PubWorks Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

When working with Public Works departments around the country, we often hear the struggles that organizations face daily. The biggest thing we hear from public works departments is that they are still relying on homemade databases, paper files or memory to keep track of assets, work activities and job costs.

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Public Works Budgeting Operations Implementation 52

Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Back a year ago, for example, we wrote that phase one of the city’s efforts – notably priority-based budgeting (PBB) –involved three departments: police, human resources and transportation and public works.

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Budgeting Strategic Planning Transportation Implementation 52

Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Back a year ago, for example, we wrote that phase one of the city’s efforts – notably priority-based budgeting (PBB) –involved three departments: police, human resources and transportation and public works.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Strategic Planning Transportation Implementation 52

PubWorks Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

What’s the right mix for Public Works? Public Works departments will always have demand maintenance issues to contend with and while most recognize the benefits of adopting a planned maintenance approach, it can be hard to implement. Enhance the efficiency of equipment and reduce energy costs.

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Public Works Budgeting Implementation Management 52

AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The city of Grand Island , Nebraska needed a cloud-based solution that it could use to build its budget more efficiently. Working with AWS Partner OpenGov on a new solution, Grand Island’s finance department saved 1,000 hours of manual labor—equating to half the time of a full-time staffer.

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Death and Taxes

MAY 26, 2022

Yet, little academic research on governments has evaluated the process for selecting different tools, the policies governments have in place to implement them, and the consequences of using one tool over another. In our research study, we evaluate one working capital management strategic tool: interfund transfers.

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Management Financial Management Budgeting Public Administration 40

Masters in Public Administration

JUNE 13, 2011

1900 Economist Fredric Taylor develops the need for budgets, cooperation between management and labor workers, and studying work methods to become more effective for the future. At the time, the Civil Rights Act is only implemented in the private sector work force. Public administration is an ever evolving area.

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