The public officials of 2008, localities push back against consolidation, what Germany can teach America's metro areas about regional planning, and more.
One Dallas hospital reaches for renewal in an age of failed public hospitals, New York's Will Pelgrin helps fight cyber attacks from all over the world, public pension prowess, and more.
Alan Greenblatt on the mortgage meltdown, whether preventive medicine saves money, a job title is born as cities get serious about global warming, and more.
How outmoded tax systems are undercutting the economic future of states, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels champions privatization, managing mountains of e-mail, and more.
Fraud is on the rise. There is evidence that fraud has permeated virtually every government-based benefit program at the state, local and federal level. The federal government estimates that three to five percent of public assistance dollars are lost each year to fraud, and tax related identity fraud has grown 650% since 2008.
This white paper describes how developing competencies in five key area can help public safety agencies more effectively do their jobs in the face of extremely important and difficult sets of issues.