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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. 

It's simple: Use IT to implement a cost-effective shared services model.
What's the quickest way to make $1,900 a year for each man, woman and child in the country? Use technology to implement a cost-effective shared services model.
When the economy is down and government funds are scarce, the need for assistance often goes up. Rainy day funds and increased efficiencies could help provide more when some have less.
One could argue that state and local governments are the proverbial canary in the coal mine, the first to deal with a flood of fiscal sacrifices that eventually wash across the beltway.
State and local government officials should also sit on the president's new deficit reduction commission.
An independent review offers not just oversight, but insight.
The saying may have its merits, but getting out ahead of a crisis is more sustainable and attainable.
Don't wait for a crisis to drive change, make change a constant feature of government.
Cal eConnect will oversee the state health care system's move from a paper-based industry to one reliant on electronic health records.
An unprecedented plan to tackle stormwater runoff hits the streets of Philadelphia.