated effort between states and feds who have historically clashed over who fights financial fraud.

• Which Metro Areas Have the Most Graduate Degrees?
• BY: Mike Maciag   |   February 10, 2013
• More Americans are earning graduate degrees. See how your area compares to others.