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REBRANDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Barrett & Greene

Over the years, we’ve chatted with high school and college students about the potential of careers working for state and local governments. We are pretty sure that for the most part they have little or no idea what kinds of jobs local government can offer aside from the obvious ones like police, fire, and sanitation.

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A Startling Insight Into the Auditor/City Manager Relationship

Barrett & Greene

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.

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Veteran Transitioners Find Success at Google Public Sector

Google Public Sector

Kaitlin Holmes, Air Force Fellow, Google Public Sector Kaitlin Holmes is an active duty Air Force Public Affairs officer and fellow in the Education with Industry (EWI) program, working in Washington, D.C. Kaitlin shares, “One thing I was very anxious about stepping into this role was my lack of experience in tech.

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Episode 38: Bank On: Bringing the Unbanked and Underbanked into the Financial Mainstream

CRA Today

Previously, he served as Director of Resource Development and Public Affairs for Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland providing fund development and policy leadership. David Rothstein, Senior Principal, CFE Fund: [link] David is a Senior Principal at the CFE Fund ( [link] ), where he leads the national Bank On initiative.

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An Analysis of Survey Data from Municipalities who have Implemented Priority Based Budgeting

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

Liz Butterfield continues this tradition with her Master's Capstone exploration of the influence that PBB has had on strategic planning in local government. The capstone fulfills the requirements for completion of MPA coursework for the University of Colorado - Denver School of Public Affairs.

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Meet the New Featured Contributors

GovLoop

His past work has included a range of both strategic and technical roles at Results for America and the Sunlight Foundation as part of the What Works Cities initiative, which helps local governments improve people’s lives by using data and evidence effectively to tackle pressing challenges.

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CRA Podcast Episodes

CRA Today

The CFE Fund is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; our programmatic, research and policy efforts focus on designing, embedding and replicating financial empowerment initiatives within the fabric of local government. Bankers, learn more about the Bank On certification here: www.joinbankon.org/certify.