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Elizabeth Daigneau

managing editor

Elizabeth Daigneau -- Managing Editor. Elizabeth joined GOVERNING in 2004 as an assistant web editor. In addition to her editing duties, she writes about energy and the environment for the magazine. Before joining GOVERNING, she was the assistant to the editor at Foreign Policy magazine. She graduated from American University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and literature. 

Congress should not make all municipal debt taxable -- just provide the option.
Public employers need preemptive cost-control strategies.
If we want public service to be better, we need to change our discourse on public servants.
If we want to change the performance of the public sector, we have to challenge the current perception of public service.
When a child is hurt, punishment seems to be the go-to response. But pursuing that direction has serious consequences.
After steadily inching upward, the average pay for states' chief executives slid a bit in 2010.
The humble project plan can help avoid the anguish that comes with a poorly envisioned project.
How to foster transparency initiatives that illuminate and motivate citizen engagement.
How? Foster transparency initiatives that make data actionable.
Business leaders and the Mormon Church helped one of the nation's most conservative states enact a compromise immigration package.