GCN

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Intergovernmental collaboration will be crucial in fighting the proliferation of AI deepfakes this election cycle, especially in helping voters navigate increasingly sophisticated robocalls and political ads.

Elected Officials 108

Elected Officials Government 108

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 3, 2023

For more details about local government grant seeking, check out this blog post. But as I moved into work with nonprofits, I realized that outside of local governments, many organizations do not take advantage of the assistance provided by their elected officials. Show off the amazing work of your organization.

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Fundraising Local Government Nonprofit 52

Barrett & Greene

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Over the course of the last few months, we’ve been digging deeply into the world of tax incentives given by states and local governments to help encourage economic development. An educated workforce, for one, is something that takes years to accumulate, and rarely can a single elected official lay claim to its development.

Elected Officials 119

Elected Officials Economic Development Press Release Voting 119

NLC (National League of Cities)

AUGUST 14, 2024

As their roles are public facing, local elected officials and municipal employees act as residents’ primary connection to their government. Local leaders play key roles in supporting American democracy. While individuals have free speech rights, when criticism […] Source

Elected Officials 111

Elected Officials Public Face Government 111

GCN

MARCH 18, 2024

The justices' skepticism in the case has state and local election officials breathing a little easier as they worry about misinformation efforts ahead of November elections.

Elected Officials 90

Elected Officials Government 90

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

GCN

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Local government IT executives are reluctant to even ask elected officials for more, according to the group behind the survey, knowing requests will likely be rejected.

Elected Officials 91

Elected Officials Local Government Government 91

Barrett & Greene

MAY 20, 2024

Not to be overly blunt, but we’ve grown sick and tired of hearing people complaining about how long it takes state and local governments to make dramatic improvements in the lives of their residents. without the time for adequate preparation, may be great for elected officials anxious to make quick headlines.

Government 75

Government Elected Officials Political Process Legislation 75

NLC (National League of Cities)

APRIL 15, 2025

Many Americans trust their local governments more than other branches of government and find that their local elected officials are doing a good job. As the form of government closest to the people, the public has more opportunities to engage with local government leaders on a regular basis.

Elected Officials 80

Elected Officials Local Government Engagement Government 80

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

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. Public sector entities use cloud technologies but the degree of usage varies. Collaborate.

Education 189

Education Public Sector Local Government Elected Officials 189

Super Library Marketing

JUNE 10, 2024

When Austin Railey III joined DML as the new Government Relations and Advocacy Director we started brainstorming how we could strategically tell our stories to decision-makers. Claudine says the audience for this specific newsletter is a curated list of 200 elected officials and government sector leaders.

Social Media 104

Social Media Elected Officials Campaign Advocacy 104

AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), our customers in government, nonprofit, healthcare, and education have an enduring mission: to improve the lives of their fellow citizens. From my time in government, I worked with incredible people who demonstrated initiative and took risks to deliver results for their constituents. Learn more.

Security 130

Security Public Sector Elected Officials Constituents 130

NLC (National League of Cities)

MARCH 7, 2023

As the 2023 President of the National League of Cities (NLC) Women In Municipal Government (WIMG) Constituency Group, I am excited to bring attention to this important month and to challenge my fellow women elected officials to look […] Source

Elected Officials 59

Elected Officials Constituents Government 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

Human Transit

JANUARY 5, 2023

But one thing I want to say to the growing community of people who are interested in them is that American agencies don’t deliver on these goals because this country’s high-level governance constructs don’t say they should deliver on them. Those decisions are made by local elected officials or their appointees.

Elected Officials 144

Elected Officials Economic Development Development Government 144

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

OCTOBER 3, 2023

One of the additional duties for emergency managers at the local level is to make and maintain connections with local and state elected officials. One of the additional duties for emergency managers at the local level is to make and maintain connections with local and state elected officials.

Legislation 52

Legislation Elected Officials Sustainability Implementation 52

NLC (National League of Cities)

APRIL 17, 2024

Local elected officials play a crucial role in ensuring public safety and regulatory compliance within their communities.

Regulations 52

Regulations Elected Officials Public Safety Local Government 52

Partnership for Public Service

MAY 17, 2023

Understanding how our federal government works can be challenging, and many people are unaware of what it does to impact their daily lives. The federal workforce also consists of more than the elected officials and political appointees who hold office and lead agencies.

Government 51

Government Elected Officials Public Service Nonprofit 51

Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

But the second reason is somewhat more troublesome and it's come up, in off-the-record portions of a number of conversations we've had over the years: Sometimes elected officials don’t want to gather data because they fear it will make them look bad.

Elected Officials 98

Elected Officials Sanitation Voting Public Safety 98

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

JUNE 1, 2021

Sometimes the position of emergency manager reports to a senior appointed official like the public works director or the fire chief. Others report directly to an elected official, mayor, fire chief or county commissioners. I was fortunate to work for a senior appointed official—a Deputy County Executive.

