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Highlights

NACo report highlights ‘acute escalation’ of mental health crisis over the last several years

Limited in their ability to respond by financial constraints, an overwhelming majority of...

To achieve their sustainability goals, cities and counties must engage with key stakeholders

Local government leaders need to cast a wide net, says Laura Kroeger, technical director,...

Report: Financial literacy education presents an opportunity for both public employers and employees

With inflation driving up prices for everything from groceries to houses, the number of public...

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Government organizations applaud bipartisan ARPA flexibility legislation

City and county organizations are lauding the Senate’s approval of a bipartisan initiative that codifies into law the U.S. Treasury’s final rule allowing communities the flexibility to allocate up to $10 million in American Rescue Plan funding toward general government services. The measure, called the Bipartisan COVID Supplemental Appropriations Act, would also allow local governments to […]

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Replacing cumbersome purchasing processes with digital tools can aid in rating and evaluating cooperative contracts

Cooperative purchasing continues to demonstrate its value to public procurement departments. Indeed, procurement teams are relying more on cooperative agreements. In fact, cooperative purchasing buys will continue to expand at a faster rate than the overall state and local marketplace, predicts Paul Irby, principal research analyst, GovWin IQ for state, local and education (SLED). GovWin […]

Commentary

Municipal broadband: Using today’s technology to support your community’s future

Amidst the ups and downs of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing that remains constant is your community’s need to stay connected. But stay-at-home, work-from-home and learn-from-home measures have highlighted a glaring gap in the availability and distribution of reliable, high-speed internet networks, and many citizens and businesses are still unable to access the online resources […]

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Government trends report highlights the pandemic’s profound impact on public service

The pandemic’s societal impact on local government can’t be overstated; two years on and it’s clear there’s no going back to a pre-COVID-19 normal—as signified by a number of emerging government trends. As organizations navigate toward an ever-changing horizon, they’re doing so with renewed priorities and an evolving vision. A new report from Deloitte’s center […]

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Boston University report highlights mayoral perspectives on racial wealth gap

America’s racial wealth gap is well documented. A new report from the Boston University Initiative on Cities, for example, notes that in 2014 white households in Washington, D.C. held a net worth 81 times greater than Black households. And in Los Angeles, Calif., the median net worth of white households was $355,000, whereas the median […]

Article

Infrastructure funding offers unprecedented opportunity to build community-level climate resilience

Last month, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Sixth Assessment Report. At the core of the report is a stark warning that, to date, our efforts to adapt to the changing climate are not enough to protect people and ecosystems around the globe. But here in the United States, there is some […]

Article

Local governments are converting unstructured data into usable information that enables better decision-making

Governments at all levels face growing volumes of data in an assortment of formats—both physical and digital. And agencies need to be able to access that information at any time, from anywhere, all while making sure that security and privacy are maintained. Iron Mountain and its OMNIA Partners cooperative contract can help agencies achieve digital […]

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ARPA opens doors to modernizing the infrastructure of government itself

U.S. cities, counties, tribes and other local governments are now in the process of digesting about $148 billion of the $1.9 trillion in investment from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). Infrastructure as recognized traditionally (highways, public housing) and less traditionally (solar installations, EV charging stations) tend to dominate the imagination. These are […]

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Governments task procurement officers to lead the way in EV charging infrastructure

Government buyers are showing a lot of interest in acquiring electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, reports CoProcure, the free search engine for national, state and local cooperative contracts. On CoProcure, there are 13 active cooperative contracts available encompassing more than 70 suppliers that can provide EV infrastructure to government entities across the U.S. Views of EV […]

Article

Deming’s 14 points of management for procurement professionals

Public procurement’s focus over the last decade, has been that of “digital transformation” with a keen eye on the new technologies and tools available to public procurement leaders. Although such “transformation” is of keen interest and vital to moving public procurement ahead, there are some fundamental managerial truths about “organizational transformation” that have been around […]

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Administration

Highlights

NACo report highlights ‘acute escalation’ of mental health crisis over the last several years

To achieve their sustainability goals, cities and counties must engage with key stakeholders

Report: Financial literacy education presents an opportunity for both public employers and employees

News

Government organizations applaud bipartisan ARPA flexibility legislation

Article

Replacing cumbersome purchasing processes with digital tools can aid in rating and evaluating cooperative contracts

Commentary

Municipal broadband: Using today’s technology to support your community’s future

News

Government trends report highlights the pandemic’s profound impact on public service

News

Boston University report highlights mayoral perspectives on racial wealth gap

Article

Infrastructure funding offers unprecedented opportunity to build community-level climate resilience

Article

Local governments are converting unstructured data into usable information that enables better decision-making

Article

ARPA opens doors to modernizing the infrastructure of government itself

Article

Governments task procurement officers to lead the way in EV charging infrastructure

Article

Deming’s 14 points of management for procurement professionals

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