May 2006 | Table of Contents
Features
- WIFI Free-For-All
- Strategies for building municipal wireless networks are evolving fast. But are they prudent in the long run?
- Greenhouse Gumption
- Whether you call it global warming or climate change, it's an issue that's being dealt with at the grassroots.
- Womb Service
- Surrogacy is becoming more common, and lawmakers must confront a host of tough questions.
- Battered School Boards
- Reformers dismiss them. Experts call them obsolete. But we can't give up on school boards, because they're needed.
- Open Sorcerer
- A crusade for open standards in technology cost one top official his job in Massachusetts. But the issue isn't going away.
- Blind Sighted
- Eyewitness identification doesn't always mesh with DNA evidence, and that's leading police departments to rethink their lineup procedures.
- When Winning is Losing
- Eminent domain is now a hammer property rights proponents are using to alter zoning codes.
Up Front
- Tax-Break Tango
- The fight over public subsidies to corporations is nearing a crucial decision in the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Strong EnoughStrong Enoughz
- In a city that doesn't hand its mayors much power, Phil Gordon knows how to go out and get it.
- Mr. Smith Goes to K st.
- A lot of the dollars that feed the Washington lobby establishment are coming from back home.
- Red Alert
- Republicans are losing special elections in places where they usually win.
- No Behind Left Unwatched
- Maryland's comptroller is a vigorous 84 years old. A little too vigorous, some think.
- Lead Into Gold?
- Lead paint is a serious health problem. Will it become a hot litigation subject? Probably not.
- The Grade 9 Solution
- How do we keep kids in high school? One answer: Get them through freshman year.
- The Unconstitutional Governor
- Woodrow Wilson's term as governor of New Jersey had a major impact on the future of state government in America.
The Business of Government
- Private Pockets
- Finding Money for the NAFTA Highway
- Kansas City Heads for the Diamond
- An unconventional design should ease traffic at a major interchange
- Managing E-Mail
- Texas outsources a basic means of communication
- Driven to License
- A federal mandate that states love to hate, Real ID may also harbor some hidden opportunities.
- Short on Oversight
- States and localities are outsourcing more of their services, but management of the contracts is in dire need of an upgrade.
- Risk Reduction
- Government-backed reinsurance could make health coverage more affordable for the middle class.
- Tune Towns
- Cities hear money in the sound of music.
- Trifecta Financing
- Northern Virginia may be on the road to an elaborate but ultimately workable solution to financing a subway to its international airport.
- "Turn in Your Cell Phone"
- Westchester County puts the recycling burden on consumers
- Irvine Parks its Image
- Groundbreaking to begin for a large urban playground
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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