Management 52

Management Elected Officials Sustainability Public Works 52

Human Transit

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

As a transit planner, I can confirm a lot of his insights: People who come to public meetings are very unrepresentative of the population, so if the government simply obeys them, that is not democracy. His article is mostly about urban development debates, dipping into transit now and then. What questions are we supposed to be asking?

Outreach 140

Outreach Elected Officials Translation Engagement 140

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2023

DC, not being particularly sophisticated politically, was ripe for the picking, and local elected officials welcomed them with open arms. But the elected officials wanted it to happen - - JOBS! I argued that they chose this location because their lobbying/government affairs national offices were located there as well.

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Laws Housing Transportation 52

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2023

She recently had a book published, Getting Elected is the Easy Part: Work and Winning in the State Legislature In this podcast we learn about her personal experiences and then also dive more deeply into her advice for people aspiring to be elected officials.

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Legislation Campaign Sustainability 52

Barrett & Greene

JUNE 10, 2024

A couple of weeks ago, we wrote a B&G report titled “ Is Speedy Government Good Government? ” Delay in gathering, analyzing and disseminating data can also lead people to believe that state or local governments aren’t making things better for them. Jumping into new initiatives.

Elected Officials 64

Elected Officials Political Process Public Administration Implementation 64

Barrett & Greene

MARCH 14, 2023

by Hala Altamimi Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas In the public administration literature, it is generally expected that city managers are likely to support practices that improve government performance. There’s little question that’s true for a variety of reasons.

City Manager 52

City Manager Management Elected Officials Public Administration 52

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

JANUARY 25, 2022

Call and email your city, county and state elected officials, your school principals, school district and then contact the respective Parent Teacher Association (PTA) to tell them to take action. Besides listening to this podcast you can go to the website Seismic Safety for Kids to learn more.

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Legislation Sustainability Management 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

At the same time planners (and elected officials) are supposed to be helping the citizens. Since 2003 the city has been growing--even with the recent hiccup of the recession + a slowing and braking on urban growth because of some shrinkage of the activity of federal government, especially in terms of leased office space and personnel.

Urban Planning 52

Urban Planning Elected Officials Housing Development 52

Partnership for Public Service

OCTOBER 7, 2024

“A Starting Point” is a civic engagement platform designed to facilitate bipartisan communication and connection between the public and elected officials. It will only help the government work better for us and better represent who we really are,” Evans said.

Elected Officials 40

Elected Officials Voting Engagement Public Service 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

From the article: A damning, 72-page report the agency authored portrays a housing authority in disarray and at risk of defaulting on its agreement with the federal government. How are these multiple failures not an indictment of the capacity of the DC Government to manage and act? (" HUD report on D.C. But he didn't.

Housing 52

Housing Government Elected Officials Leadership 52

Policy Chats

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Associate Professor Attwell led the interdisciplinary West Australian project “Coronavax: Preparing Community and Government”, which engaged in community and government research for the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, funded by Wesfarmers and the Health Department of Western Australia.

Public Policy 59

Public Policy Elected Officials Implementation Public Health 59

Center for Community Progress

JUNE 6, 2022

At the height of the foreclosure crisis post-2008, a group of elected officials, community development practitioners, and lawyers came together to craft a strategy to respond to the hemorrhaging real estate market in Ohio. It is essential to stay connected to officials and provide routine reorientations and briefings.

Legislation 52

Legislation Operations Elected Officials Laws 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As an advocate, my experience with trying to do "new things" in government, is that you only get one chance to do it right. Even though transit usage is much reduced in DC post-covid, I don't think DC elected officials understand how central transit is to the city's competitive advantage and identity. She didn't last long.

Public Administration 52

Public Administration Development Government Elected Officials 52

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 21, 2016

Scott County was the first local government in the State to implement Priority Based Budgeting. Over 700 FTE were individually allocated to each program, along-side a practical non-personnel cost allocation (this Program Costing approach is documented here in GFOA's Government Finance Review ).

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Budgeting Implementation Local Government 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

From the article: Metro’s prospects for replacing hundreds of millions of dollars in fare revenue that vanished during the pandemic appeared to be waning as stimulus money runs dry, particularly as weary elected officials watch the agency struggle during a year-long train shortage. They all have to agree on major decisions.

Management 52

Management Elected Officials Transportation Accountability 52

Policy Chats

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Associate Professor Attwell led the interdisciplinary West Australian project “Coronavax: Preparing Community and Government”, which engaged in community and government research for the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, funded by Wesfarmers and the Health Department of Western Australia.

Public Policy 52

Public Policy Elected Officials Implementation Public Health 52

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 28, 2016

We'll be featuring many of the most creative and innovative local government leaders from across the country! This year’s “unconference” featured innovators in local government who pioneer best practices in data-based initiatives. The Center for Priority Based Budgeting 2016 "Prioritized World" (Un)Conference is just over a month away.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Leadership Local Government Elected Officials 52