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Four key elements to building community trust and transparency in strategic plans

I have enormous respect for the work of local government officials. Under immense pressure, and with significant constraints, they set out each day to uncover new ways of improving the lives of the people in their communities. Over the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has tested their mettle. As the crisis took hold in […]

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Lawson Products expands product lineup, cooperative contract resources as governments continue to cope with the pandemic

“If COVID-19 taught us anything it’s that we need our customers and they need us more than ever, and with that realization we should expect more from each other,” says Christina Nielsen, director, government accounts, North America, for Lawson Products, a distributor of fleet and facility maintenance products and services to the industrial, commercial, institutional […]

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Resettlement in the heartland? Expanding our thinking about “managed retreat”

While current predictions now put millions of Americans at risk from sea level rise by or even before next century, global climate change has already spurred many Americans to leave regions of prolonged and extreme heat, drought and wildfire risk. The magnitude of such displacement will only grow as the world continues to respond sluggishly […]

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From the brink to solid ground: Best days ahead for Springfield, Mass.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Springfield, Mass., has been viewed as a model city by its neighbors in New England. A major overhaul of the city’s technology systems and financial and workforce management processes completed about a decade ago—followed by rigorous investment in community revitalization projects and extensive collaboration with public and private […]

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Ensuring equitable public safety responses in college towns

In college towns across the United States, students run into many of the same dangers as the general public—traffic accidents, hit and runs, housing disasters and general crime. When one of these tragedies affects a student, even when it occurs off-campus, college leaders are “on the frontline” making one of the most difficult phone calls […]

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Name brand on a budget: Local governments can be equipped for success with cooperative pricing

Streamlined isn’t the first word that comes to mind when discussing procurement practices—if it even comes to mind at all. Behind shoestring budgets, the cumbersome process is one of the biggest gripes agencies have. Securing quality equipment and services at the best possible price with a traditional procurement model takes a significant amount of time […]

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Sustainability takes center stage in Milwaukee city operations

It’s crucial for government entities to have a stand-alone sustainability office, says Erick Shambarger, director of environmental sustainability for Milwaukee, where he leads the Environmental Collaboration Office (ECO). He adds that it’s important to have champions for sustainability spread throughout city government that administrators can collaborate with on key issues. “The reason it’s important to […]

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Cost, flexibility prompting many U.S. cities to give BRT a second look

A confluence of spiraling costs, rising environmental concerns and a huge influx of federal dollars is prompting government officials nationwide to give a public transportation option which has been with us since the early 1970s a second look. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a bus-based public transport system that combines technology, road designs and route […]

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The new normal: How state and local governments can benefit from virtual desktop-as-a-service to support remote workforce

The COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone into uncharted territory practically overnight. Government offices that were bustling with people one day were silent the next as workers shifted to remote working environments. This shift put a strain on technology teams, who suddenly had to deal with securing and scaling a workforce spread across multiple remote locations that […]

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Infrastructure bill paves path for expanded use of project labor agreements, more equity in the building trades

On November 15, 2021, President Joe Biden delivered on a key part of his domestic agenda when he signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a $1.2 trillion infrastructure and jobs bill. In so doing, President Biden also fulfilled a major campaign promise to the building and construction trades unions that his administration […]

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Four key elements to building community trust and transparency in strategic plans

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Lawson Products expands product lineup, cooperative contract resources as governments continue to cope with the pandemic

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Resettlement in the heartland? Expanding our thinking about “managed retreat”

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From the brink to solid ground: Best days ahead for Springfield, Mass.

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Ensuring equitable public safety responses in college towns

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Name brand on a budget: Local governments can be equipped for success with cooperative pricing

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Sustainability takes center stage in Milwaukee city operations

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Cost, flexibility prompting many U.S. cities to give BRT a second look

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The new normal: How state and local governments can benefit from virtual desktop-as-a-service to support remote workforce

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Infrastructure bill paves path for expanded use of project labor agreements, more equity in the building trades

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