Features

• Visual Effects
• By: Jonathan Walters
• Using graphics to present performance data can help make the case for policy or budget changes.

• The Wi-Fi That Wasn't
• By: Christopher Swope
• Citywide wireless networks aren't dead. It's just that the terms of the deals are changing--radically.

• Complex Rx
• By: Zach Patton
• Biologic meds are the wonder drugs of our time. Can we afford them?

• Radio Activity
• By: Ellen Perlman

• A handful of states are in the forefront of building communication systems that work across governmental lines.

• A Shot in the Dark
• By: Gary Enos

• States and localities are on their own if, as scientists warn, there's a pandemic flu outbreak.

• The $3 Trillion Challenge
• By: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene

• No one knows much about how public pension funds are governed or who's governing them. It's about time we did.

• Bare-Knuckle Gentility
• By: Mark Stencel

• Politicians have been jousting at the Neshoba County Fair for generations. Can the tradition continue?

• Out of the Blue
• By: Josh Goodman

• Six months ago, nobody in Philadelphia thought Michael Nutter could become mayor. Now, they're expecting him to work miracles.

• Getting the Public's Attention
• By: Jonathan Walters

• Using graphics to present performance data can help make the case for policy or budget changes.

Up Front

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• By: Jonathan Walters

• Mighty Malcontent
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• For nearly 40 years, Ernie Chambers has made his colleagues mad--and made them listen.

• Tired of Cutting
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• After a tough year of spending reductions, Maryland ponders a new approach.

• Eliot's Shaky Summer
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• New York's tough-talking governor tries easing up a bit.

• City Hall Solution
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Can mayors really help schools by running them? Perhaps.

• How Clean Is Clean?
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Campaign reform laws yield modest but tangible results.

• Bart's Gamble
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• For even the most popular officeholder, raising taxes is risky.

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• By: Alan Greenblatt

• The Power Switch
• By: Ellen Perlman
• The emerging topic for state CIOs is how to reconfigure desktops and computing practices to save energy.

• Build, Crumble and Build More
• By: Donald F. Kettl
• Why don't we fix old roads and bridges? Because it's more fun to make new ones.

• A La Mode
• By: Alex Marshall
• We need to look at economic and life-style questions when we decide on our next investments in infrastructure.

The Business of Government

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• By: Alex Marshall

• The Power Switch
• By: Ellen Perlman
• The emerging topic for state CIOs is how to reconfigure desktops and computing practices to save energy.

• Text Talk: Boston Keys in for Crime Tips
• By: Ellen Perlman

• Wellness--Or Else!
• By: Girard Miller
• Should Employees Pay for Unhealthy Habits?

• A Better Deal: New York States Helps Those Who Help It
• By: Elizabeth Daigneau

• Diagnosis for a Disorder
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• States step in to provide services for children with autism.

• Menu Mandate: King County Wants You to Know What You're Eating
• By: Josh Goodman
• Policy makers in King County, Washington, are hungry for restaurant regulation.

• Sweat, No Equity
• By: Christopher Swope
• Some states offer the chance to live in a run-down historic house for free in exchange for fixing it up.

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• By: Christopher Swope

• Friday Night Lights: Small City Seeks Radio Revenue
• By: Elizabeth Daigneau

• Invasion of the Aliens
• By: Tom Arrandale

• Exotic fish and foreign plants are destroying native species in the Great Lakes and fouling our waterways.

• Hyping the Hip
• By: William Fulton
• Cities need to attract both the "creative class" and blue-collar manufacturing to survive in the 21st century.

Training Opportunities

• Accelerating Economic Growth and Vitality
• This white paper describes how developing competencies in five key area can help public safety agencies more effectively do their jobs in the face of extremely important and difficult sets of issues.
• Crime Prediction and Prevention


• FutureStructure: A New Framework