American City & Country

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Political polarization is having a substantially negative impact on the nation, according to 87% of local government leaders recently surveyed by CivicPulse and Carnegie Corporation of New York. However, only 31% of those same city and county leaders felt that polarization was seriously impacting their local communities.

Local Government 105

Local Government Elected Officials Government Social Media 105

GovLoop

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The local partners do play a really important role [in data], both behind the scenes and then once it comes out, she said. Transparent data collection and dissemination through federal/local collaborations help constituents trust in and engage with the data. Relationships with other people and agencies will help.

Elected Officials 99

Elected Officials Constituents Engagement Communications 99

GCN

JANUARY 29, 2024

COMMENTARY | As in the federal and state governments, local elected officials are more likely to be white than their constituents. At times, such as with school boards, the differences are particularly stark.

Elected Officials 78

Elected Officials Local Government Government Constituents 78

AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

According to multiple state and local government surveys conducted by the Center for Digital Government (CDG), only a small minority of US states, counties, and cities have migrated more than 50 percent of their systems/applications to the cloud. Interested in attending an upcoming AWS State, Local, and Education Learning Days?

Education 189

Education Public Sector Local Government Elected Officials 189

GovLoop

JUNE 10, 2024

In an age of mis-, dis-, and mal-information, election officials also need the public to believe they’re doing all this securely, because election integrity isn’t just about accurately counting votes. Election officials and poll workers are now facing an unprecedented level of physical threats and intimidation,” Richberg said.

Local Government 59

Local Government Elected Officials Security Social Media 59

Barrett & Greene

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At the end of November, a survey was released that investigated how local government finance leaders feel about their current budgeting practices and their readiness to embrace modernized approaches. These results come from higher performing organizations based on surveying GFOA’s distinguished budget award winners.

Budgeting 64

Budgeting Elected Officials Strategic Planning Local Government 64