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In recent months, there has been a steady stream of race-related incidents involving law enforcement officers. Whether officer involved shootings, violent arrests or their presence being required by a citizen…
Participatory Budgeting (PB) is one tool that increasingly is being used in towns and cities around the world. It not only engages large, diverse numbers of people in deliberative, informed…
America must build stronger operational connections between its levels of government, refine its strategy for relaying crisis information, and ramp up its ability to produce and distribute medical countermeasures in…
Last month’s article continued the theme of local government being “the solution” and focused on Pinellas County, a highly-urbanized community with a recently revised strategic plan. To evaluate the plan,…
Results from two research studies on the public sector workforce have revealed perplexing and seemingly contradictory results. According to one study, government human resources leaders believe that focusing on employee…
During a criminal investigation related to drug trafficking, federal investigators sought access to records from a particular Microsoft email account. The Stored Communications Act of 1986 (SCA) compels electronic service providers…
Before you can lead others, you must first lead yourself. Leaders need to have confidence in their capability and adopt a growth mindset. Failure is a part of learning process…
An organization is only as strong as the people who comprise it and it can only perform as well as its people are willing. In a public agency, good leadership…
Strategic communications, the intentional and proactive use of communication competencies to achieve organizational goals, is an approach used by government leaders and although much has been written about communication activities…
What factors affect wage levels in local governments? This article discusses some basic factors influencing wages determination in local government. After briefly discussing the importance of wage determination, it focuses…
Stepping Up, Then Stepping Back: The Dynamic Role of Law Enforcement in Tackling the Opioid Crisis
Most communities are struggling to get a handle on the recent opioid crisis. In some states, this crisis results in thousands of deaths each year. This is not a crisis…
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