December 2006 | Table of Contents
Features
- Pension Perils
- Juicy retirement plans for legislators are mostly a myth. But it can be hard explaining that to voters.
- A Question of Hours
- Recent court rulings fail to settle a firestorm over how localities should deal with overtime pay for paramedics.
- Blackout
- Big-city newspapers aren't telling citizens the things they need to know.
- Linking The Layers
- The ability to share GIS data across agency and jurisdictional lines makes service delivery more efficient and effective.
- McMedical Care
- The rise of health clinics in retail stores could affect both health policy and regulation.
- Jeobcracy
- Jeb Bush's eight-year reign in Florida is almost over. Tallahassee may never be the same.
Up Front
- Mission Improbable
- By the time you read this, the bipartisan fling may be over.
- Restoration Governor
- It's been 16 years since a Democrat ruled Massachusetts. That won't make Deval Patrick's job any easier.
- Hoping to Be Heard
- States believe the new Congress will listen to them more than the old one did.
- Defying Proverbial Wisdom
- California governors have a penchant for reinventing themselves in an election year. And voters seem to admire the audacity of a chameleon.
The Business of Government
- Private Assistance
- Not since the expansion of railroads in the 19th century has such a horde of international capitalists been so eager to invest in our transportation.
- Critical Connectors
- During emergencies, citizens and even some disaster workers depend on libraries for Internet connections to the world.
- The 24-Hour Rush
- In many metro areas, distinct periods of congestion have morphed into heavy traffic all day long.
- Science, Interrupted
- EPA funding for research is shrinking, and findings are being denigrated.
- This Old Factory
- In a number of states, there's starting to be pushback against rezoning industrial land for housing.
- Persuasive Performance
- The practice of performance management links elected officials with the front lines of government.
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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