July 2006 | Table of Contents
Features
- Little Mergers on The Prairie
- Although Iowa failed in its efforts to make municipalities consolidate, collaboration is happening at the grassroots level.
- Warning: Evoting Ahead
- From local election officials to ordinary citizens, there's angst in the air over the security of electronic ballots.
- Purchasing For Power
- Some states and localities keep a lid on energy costs by using old- fashioned leverage and new-tech auctions.
- Extreme Makeover
- After transforming its downtown into a residential mecca, Vancouver is trying to find the right balance between condos and commerce.
- Domain Poisoning
- How states and localities lost ground after their Supreme Court win on eminent domain--a tool they can use to turn around dying or dangerous neighborhoods.
Up Front
- Bordering on Disaster
- A national immigration policy requires a level of collaboration that none of the major players is willing to risk.
- Too Big for The Road
- Massive trucks are tearing up fragile state highways. And more of them are out there every year.
- A Need for Magic
- Cory Booker's gifts are such that his political future seems limitless. But to move on, he has to make a record in Newark.
- Down on The Gown
- The demand for fiscal accountability is graduating to the college level.
- Perks That Kill
- When voters think legislators are living too well at public expense, they pounce.
- Decent Neighbor
- In an era of federal indifference to cities, the General Services Administration is an innovative exception.
- Deal in Denver
- An 11th-hour compromise shores up an overburdened state retirement system.
- RIvals on The Right
- What we're seeing is moderate Republicans being picked off by organized conservative opposition.
The Business of Government
- Tanking Up on E-85
- Biofuel "gas" stations to dot Tennessee highways.
- Wimaxing the Digital Divide
- Milwaukee's school district will send the Internet to students' homes.
- Telecommuting Hits The Road
- Internet access on buses and subways can turn car-centric commuters into mass transit riders--if the technology works.
- Don't Ask
- The more thoroughly you measure the depths of any problem, the bigger that problem will appear to be.
- Lean but Mean Medicaid
- It's one thing to use the carrot to encourage healthy behavior. It's another to use the stick--especially on children.
- Hackneyed Gab
- Politicians and the media "do democracy a disservice" by resorting to cliches.
- Clean-Air Pressure on Developers
- A California community asks builders to help stop smog.
- Rewarding The Right Location
- Illinois offers incentives for linking workplace with workforce.
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
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- A Safer Public Through Advanced Analytics
- Accelerating Economic Growth and Vitality
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