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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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Local governments rely on ICMA to help make communities more resilient and sustainable

ICMA is a global association of professional city and county managers and other employees who serve local governments. In addition to offering a variety of powerful programs, including an initiative that aims to achieve equity and social justice, to affirm human dignity, and to improve the quality of life for the individual and the community, […]

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Public-private partnership as a tool for EV infrastructure

While market trends and predictions certainly foreshadow a wide-scale, almost exponential use of electric vehicles (EVs) over the next five to seven years, practically speaking, full acceptance of EV is contingent on various factors, foremost being a more comprehensive national network of supercharging stations and enhanced EV battery life. Tesla was prescient on many points […]

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5 ways job order contracting shortens the construction procurement timeline

According to the United States Census, the value of public construction in 2021 was more than $346 billion. With hundreds of billions of dollars changing hands, the construction industry plays a significant role in a country’s economy and investment in this sector has been linked to economic growth. The first step towards a successful project […]

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Public pension funds moving to divest from Russian markets

With sweeping sanctions leveled almost universally by western nations at the Russia, American states are likewise moving to divest public pension funds from Russian markets. So far, Connecticut, California, Colorado, New York and Illinois have made clear intentions to siphon money quickly from Russia. “Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine has led to unprecedented sanctions against […]

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Six ways states could help cities and towns implement climate solutions

Cities, towns and regions are creating jobs, improving health and making communities more livable. Many of them are doing so as part of their strategy to address climate change. This is an approach called “multisolving,” and examples of it are becoming more common. Case in point: Home weatherization programs reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide […]

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Pension funding is up over the last year despite pandemic-driven budgetary challenges

It’s been an exceedingly difficult few years for local governments—especially monetarily, given the pandemic’s unprecedented fiscal challenges—but even so, for the second year in a row, the funded ratio of public pensions continues to rise. Over 2021, the latest Public Plans Database analysis from the MissionSquare Research Group shows a 3 percent uptick in the […]

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How states are taking back their health care purchasing power to drive innovation

For the past decade or more, discussion around alternative payment models, value-based health plan benefits, and high costs of care has tended to focus on federal policy solutions and private negotiations between private health plans and providers. However, often overlooked in these conversations is the role states play in driving innovation. The fee-for-service chassis is […]

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What networks need from municipal and county leaders

From collective impact to collaborative cities, many communities urge local organizations to coordinate their programs or services. These communities are further encouraged by federal agencies that increasingly call for network approaches to social concerns in education and health. After the success of the federally funded Area Agencies on Aging, other federal agencies offered their own […]

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Transforming your HHS agency into a data-first organization

Data is increasingly important to government agencies, and smart data management is more and more central to effective agency operations. Yet no organizations count on data more fundamentally than state and local health and human services (HHS) agencies. There are two reasons for this data dependence. First, agencies often rely on federal funding. They need […]

Telework is here to stay, but what does that mean for wage tax revenue?

It’s been two years, now, since local businesses shuttered their office doors and sent employees home with laptops to telework from their living rooms—forced to do so by pandemic-induced stay-at-home-orders. It’s still unclear what the long-term impact of this novel digital-first economy will have on government tax revenue streams. Commuter-driven revenue, such as sales tax […]

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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

Article

Local governments rely on ICMA to help make communities more resilient and sustainable

Article

Public-private partnership as a tool for EV infrastructure

Article

5 ways job order contracting shortens the construction procurement timeline

News

Public pension funds moving to divest from Russian markets

Article

Six ways states could help cities and towns implement climate solutions

News

Pension funding is up over the last year despite pandemic-driven budgetary challenges

Article

How states are taking back their health care purchasing power to drive innovation

Article

What networks need from municipal and county leaders

Article

Transforming your HHS agency into a data-first organization

Telework is here to stay, but what does that mean for wage tax revenue?

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