• Curbside Composting Added to a Major City: Is It Yours?
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   February 2012
• Nearly 100 cities now divert food waste from landfills. It’s far from becoming the norm, though, considering most major cities still don’t even have curbside recycling.
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• The Plastic Bag Ban: A Battle of Socio-Economic Policy
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   February 2012
• This latest skirmish shows how localities, not the feds, are driving eco-policy.
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• A Decade of Living Dangerously
• BY: Robert J. O'Neill Jr.   |   January 25, 2012
• The fiscal challenges facing local governments won't go away soon. Here's why that's a good thing.
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• Minneapolis Uses Foursquare to Share Tips with Citizens
• BY: Caroline Cournoyer   |   January 23, 2012
• The city aims to promote its services and programs with people who check-in around the city.

• The Man Who Put the 'M' in OMB
• BY: Stephen Goldsmith   |   January 18, 2012
• Roy Ash, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, is gone, but his legacy is a profound change in the way we manage our governments.
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• The Argument for Reinventing the Wheel
• BY: Todd Newcombe   |   January 4, 2012
• There are real dangers in depending solely on evidence-based approaches to improving government.

• The Perils of Evidence-Based Government
• BY: Babak Armajani   |   January 4, 2012
• It’s a powerful tool, but sometimes it might really be better to reinvent the wheel.
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• Utah Envisions a Sustainable Future
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   January 2012
• The public-private partnership, Envision Utah, is a national model for cities grappling with how to ease congestion, stop sprawl and clean the air.

• Dearborn, Mich. Sells Florida Apartment Building
• BY: Zach Patton   |   January 2012
• In what may have been the only arrangement of its kind, the Midwestern city owned waterfront vacation property in Florida. The sale of it added $6 million to this year’s budget.

• Defending the Right to Vote in Denver
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   January 2012
• Although she faced a lawsuit from Colorado’s Secretary of State, City and County Clerk and Recorder Debra Johnson stood by her decision to send ballots to inactive voters in November’s elections.
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• Putting Seniors to Work in Aiken, S.C.
• BY: Jessica Mulholland   |   January 2012
• In a town with a large population of people older than 65, a program that pairs senior citizens and at-risk kids is reaping benefits for both.
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• NYC Reaches Goal of 50 Million Tourists
• BY: The Associated Press   |   New York City   |   December 21, 2011
• Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proclaimed victory in his longstanding effort to attract more visitors — and their money — to New York City.

• Six Ways to Rebuild Confidence in Government
• BY: Todd Newcombe   |   December 21, 2011
• For people to trust their governments, public leaders need to keep some basics in mind.

• Regaining the Public’s Trust
• BY: G. Edward DeSeve   |   December 21, 2011
• It’s easy to get lost in the techniques of public management. But for people to have confidence in government, we need to get back to the basics.
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