• The Power of Play
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   March 15, 2010
• With so much emphasis on test scores these days, recess has become an unintended casualty at most schools. It is estimated that up to 40 percent...

• Fun With Public Data
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   March 11, 2010
• This week, Google went live with an experimental tool that allows people to explore various public data sets - from unemployment in the U.S....

• Ohio A.G. Protects Small Biz
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   March 7, 2010
• In Ohio, if a small business had a problem with dishonest vendors or unfair practices, they had few options to make things right. The state's...

• New Yorkers 'Share a Cab'
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   March 4, 2010
• It may be commonplace in Washington, D.C., but in New York City, sharing a cab ride is still a rarity. That's changing with a...

• Stopping Overdoses with a Spray
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   March 1, 2010
• Saving someone from a drug overdose could be as easy as administering a nose spray. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced last week that...

• Fighting Crime With Math
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   February 25, 2010
• Once a week on television's "Numb3rs", a mathematical genius helps his FBI brother solve a crime using his prowess in math. In real life,...

• Two Years of High School, then College?
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   February 22, 2010
• Traditionally, U.S. high school students complete four years of coursework before they receive their degree and enroll in college courses. But according to the...

• Lending a 'Green' Hand
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   February 18, 2010
• Even in eco-friendly Boulder, where voters approved the first carbon tax in the nation and where residents bike to work at 20 times the national average,...

• Idea
• BY: Justin Osterholt   |   February 13, 2010
• Idea

• Toothbrushes for Toddlers
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   February 11, 2010
• Tooth decay is the most common, chronic childhood ailment, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Massachusetts, where one in four kindergartners...

• Rules for Engagement
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   February 8, 2010
• As more and more state and local agencies use social media as a tool to share news and updates, many Web managers suggest having a...

• A Census Competition
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   February 4, 2010
• Census data determine how federal funds are distributed and influence redistricting efforts. So, it should go without saying that census participation is important, especially mail-in...
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• Cross-Checking for Sales Tax
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   February 1, 2010
• County leaders in Georgia are concerned that not all businesses are submitting sales taxes. In these tough economic times, counties need all the revenues they...
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• Rating Roads for Sustainability
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   January 28, 2010
• Hoping to do for roads what LEED has done for buildings and Energy Star for household appliances, Greenroads has unveiled a new rating system for...

• Faith in Disaster Prep
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   January 25, 2010
• If a disaster strikes your community, who or what would you consult in order to save your family? If you live in San Mateo County,...
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Columns

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• Creating the Courts Americans Want
• The public is dissatisfied with our courts. What the judicial system needs is a culture of performance-based innovation.
• BY: Babak Armajani,Kevin Burke | May 22, 2013

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• A Third Way for Public Pensions: Adjustable Pension Plans
• Defined-benefit plans put all the risk on states and localities; defined-contribution plans put it all on employees. Now there's a new approach to risk sharing.
• BY: Penelope Lemov | May 16, 2013