March 2007 | Table of Contents
Features
- Static on the Grid
- States that deregulated are trying to make competition work better for consumers and the state's power supply.
- Courting Talent
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High-level public jobs are getting harder to fill -- and recruiters are venturing into some unlikely places to fill them.
- Felon Fallout
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Overcrowding and soaring corrections costs are pushing prison reform to the top of states' policy agendas.
- Betting the Farm
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Data storage is the backbone of today's Internet economy. But are power-hungry server farms worth wooing for economic development?
- Revving Up the Rails
- States are ready to put up big bucks to speed up passenger rail service--if someone would just push freight trains out of the way.
Up Front
- Central Figure
- Dennis O'Brien has made a career in the middle of the political spectrum. Can he lead from there?
- Broadband's Buzzwords
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To understand the debates over telecom policy taking place at the state and federal levels, it helps to know the video franchising lingo.
- Fueling a Tax
- A drive toward increased efficiency in energy and reduced oil consumption means state revenue systems will undergo wrenching changes.
- SCHIP and Beyond
- The children's health program is a model for what broader health care initiatives ought to look like.
Business for Government
- Dialogue in the Delta
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Viewing diabetes as an economic issue has led to a unique regional coalition of stakeholders.
- Rough Landing: Miami Airport Deals With a $1 Billion Debt
- Real-life sinkholes are a problem in South Florida, but the one giving Miami-Dade County officials headaches these days is figurative: Miami International Airport's finances.
- Numbers, Crunched
- If budgets are financial plans, then CAFRs tell you what happened to the plan. So why don't more people pay attention to them?
- Great Forensic Expectations
- Do TV shows about crime investigation influence real-life jurors?
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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