August 2006 | Table of Contents
Features
- Meltdown
- How a promising technology mega-project went awry.
- A Revenue Revives
- Left for dead, corporate income taxes are making an unexpected contribution to state income.
- The Fine Art of Reporting Results
- A growing number of localities are experimenting with alternatives to annual financial reports to inform citizens about government performance.
- Smuggler's Delight
- The American marketplace is awash in illegal fake products. Governments are supposed to police them, but most don't.
- Can Dallas Govern Itself?
- Over the past decade, political chaos and bureaucratic mismanagement turned Big D into a Big Mess. It's struggling to recover.
- Work of Arts
- Paducah refines a way to restore a decaying community.
Up Front
- Race Revisited
- The U.S. Supreme Court is going to rule on racial quotas in the schools. The decision may shape social policy for decades.
- Power Reclaimed
- California's term-limit law was turning Assembly speakers into ciphers--until Fabian Nunez came along.
- Trenton's Folly
- New Jersey's budget has been built on illusion for a long time. This year, reality intruded.
- Summer School
- The old custom of starting class after Labor Day is gone in most of the country. Not everyone likes that.
- Spitzer's Gamble
- Who's got more clout in a state--the governor or the attorney general? In New York, that's not an easy question.
- Scalp Irritation
- Laws controlling ticket prices are usually an exercise in futility.
- Graduation Time
- When the term-limit clock starts ticking for legislators, state jobs begin to look more attractive.
- The Veto Gambit
- Anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that 2006 may be something more than a routine veto year.
The Business of Government
- Back Up On the Interstate
- The national highway system is marking its Golden Anniversary, but that's not much cause for celebration.
- The Hit Record
- When it comes to using technology to streamline the health care system, the biggest buzz is about digitizing individuals' health records--putting them in a standardized format and connecting them via the Web.
- In Utah, It's Gracias but no Gracias
- State takes a hard line on English only.
- Web Custodians
- Kentucky's decision to block political blogs has rankled many state employees.
- The Reactor Factor
- The nation needs to invest in sources for electricity that won't emit greenhouse gases. Nuclear power could be the best, safest solution.
- Reversing the Brain Drain
- Cities are starting to use scholarships to local colleges to keep promising young people from moving away.
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
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
YouTube
Flickr
RSS
© 2011 e.Republic, Inc. All Rights reserved. |