Attributes: Commentary

True mobility trend favors rugged mobile computers – part 2 (with related video)

• 24th April 2014

Traditional makers of rugged computers are best equipped to supply truly rugged smartphones and tablets, says Handheld founder and CEO Jerker Hellström in this commentary.

What if? What if? Why?

• 24th April 2014

What if unnecessary public procurements no longer happened?

Reaction to Darrin Matthews: Muy Bien!

• 24th April 2014

Representative democracy?

• 23rd April 2014

American City & County Managing Editor Erin Greer wonders how well our representatives represent the population.

Tolls cannot answer all funding questions

• 22nd April 2014

In response to For Whom the Highways Toll, an American City & County story on tolling as model for highway revenue generation, Hayes Framme, spokesman for the Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates, argues that tolling is not a panacea for transportation funding woes.

Empty nesters to urban nesters: baby boomers follow their children to the city

• 16th April 2014

Michael Smith, president and CEO of Charlotte Center City Partners, writes on how Baby Boomers are following Gen Y workers back into urban areas.

True mobility trend favors rugged mobile computers — part 1 (with related video)

• 16th April 2014

Handheld founder and CEO Jerker Hellström offers a commentary on the evolution and development of “ruggedish” smartphones that stand up to tough public sector tasks.

Pittsburgh up to the challenge to save energy

• 9th April 2014

Jim Sloss, Energy and Utilities Manager for Pittsburgh, writes on how building retrofits helps increase the city’s energy efficiency and performance.

From contract cities to mass collaborative governance

• 2nd April 2014

Frank V. Zerunyan and Peter Pirnejad weigh in on one of the most famous case studies in collaborative governance.

The Wisdom of ‘Wisdom Councils’

• 26th March 2014

“Wisdom Councils” could help engage ordinary citizens in hotly contested municipal issues.