Idea Center
- Univ. of Vermont is Latest to Ban Plastic Water Bottles
- Hoping to save money and the environment, a dozen colleges have stopped selling bottled water on campus.
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- Maryland Considering Incentives for Work in ‘Health Enterprise Zones’
- The idea of offering financial incentives to boost services in select areas is common for economic development -- but rarely used to improve health care.
- New York City Uses ARRA Funds for Hybrid Street Sweepers
- They’re expected to improve the city’s finances and carbon footprint.
- Minneapolis Uses Foursquare to Share Tips with Citizens
- The city aims to promote its services and programs with people who check-in around the city.
- EPA Quiz Gives Answers for Financing Green Projects
- The “Financing Program Decision Tool” shows state and local governments their best options for paying for energy upgrades.
- One R.I. School Goes Paperless in 2013
- The state will supply an electronic device for every student in one school, cutting down on heavy and easily outdated textbooks.
- Woodbridge Housing Authority Is First to Turn to Wind Energy
- The agency in Woodbridge Township, N.J., is using wind energy to save more than $6 million and keep greenhouse gases out of the air.
- Conn. Gives Private Medicaid Insurers the Boot
- The “insurance capital of the world” is only the second state to assume the health program’s financial responsibility in the last decade.
- A Library for Helping Limited English Speakers
- This online Language Portal holds thousands of government documents designed to help people who speak limited to no English.
- Mich. Program Gets Prisoners Out of Costly Isolation Cells
- Some states are putting prisoners in isolation at increasing rates. A Mich. penitentiary program that has caught the attention of other states is looking to do the opposite.
- The Best Government Ideas of 2011
- Governing reviewed all its Idea Center entries throughout 2011 to share a select few for their unique approach to common problems.
- Wyo. Reality TV Show Aims to Get Kids Outside
- "Wyoming's Call of the Wild" aims to get more kids interested in hunting, fishing and other outdoor pursuits.
- New Colo. Education Website Gives Schools Letter Grades
- A new system backed by 18 community groups gives parents and educators an easy-to-understand system to compare schools.
- USDA Offers Insurance to Mont., N.D. Farmers to Grow Oilseed Crop for Biofuel
- The camelina crop can be converted into renewable energy, possibly bringing new jobs to rural America. But until now, farmers lacked the incentive and insurance to grow it.
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- Schools Can Finally Give Leftovers to Food Banks
- A recent change in federal law gives schools an alternative to throwing unused food in the trash.
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Columns
- The Cost-Benefit Imperative
- A group of states is adapting a successful model to target scarce funds for the greatest return on investment.
- 'Constraints Management' Breaks Down Barriers to Efficiency
- Government efficiency initiatives come and go. But Utah has had continued success with one in particular.
- Cities Give Google Cloud-Based Email Mixed Reviews
- Some cities have switched to the cloud with ease, but Los Angeles, for example, had to abandon it because of outdated security policies.
- Government Cloud Computing May Sustain Public Records
- The fate of Data.gov, which housed hundreds of thousands of public data when its funding got cut, may contain the outlines of a model for sustaining digital records.
- The Plastic Bag Ban: A Battle of Socio-Economic Policy
- This latest skirmish shows how localities, not the feds, are driving eco-policy.
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