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How city governments can navigate the fiscal cliff

American City & Country

To effectively navigate the fiscal cliff, municipalities can implement the following combination of measures: Leverage technology : Adopt technological solutions to streamline operations, improve efficiency and reduce costs. Regularly publish detailed financial reports, hold public forums, and engage the community in budget discussions.

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5 Ways That Agencies Are Ailing From Legacy Systems

GovLoop

“Agencies have had difficulty finding employees with such knowledge and may have to pay a premium for specialized staff or contractors,” according to a recent report on modernization from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). That’s proving to be a costly assumption as those systems remain in place. Department of Labor.

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Logistics Tech in the Wild

First State Insights

Eric Johnson, Senior Editor of Technology at the Journal of Commerce, speaks with Troy Mix, Associate Director of the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about how businesses, consumers, and freight operators interact with logistics technology as goods move from factories to living rooms.

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Swarming and Followership; Distance Leading

Public Policy Blog

Regarding the topic of followership and technology, particularly in the realm of social media there seems to be a gap in the literature that should be resolved as it pertains to participation, technology, followership and public administration. Image: Faggard, 2013. References. Arquilla, John, and David Ronfeldt, eds.,

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Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Some of those same local leaders are responding with a plan of their own: Convince the federal government, whose workforce is Metro’s largest customer base, to subsidize the system’s operational costs. It's best to line up support and funding, when you're wildly successful. It's really hard when you're failing. Good luck with that.

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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

public housing should outrage and embarrass residents ," opinion column by Colbert King, Post ). Department of Housing and Urban Development’s scathing report on management and operational shortcomings in the D.C. At the heart of the problem is abysmal financial and operational oversight — a searing indictment of D.C.

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One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

cash, accounts receivable, and inventory) and current liabilities (e.g., accounts payable and notes payable) to ensure smooth operations. The purpose is to maintain cash flows for liquidity to meet short-term operating expenses and obligations. Michelle L.