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Features



  • Smart Decline
  • In 40 years, Youngstown has lost more than half its population. Those people aren't coming back. But shrinking doesn't have to mean dying.

  • Welfare Workout
  • The feds thought the states were gaming welfare reform. Now states have to deal with a new round of rules.










  • Flextime
  • Resolution is a valuable commodity in a public official. Rigidity rarely is. Year after year, the men and women honored by Governing magazine are those who can change and adapt--to new issues and circumstances or to the need to take on a whole menu of dif

  • The Nuclear Option
  • Building nuclear power plants has been unthinkable in this country for a quarter-century. It's getting thinkable again.


  • Pedal Pushers
  • Fair- and foul-weather cities alike are gearing up to make it safer and easier for commuters to bicycle to work.


Up Front



  • Blackberry Mayor
  • Nobody does constituent service better than Adrian Fenty. But as D.C.'s chief executive, he'll need a much bigger repertoire.



  • The Albany Triopoly
  • In New York, it's the governor, the Assembly speaker and the Senate president who decide all the state's crucial policy questions.


The Business of Government




  • Addicted To Data
  • Policy makers are demanding unified databases, but mixing and matching data are more difficult than they think.



  • Empty Bowls
  • Building a sports venue to attract a team or spark redevelopment is an increasingly risky venture.






Events & Webinars

  • Putting Crooks on Notice: How you can fight Identity Fraud
  • October 24, 2013
  • Fraud is on the rise. There is evidence that fraud has permeated virtually every government-based benefit program at the state, local and federal level. The federal government estimates that three to five percent of public assistance dollars are lost each year to fraud, and tax related identity fraud has grown 650% since 2008.



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