Features

• The Corruption Puzzle
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Is graft getting worse or are prosecutors out of control?

• Atlanta and the Urban Future
• By: Rob Gurwitt

• A major American city has undergone big demographic changes overnight. Will others follow?

• The Buzz about 311
• By: Ellen Perlman

• Cities and counties want to take the next step in call-center services, but neither their pocketbooks nor their partners are ready to regionalize.

• Leaping into Light Rail
• By: Zach Patton

• Cities in the South and West are writing a new chapter in the history of transit -- and in the stories of themselves.

• Venture Governmentalist
• By: Will Wilson

• Aneesh Chopra brings a high-risk, high-reward style of tech investment to Virginia.

Up Front

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• By: Will Wilson

• Real ID and Reality
• By: Jonathan Walters
• States can fume about the federal identification law -- or they can find ways to cope with it.

The Business of Government

• Bond Bliss
• By: John E. Petersen
• The U.S. Supreme Court expresses its fondness for muni bonds and accepts the way things are.

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• Assessing a Hot Button
• By: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene
• Some of the problems with property taxes could be solved on the management end.

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
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• Accelerating Economic Growth and Vitality