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Tina Trenkner

Tina Trenkner

Deputy Editor, GOVERNING.com

Tina Trenkner (@TinaTrenkner) is GOVERNING.com deputy web editor. She started at GOVERNING in 2009 and has covered stories such as the rise of the coder in local government and the risks of using social media. Previously, she worked for Education Week and Pre-K Now, a completed project from the Pew Center on the States. She is a graduate of Northwestern University and thinks of Evanston often.

 

The VA Rocky Mountain Network's different tech offerings could serve as a model for agencies serving patients in remote areas.
Christopher Epps thought he would follow the path of his family members and get his Ph.D. Instead, he made a career at one of Mississippi's most fabled prisons, working his way up to state corrections commissioner.
A new city ordinance requiring retailers to display how much radiation cell phones give off is causing quite a stir with the wireless industry.
In the public sector, failure is often a career ender. A panel at the Urban Institute discussed why it shouldn't be a last step, but a step towards success.
Massachusetts extends its decency law’s reach to all things digital—perhaps for good reason, but some contend that it’s a violation of free speech.
In Berkshire, Mass., juvenile delinquents study Shakespearean texts and stage plays instead of traditional sentences.
A recent summit provided early career professionals with ideas and advice on how to work well in government.
In this audio interview, the "candy man" featured this month's Dispatch column talks to GOVERNING about how taxes against candy are unfair.
Seattle deploys a online crime map that provides citizens links to redacted police reports instantly instead of waiting for days for a report.
Agencies and vendors disagree over the degree to which vendors should reduce prices to save government jobs.