April 2007 | Table of Contents
Features
- Hydro Defense
- Despite spending millions on security upgrades, drinking-water systems are still vulnerable to sabotage.
- The Tax Grab Game
- Cities are finding ways to raise revenue from suburbanites, without actually calling the levy a commuter tax.
- The Real Estate Rub
- A downturn in the housing market is beginning to spell a slowdown in local revenue.
- The Muni Market's New Look
- Changes are afoot--some welcome, others less so.
- Topside Turnover
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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
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Citizen surveys are an increasingly popular tool for soliciting feedback on policies, programs and priorities.
- Cookie-Jar Clampdown
- 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
- Drug Doubter
- Vermont prosecutor Robert Sand says what he thinks about marijuana. He's making people uncomfortable.
- Saving Smart Growth
- EPA has a program locals like. But maybe not for long.
- Labor's List
- Unions are playing offense for the first time in quite a while.
- Floating Absurdity
- There's a reason why casinos should be on water. What is it, again?
- Data? What Data?
- The school reform movement learns to ignore bad results.
- Albany Ambitions
- Andrew Cuomo still wants to be governor. But there's work to do first.
- Keeping Personal Data Safe
- Not many know how many cybersecurity breaches occur in state and local governments.
- Do They Know Darfur?
- Governors running for president will have some uncomfortable moments in the year ahead.
The Business of Government
- Hospitals Get a Dose of Help
- Health IT scores savings for emergency rooms
- Girard Miller's Benefit Beat: Bonding with OPEB
- Keep your powder dry!
- Reluctant to Renovate
- Policy makers are wary of how citizens will react to capitol improvements.
- The Muni Market's New Look
- Changes are afoot--some welcome, others less so.
- Oceans Ominous
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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
- When it comes to making loans to local companies, should a city act like a banker or a venture capitalist?
- Changing Places
- Autos and airplanes have a lot in common with the Web and cell phones. Moving people and information around are both transformative.
Events & Webinars
- It’s A Paperless, Paperless World..... Thinking Outside the Box to Gain Efficiencies through Prepaid Cards
- April 23, 2013
- Public sector organizations are under intense scrutiny to operate as efficiently and effectively as possible and with maximum transparency. An important consideration is the way in which payments are made and managed. Prepaid cards can offer flexibility, security and accountability to governments as a method of dispersing benefits, healthcare and social care payments, child benefits and housing benefits to their constituents.
- GOVERNING - Michigan Leadership Forum 2013
- May 1, 2013
Training Opportunities
Outsmarting the Social Services Fraudster- Learn how IBM InfoSphere Identity Insight helps social services organizations reduce time and labor for caseload management, comply with new regulations fast and cost-efficiently and identify fraudulent behavior rapidly to stop it before it occurs.
- A Safer Public Through Advanced Analytics
- Accelerating Economic Growth and Vitality
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