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- Deputy Swap
- If you've ever seen "Wife Swap", the reality television show where two wildly different women swap families for two weeks, then you'll have an idea...
- Broadband Matchmaking
- Online matchmaking has come to government. The two agencies in charge of awarding $7.2 billion in stimulus funds to broadband projects have launched a new Web...
- Trial by YouTube?
- The federal trial in which California's Proposition 8 will be challenged is controversial for two reasons: the legal issue and the broadcasting issue at stake. A...
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- Selling An Alternative to Prostitution
- In Dallas, it's unknown how many men and women engage in prostitution, but street prostitution alone results in several thousand arrests a year. It's a...
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- Going for the Green
- Sometimes the best way to get individuals or agencies to change for good is to create a little healthy competition. In Virginia, competitions help state...
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- Prisons and Animal Shelters Team Up to Train Shelter Dogs
- One correctional facility in Michigan is partnering with a local animal shelter to have inmates help develop shelter dogs into adoption-ready companions.
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- Stimulus Metrics
- It's been almost a year since Congress passed the $787 billion stimulus package. With the first projects funded and under way, states and localities now have...
- Rolling Up Pavement
- When it comes to progress, nothing says it better than paved roads. But in these economic times, paved roads are too costly. In Michigan, 20 of...
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- Leading the Way in Smoking Cessation
- Smoking-related illnesses cost the Medicaid system more than $22 billion a year. Nationally, the rate of smoking among Medicaid patients is about 18 percent. In Massachusetts, the...
- Good Ideas for Cities
- Good state and local governments thrive on fresh ideas, and it is ideas that are the future of our cities. At least, that's what a...
- Volunteers for Justice
- Since 2006, New Jersey's Office of the Attorney General has lost about 150 lawyers, and because of a hiring freeze, hasn't been allowed to replace them. Unable...
- Twitter and Earthquake Detection
- It seems every day there's a new story on how government is using Twitter to reach out to its constituents. That's why an effort to...
- Phoenix Helps Seniors Catch a Cab
- The Phoenix Dial-A-Ride program is a city-run program that helps transport senior citizens and people with disabilities. But demand from first-priority ADA-eligible passengers has increased,...
- Biomass Waste Gets Craigslist Treatment
- North Carolina recently launched a Craigslist-like exchange for biomass materials. Need drums of cooking oil for biofuel? Trying to find industrial-sized mounds of manure for...
- A Little Less Noise near the Airport
- Anyone who lives near an airport may get used to the sweet lullaby of planes taking off and landing, but it doesn't mean they necessarily...
Columns
- Creating the Courts Americans Want
- The public is dissatisfied with our courts. What the judicial system needs is a culture of performance-based innovation.
- 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.
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