Features

• Hydro Defense
• By: Tom Arrandale
• Despite spending millions on security upgrades, drinking-water systems are still vulnerable to sabotage.

• The Tax Grab Game
• By: Josh Goodman
• Cities are finding ways to raise revenue from suburbanites, without actually calling the levy a commuter tax.

• The Real Estate Rub
• By: Josh Goodman
• A downturn in the housing market is beginning to spell a slowdown in local revenue.

• The Muni Market's New Look
• By: Penelope Lemov
• Changes are afoot--some welcome, others less so.

• Topside Turnover
• By: Ellen Perlman

• CIOs are among the most endangered of species, and that's a problem not only for them but also the governments they serve.

• Citizen Surveys
• By: Jonathan Walters

• Citizen surveys are an increasingly popular tool for soliciting feedback on policies, programs and priorities.

• Cookie-Jar Clampdown
• By: Rob Gurwitt
• Tougher lobby laws are being discussed all over the country. A few states have enacted them. Whether they will work remains to be seen.

Up Front

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• By: Rob Gurwitt

• Drug Doubter
• By: Rob Gurwitt
• Vermont prosecutor Robert Sand says what he thinks about marijuana. He's making people uncomfortable.

• Saving Smart Growth
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• EPA has a program locals like. But maybe not for long.

• Labor's List
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Unions are playing offense for the first time in quite a while.

• Floating Absurdity
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• There's a reason why casinos should be on water. What is it, again?

• Data? What Data?
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• The school reform movement learns to ignore bad results.

• Albany Ambitions
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Andrew Cuomo still wants to be governor. But there's work to do first.

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• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Keeping Personal Data Safe
• By: Ellen Perlman
• Not many know how many cybersecurity breaches occur in state and local governments.

• Do They Know Darfur?
• By: Donald F. Kettl
• Governors running for president will have some uncomfortable moments in the year ahead.

The Business of Government

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• By: Donald F. Kettl

• Hospitals Get a Dose of Help
• By: Elizabeth Daigneau
• Health IT scores savings for emergency rooms

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• By: Elizabeth Daigneau

• Spitzer's Web: You Could Be on Youtube
• By: Ellen Perlman

• Girard Miller's Benefit Beat: Bonding with OPEB
• By: Girard Miller
• Keep your powder dry!

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• By: Girard Miller

• Reluctant to Renovate
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Policy makers are wary of how citizens will react to capitol improvements.

• The Muni Market's New Look
• By: Penelope Lemov
• Changes are afoot--some welcome, others less so.

• Oceans Ominous
• By: Tom Arrandale

• The seas that surround us are in trouble, caused in good measure by the waste and residues we've been dumping into waters upstream.

• A Business Decision
• By: William Fulton
• When it comes to making loans to local companies, should a city act like a banker or a venture capitalist?

• Changing Places
• By: Alex Marshall
• Autos and airplanes have a lot in common with the Web and cell phones. Moving people and information around are both transformative.

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