August 2007 | Table of Contents
Features
- Tribes and Tribulations
- Localities are struggling to deal with the issues that arise from being adjacent to Indian lands.
- Clear Connection
- A high-tech partnership is driving down crime in Chicago.
- Damage Control
- Coastal states are testing ways to keep citizens' property insured against hurricane winds and rain.
- Powering Down
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Can utilities make money on energy efficiency?
- Golden-Rule Charlie
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Lots of governors talk a bipartisan game on election night. A few of them seem to mean it.
- Bratton's Brigade
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A small cohort of police chiefs who came of age under William Bratton's policing innovations are spreading his gospel.
- Data on the Beat
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A high-tech partnership is driving down crime in Chicago.
Up Front
- Somebody Different
- Michelle Rhee doesn't have the resume of a school superintendent. That's why she got the job.
- Demographic Storm
- The natural disasters of 2005 may spawn political hurricanes in 2010.
- Capability Gap
- Machines are part of the digital divide problem. Lack of knowledge is a bigger part.
- Bench Brawl
- In Nevada, it's sometimes hard to tell the judge from the accused.
- 311 Potholes
- Consolidating call centers is proving to be a boon to cities, but the roll-outs are rough.
- Homeland Psychiatry
- War veterans are coming home in worse mental shape than anybody expected.
- Payroll Peeking
- Government salaries have always been public record. But not the way they are now.
The Business of Government
- Street Wise
- A study compared how well old-city street layouts handled traffic versus modern approaches. The results set off a firestorm.
- 311 Potholes
- Consolidating call centers is proving to be a boon to cities, but the roll-outs are rough.
- Pension Divestment Politics
- Needed: model social investment legislation
- Budget Band-Aid
- Co-sharing the health cost pain
- Got Bars?
- States are cracking down on the proliferation of contraband cell phones in prisons.
- Market Sighs In Relief
- A Texas bond disclosure bank settles a threat to its existence.
- Wildfire Fight
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As millions of Americans move where wildlands meet urban areas, the danger to them, firefighters and the land grows.
- The Rich Get Richer
- For states and cities, the trick is to capture the wealth when and where it's created and put it to long-term use locally.
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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