February 2006 | Table of Contents
Features
- Piecemeal Parity
- When it comes to health insurance for mental illness, states are still wary of full coverage.
- Expert Exodus
- As baby boomers retire, governments are trying to keep knowledge and experience from going out the door with them.
- Many Mansions
- This is a busy gubernatorial year, with contests in more than two- thirds of the states. It may also be a year of significant change.
- Rewriting the Formula
- Does an unconventional coalition in Colorado offer a model for Democrats around the country?
- Faster Than a Speeding Turtle
- New high-tech tools can make buses a lot more efficient than they used to be. Will that be enough to satisfy riders?
- A Bond Market In Flux
- Muni bond borrowing costs may rise, as well as state and local credit ratings.
Up Front
- Mellowed MilitantMellowed Militant
- Ron Dellums, the angry Berkeley radical of the 1960s, is making a comeback. But he doesn't sound so angry anymore.
- Remote Control
- Newly chartered cities can outsource almost anything--and some are doing it.
- Re-LAX
- Los Angeles reaches agreement with its neighbors on a major airport expansion.
- Heavy Trash
- A new book traces what happens to all our garbage.
- Challenges to Abortion
- States are the main forum for debate on reproductive issues, and the trend is for greater restriction.
- Altered State
- In the post-Rowland era, Connecticut is moving left.
- The "Bill Mckay Effect"
- We have a weakness for anointing eager young sons with modest credentials, solely on the strength of their connection to fathers we wouldn't take back if they begged us.
The Business of Government
- Picking Partners
- Should the building of vital infrastructure be left to big business or big government?
- Rental Signs
- After years of neglect and false starts, low-income housing is finally finding an online home.
- Louisville's Reality Show
- A Web site asks citizens to help cops solve crimes.
- New Mexico Goes on Call
- Nurses to staff an advice line 24/7
- Side Effects
- Inconsistencies in how patients' bodies are marked for surgery can have serious consequences.
- Hurricane Bonanza
- Katrina and Rita shower revenue on two Gulf States.
- Wetland Wars
- Millions of acres of remote bogs, fens and swamps could lose their federal protection.
- Count Your Assets
- The vibrant past history and current woes of Lockport, New York, are a wake-up call for struggling post-industrial regions.
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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