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Voices: The Role of Mobile Printers Grows in Local Government and Public Safety

State Tech Magazine

Mobile printers — paired with flexible, simultaneous Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity — are frequently used in local government, particularly in public safety, law enforcement and voting. The demand for print-as-you-go functionality in a rugged, reliable solution was already growing before…

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Leadership, Change and Respect for Our Foundational Law

ASPA National Weblog

Look beyond recent events and prepare for a change in government with the new administration. Thank goodness law and policy guides our institutional tradition in transitioning leadership. Many state and local government employees will experience these federal changes too. Many are angry at being ignored.

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Local Government Support for Privately Owned Affordable Housing

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ? One thing is certain: government alone does not have the resources to construct and operate the needed housing units. Accordingly, a preliminary step for a local government is to conduct an assessment of the local housing need.

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WHAT DO – OR DON’T – THE FEDS DO?

Barrett & Greene

That’s true in large part because adapting infrastructure to climate change is fundamentally a local government issue. As we wrote , “the potential impact is site-specific, local governments are primary responders to their communities' needs, and local governments have authority over land use.” That’s just one example.

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Welcome to the team, Maurice Classen!

zencity

We’ve welcomed numerous new partner communities across the world, rolled out cutting-edge new features, including the first-ever use case of ChatGPT in local government , and re-launched as the best full-service community engagement platform available for government today. Welcome to the team, Maurice!

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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Another area that I would chalk up to a failure of planning leadership is the discussion of proposed changes to the height limit law. Even though the Office of Planning made a reasonable proposal which would only increase height by 25% (I think it could have been higher), the City Council did not vote in favor of considering a change.

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The Death and Life of Great Global Democracies?!

zencity

By invitation of the Solonian Democracy Institute , and alongside delegates from 60 countries, I was asked to speak to the value and contribution of Zencity to practices of direct democracy in the local governments we work with. They have municipal elections, voting on bonds, laws, and referendums.

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