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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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

JUNE 1, 2021

Emergency managers are no exception. Sometimes the position of emergency manager reports to a senior appointed official like the public works director or the fire chief. I was fortunate to work for a senior appointed official—a Deputy County Executive. Emergency managers are no exception.

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Death and Taxes

MAY 26, 2022

Working capital management is a managerial strategy that monitors and uses current assets (e.g., This integral part of sound financial management uses a variety of strategic tools to manage cash flows. In our research study, we evaluate one working capital management strategic tool: interfund transfers.

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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. How PubWorks Helps.

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Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Today, there are nine: p olice, transportation and public works, human resources, development services, information technology, library, municipal court, environmental services, and neighborhood services. A couple of other initiatives that Cooke talked about a year ago were to begin implementing both Lean Six Sigma and Sunrise Reviews.

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Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Today, there are nine: p olice, transportation and public works, human resources, development services, information technology, library, municipal court, environmental services, and neighborhood services. A couple of other initiatives that Cooke talked about a year ago were to begin implementing both Lean Six Sigma and Sunrise Reviews.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 22, 2024

What have you learned about translating policy into management goals? Sometimes the issue isn’t so much implementing policy as educating city leaders about what’s possible so that the policies they set are practical to implement, Mayta said. They’re running their organizations, which is what they’re paid to do,” Mayta said.

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