Social Pinpoint

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Local governments in Australia are seeking innovative ways to use compensation methods to enhance community participation. This is often done by providing members with consultation links, suggested wording for submissions, and encouraging up-votes on other pickleball-related public submissions.

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ASPA National Weblog

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Many state and local government employees will experience these federal changes too. Many also will experience change based on state and local elections. I have witnessed many presidential elections since 1960, and there was outcry then (as now) about the apparent inequities of the Electoral College and the popular vote.

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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. We’ve been researching state and local governments for long enough that this state of affairs shouldn’t come as a surprise.

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GovPilot

JUNE 5, 2024

When looking at this new implementation, local government officials will often find themselves at a crossroads. Executing and utilizing clean energy tactics and green technologies is no small task.

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GovPilot

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

As election day approaches, local government officials face the challenge of ensuring that constituents are informed about critical voting procedures.

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GCN

JUNE 6, 2023

Blockchain systems can improve data storage and security for state and local governments managing electronic medical records, property records, voting systems and other applications.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

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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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

Partners are seeing increased customer interest in solutions that support critical public services like traffic, voting, transportation, and waste management. With Solution Spark , public sector partners can develop open source AWS solutions to support customers across state and local government, federal government, healthcare, and education.

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Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

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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zencity

MAY 3, 2023

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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AccessE11

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Citizen satisfaction is not just a buzzword; it’s an essential metric for evaluating the performance of local governments. Research indicates that a staggering 72% of citizens are interested in utilizing online government services. This sets the stage for a more streamlined and user-friendly online experience.

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zencity

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It is an opportunity for local governments to increase engagement, to get more equitable community feedback and reach more residents, and to help build trust with the community by more easily meeting them where they are. Traditionally, civic engagement has meant in-person involvement in your local community.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Basically our local government finance systems were set up when the country was growing. The economic circumstances they face are issues common to that of municipal finance for communities and metro areas across the country, which I wrote about in " The real lesson from Flint Michigan is about municipal finance " (2016).

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GovLoop

APRIL 21, 2023

Government is complex and inherently siloed, said Rock Regan, Director of Alliances, State and Local Government with Qlik, which offers data integration and analytics. 1 challenge that most governments face is they all want to be data-driven, but the data tends to be siloed and difficult to access.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The council, which appoints the board, voted unanimously in a closed session Tuesday to ask the entire board to resign, according to two people familiar with the vote. The upheaval in the planning agency’s governance has shocked even longtime political observers in a county accustomed to intense development spats.

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Social Pinpoint

JANUARY 24, 2024

This was a great way to get younger members of the community engaged in what local government does at an early age and a good example of the value of hybrid engagement. Now a popular tool, Fund It is certainly seeing more use in local government budgeting processes.

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Social Pinpoint

DECEMBER 5, 2022

From urban planning and public transportation development to local government projects, the public should always play a vital role in the decision-making process and have their voices heard. This new service was slated to launch in fall 2021 – just a few months later. school, work, etc.).

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Masters in Public Administration

AUGUST 30, 2011

You can also get links to local government, such as the city office and several high schools. Mayor Jeff Graham discusses everything from the latest local happenings to items in global headlines. The local government here strives to be accountable and accessible. Mayor Graham’s View. City News Blog.

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Often encountered by the city manager, the City Council helps propose and vote on items of interest. You can also get information on meetings, notices, and reports. City Council : This is the official site of the City Council for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. See what they are doing and why by visiting.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This is an issue in the UK, because 10+ years of austerity have crush public agencies and local governments--some have lost as much as 2/3 of their budget, at the cost of public libraries, health care, maintenance of streets, sidewalks, parks, etc. Transit fare evasion in DC (and elsewhere).

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ASPA National Weblog

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The good news is that not everything believed about national candidates or national conditions is believed about local government. With trust of local government just “OK” and, at the same time, representing the backbone of a willing democracy , we wanted to explore the linkages to public trust in communities across the U.S.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 19, 2023

This is another side of the argument in " The real lesson from Flint Michigan is about municipal finance " (2016) in how the funding systems for local governments were created when cities were growing and successful, and we don't have new funding systems focused on the reality of current conditions. From the article: Democrat Rep.

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zencity

MARCH 20, 2023

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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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 21, 2025

This post, co-authored by Kristina Wilson and Tyler Mulligan, also appeared on the Coates’ Canons Local Government Law Blog here. However, government bodies can hold closed-door meetings, known as closed sessions, under certain limited circumstances. 143-318.10(a).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 24, 2025

Local government officials are drafting a possible blueprint on how it might be enhanced. A deadlocked vote by the Fullerton City Council means the citys popular downtown promenade, Walk on Wilshire, will close permanently at the end of the month. Eden Center in Falls Church, Va.,

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

The increased targets led to changes in behavior from local governments, too. “Discretionary processes may enable local governments and homeowners to effectively block projects by creating costly delay and uncertainty,” the authors write.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 24, 2022

And the Governor says when progressives complain, "Vote." Republicans aver that the reason that Democrats don't get elected to statewide office is because of lack of organization, not because they way they organize political districts is designed to prevent Democrats from developing critical mass and building outward.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

-- " Senate votes to block controversial DC crime bill ," CNN I haven't written a blog entry on this, just comments, and comments on Washington Post article. It might well happen again with the bill allowing illegal immigrants and other noncitizens to vote in local elections. criminal code reform, the D.C.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 16, 2025

Our country is too divided to be able to make necessary changes to government structure, like the small state bias of the Senate and the existence of the Electoral College versus the popular vote for deciding the winner of the Presidential election. Like with the President, there should be a two term limit. Federal Inspector Generals.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 29, 2024

I already knew that "women's clubs" of various types, both when women couldn't vote and/or tended to be "housewives," were key elements in local civic affairs. It fits in with my belief that schools, libraries, parks and other public-facing units of local government can be loci for civic engagement, just like community foundations.

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