Features

• Lifeline
• By: John Buntin

• Public hospitals and their mission are in decline. But don't try telling that to Dallas' Parkland.

• A Government Adrift
• By: Josh Goodman

• South Carolina still runs on its 1895 constitution. Guess what? It doesn't work.

• Data Defender
• By: Ellen Perlman

• New York's Will Pelgrin helps his state -- and others -- fight cyber attacks from all over the world.

• Public Pension Prowess
• By: Penelope Lemov

• Some state pension plans are doing so well that the private sector could use their advice.

• Hush Money
• By: Zach Patton

• Why are tax-incentive deals almost always negotiated in private?

Up Front

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• By: Zach Patton

• Katrina Plus Three
• By: Donald F. Kettl
• There's a lot to learn from the great storm of 2005. We're a little slow putting it to work.

The Business of Government

• Our Friend, the Feds
• By: Alex Marshall
• It could be a mixed blessing if federal funding for infrastructure goes on the upswing again.

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• By: Alex Marshall

• This Little Light of Mine
• By: Ellen Perlman
• Many cities have been switching to the efficiencies of as-needed lighting, thanks to their computer programmers.

• Romancing the Factory
• By: William Fulton
• Forget about the brightly lit movie complex and pedestrian shopping patterns. The New Economy isn't for everyone.

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• 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.
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