Features

• Recipe for Respect
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• For years, states and localities have pleaded with Washington for help and gotten stiffed. There's a better approach.

• Do You Really Want to be the Best?
• By: Zach Patton

• Cities see both benefits and drawbacks to being ranked a top place to live.

• Is Welfare Working?
• By: Jonathan Walters

• The welfare check isn't what it used to be -- for the poor families who need it or for the state and local officials who help them.

• Unscripted Ending
• By: Josh Goodman

• The picture gets blurry for public access television.

• The Year of the Superbus
• By: Ellen Perlman

• Decked out with amenities and fueled by efficiencies, local bus fleets are heading for prime time.

Columns

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• By: Ellen Perlman

• Department of Yesterday
• By: Donald F. Kettl
• Somebody needs to push EPA into the 21st century.

• The Safety Gap
• By: Ellen Perlman
• To protect the children they serve, child welfare caseworkers need high-tech connections between field and office.

• Smoothing the Way
• By: Alex Marshall
• Road repair is a rough and tough job that cities need to tackle.

• Warming Up to BRAC
• By: William Fulton
• When the Pentagon targets a base near you, it could translate into serious economic opportunities.

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• By: William Fulton

Training Opportunities

• Health Care Reform After the Decision
• In this Mercer Report, you’ll learn how different organizations plan to tackle the new requirements of ACA and discover where most employer concerns are focused, who expects to be hardest hit, and how different health plans and Medicaid may impact overall costs.
• Crime Prediction and Prevention


• Accelerating Economic Growth and Vitality