Barrett & Greene

DECEMBER 6, 2022

A couple of weeks ago, we were invited by the National Center for Public Performance to be the inaugural panelists in its series of webinars about performance management. The latter implies that there can be a formulaic approach to gathering data, with the assumption that it can drive government.

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Barrett & Greene

JULY 22, 2024

You can read our interview with the producer and director of the documentary, Kelly Richmond Pope , an accounting professor at DePaul University, here. First, there are many thousands of small cities and towns in the United States, depending on one’s definition. Some people who have not been in a bigger city have this shield. ‘Oh,

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Barrett & Greene

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Whatever their size, all state and local governments must contend with the possibility that federal grant money or taxpayer revenues will be siphoned off by perpetrators of fraud. Some people who have not been in a bigger city have this shield. ‘Oh, Can’t do that. They have more resources than we’ll ever have.’. “I

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AccessE11

JANUARY 2, 2024

As we begin our new year, we can reflect on the important moments in the municipal government space with our municipal year in review. The world of local government is constantly changing. In recent years, AI’s role in cities has evolved from being a novel concept to a practical tool that addresses unique municipal challenges.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Before I came to Amazon Web Services (AWS) as an executive government advisor, I spent years as a local government chief information officer (CIO). Agencies often draft a formal data governance policy, enforceable by executive leadership, to document and manage these decisions.

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Death and Taxes

JULY 21, 2021

What is the most significant fiscal challenge for the municipal governments facing the unexpected outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic? It is no surprise that Florida city managers placed the forecasts for the pandemic’s impact on local revenues as the top priority, as local governments are revenue-driven entities.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Other cities have differently named similar organizations. Generally, they have the power to weigh in on matters before government bodies. My biggest criticism is that they lack resources and are given little in the way of technical assistance (not that the average Commissioner thinks they need it).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The thing is, cities just don't have the chops to run retail businesses, although granted some public markets in a couple places are run by cities and they aren't absolutely bad (Lancaster Market is run by its city, but with a semi-independent market manager who doesn't treat it as a government job). Extend hours.

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