Attributes: Commentary

Reader responses to “What if? What if? Why?”

• 27th June 2014

Readers respond to “What If? What If? Why?” from April/May 2014 issue…

FEMA arbitration procedures

• 25th June 2014

New FEMA arbitration procedure poses both opportunities and challenges for communities seeking public assistance

Ensure your requirements are reflected in state public safety communication plans

• 23rd June 2014

TJ Kennedy of FirstNet talks about his group’s consultation process. The process aims to increase FirstNet’s understanding of each state’s unique needs in the development of state public safety communications plans.

Government Workers + Mobility = Productivity ÷ Risk

• 19th June 2014

By Tim Williams

There is no way you can do business today without relying on some type of mobile device. Whether it’s a smartphone, tablet or computer, government work won’t get done without these baseline components.

Ensuring drivability with Thinlays (with related video)

• 17th June 2014

Kent Hansen of the National Asphalt Pavement Association outlines some of the advantages of thin asphalt overlays, also called “Thinlays,” in road paving.

A minute with… LeNora Y. Fulton

• 12th June 2014

A miniute with… LeNora Y. Fulton

Blinded by the light: Governments might be the buyers, but it’s privacy that’s paying the price

• 12th June 2014

Governments might be the buyers, but it’s privacy that’s paying the price

After the disaster: Program management facilitates faster, stronger recovery in Texas

• 11th June 2014

Tom Wendorf, a program director at HNTB Corporation, says that when disaster strikes, it pays to have a plan.

Success with open data can be stress-free

• 4th June 2014

Maria MacGunigal, chief information officer for Sacramento, Calif., writes about open data and its importance to local government.

Could less be more when it comes to probation supervision?

• 4th June 2014

Vincent Schiraldi, former commissioner of the New York City Department of Probation and current senior advisor to the Mayor’s Office on Criminal Justice; and Michael Jacobson, former commissioner of New York City’s Probation and Correction Department and current director at the Institute for State and Local Governance at the City University of New York weigh in on probation supervision.