Read about a cap-and-trade system's success in the Northeastern states, a 267-year-old tradition in Pelham, Mass., the surprises of outsourcing government functions and the potency of states' cyber-security systems.
Check out GOVERNING's 2010 Public Officials of the Year, the story behind an infrastructure project gone bad in Harrisburg, Pa., and what redistricting means for rural America.
Read about Louisiana Bobby Jindal's evolving leadership approach, the departure of moderate governors, Democrats' potential loss of control in state legislative chambers and AG offices, the politics behind personal state income taxes and the use of algae as a biofeul.
Read about how Colorado Springs listens to their citizens, the surge of cash incentive-based poverty-fighting programs, the difficulty in merging IT systems, millennials' potential effect on government, community colleges' struggle to meet increasing demands and more.
Read about Mississippi's corrections reform, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's take-no-prisoner style, FEMA's comeback, Seattle's fiber-optic plans, and the nation's best and worst public pensions.
Read about Chicago's transit chief, the electric-car movement, health IT challenges on the horizon for the states, the effectiveness of the Clean Water Act, LAPD's next-generation police stations and more!
Read about the value of states' movie-tax incentives, mobilization of attorneys general against federal power, IT-outsourcing fad, Empire State's transformation into a Medicaid fraud-fighting force, effect of Build America Bonds and more.
Josh Goodman on California's high-speed rail experiment, how the San Francisco police are trying to clean up the Tenderloin without changing the neighborhood, defusing the storm of media attention in a scandal, and more
Using green technology to propel growth, Washington State tackles its looming aerospace challenges, cities and states take aim at public-sector unions, 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.
Accelerating Economic Growth and Vitality
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