July 2007 | Table of Contents
Features
- A Little Sunshine
- After a period of eclipse, anti-secrecy and open-government laws are making a comeback.
- A Counselor's Calling
- If there's a way to tame long-term-care costs, a program that puts patients in control may be it.
- Biofuel Boom
- Move over corn. States are plowing millions into switchgrass and other sources for alternative fuels.
- Crackdown
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Immigration pressures are rearranging politics in more than one state capitol.
- The Valley of Surveillance
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Phoenix is on the cutting edge when it comes to using wireless cameras to catch criminals.
- The Long and Taxing Road
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The gas tax is dying. Will drivers pay for highways by the mile?
Up Front
- Water Diplomat
- William Ruckelshaus has had lots of tough assignments. He's got another one now.
- Shareholder Heaven
- If you own stock in a company, you might want it to move to North Dakota.
- Rancor In Little Rock
- The city famous for civil rights turmoil is arguing over race in schools again.
- Auditor In Charge
- Mark Funkhouser has to make the switch from pointing out problems to solving them.
- Pills of Protest
- High drug prices are pushing some states to take radical action.
The Business of Government
- How Green Is My Blacktop
- Illinois is Moving Ahead With a New Formula for Rubber-Tire Roadways.
- An Ounce of Encouragement
- Some states and localities are taking steps to get constituents to do what they ought to do anyway.
- A System in Collapse
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Instead of tinkering with insurance, we should be overhauling the parts of the system that drive up costs.
- Auditors Anonymous
- Cities are turning to "mystery shoppers" to evaluate how well they deliver services.
- Kentucky Fried Bonds
- A Supreme Court case on state exemptions of interest income from muni bonds could fire up big changes in the bond market.
- Clearing a Vision For Los Angeles
- A planning commission challenges city leaders on visual blight.
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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