Management and Administration
These articles are about the nuts and bolts of government administration, from IT governance, including security and privacy policies, to management best practices affecting procurement, workforce development and retention.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office details the ways that recent changes have diminished FEMA capacity. Local officials responsible for response and recovery want to be part of the conversation about what comes next.
County schools are moving toward zero-emission fleets, yet rural leaders say steep terrain, long routes, and budget strains make electrification a challenge.
Student enrollment has plunged by 27 percent in the last decade but campuses and staffing remain largely intact, stretching resources and budgets.
Local health officials pleaded for CDC help as the worst U.S. measles outbreak in three decades continued to spread.
By tying payments for services to results, a successful program in Anchorage demonstrates the impact of a data-driven focus on accountability.
Los Angeles County’s voters have demonstrated what a powerful tool these local constitutions are for self-governance. Home rule fosters experimentation — and a feisty and irreplaceable resilience.
State and local governments depend on federal data for everything from community planning to disaster response. What happens if it goes away?
The Fairfax County district cites heightened safety risks as it seeks an executive protection agent, raising questions about whether other districts will follow.
Small colleges in small towns are up against stiff odds. But some are finding ways to thrive.
Here are three of the latest takeaways from the agency’s efforts to rid the state of what it calls “egregious” government waste.
In 2024, public libraries and schools saw attempts to ban more than 5,800 titles. Now, California cities are providing direct online access to banned and challenged books.
Cuts in funding don’t change counties’ obligations to their residents. They will have to figure out how to raise new revenue, cut services or both. But success in navigating this new landscape won’t come from austerity alone.
It undermines the effort to see what’s really working in government and what’s not.
The diagnosis comes amid a nationwide surge and follows wastewater detection of the virus in Coeur d’Alene.
After a strike slashed staffing by up to 60 percent, prisoners report 21-hour lockdowns in overheated cells
State data reveals that 70 percent of infants live in areas without sufficient licensed care.
We could save billions by transforming these shuttered monuments to mass incarceration into something far more useful, humane and fiscally responsible. What the military did decades ago offers a proven blueprint.
Washington wants to prune federal regulations. The feds should pay attention to what the Old Dominion is doing. And AI can help.
The new tax and spending law’s requirements for food assistance and Medicaid impose costly administrative burdens on states and localities. Widely misunderstood rules for taxing overtime will intensify the administrative pain. Public employers should start preparing their workers for the confusion to come.
Cities that depend heavily on federal research dollars will necessarily take a hit. But a look at two different cities suggests two possible futures.
It’s threatened with extinction in many places and the relationship can be fraught, but it has a lot of value both to communities and their governments. Social media alone isn’t a substitute.
They raise issues of fairness, and critics claim they’re only about revenue. More speed and red-light cameras, however, would prevent a lot of deaths and injuries.
From politics to economics, closing old or bad prisons is not always straightforward. Even some incarcerated people have mixed emotions.
By prioritizing caregiver access and opening classrooms to families, Dr. Brittany Daley made real headway on some of her school’s major post-pandemic problems.
It’s not a panacea, but skillfully assembled systems have a huge amount of value.
New York City’s Democratic mayoral nominee has idealism and charisma. If he wins, he’ll need someone with a deep understanding of how a city works to translate passion into governance. There’s an obvious candidate.
The state’s first drone-as-first-responder program gives police near-instant visual access to emergency scenes.
Kristi McKenney was named director of the Port of Oakland in February, the first woman to hold the post at the nearly century-old port. She’s also overseeing a name change for Oakland's airport and a shift to zero-emissions operations.
Employee-created AI tools process purchase receipts, identify patterns in 311 requests, examine parking challenges and more.
Syracuse, N.Y., is having renewed success. Mayor Ben Walsh helped make it happen.
A housing assistance program “proved to be extremely vulnerable to fraud,” according to an FBI affidavit.
