Local governments in the United States are, today, caught in the worst fiscal crisis ever facing the nation. However, they have entered this crisis ill-prepared. Being largely dependent on federal and state funding, and with shaking local tax bases and…
Articles
Openness and Transparency: Is E-Government Learning to Listen? | PA TIMES Online
Openness and improving transparency are two of the cornerstones of electronic government e-government policies. In this month’s column, we discuss some of the challenges of building the next phase of e-government. via Openness and Transparency: Is E-Government Learning to Listen?…
Articles
First Win Their Hearts and Minds, Then Consider These Steps | Blogrige The Official Baldrige Blog
What’s the key to managing and engaging literally a city of employees? 2012 Baldrige Award recipient and municipal role model the City of Irving, Texas, may have some ideas .“Say what you mean and do what you say,” said City…
Articles
Public Administration: Prioritizing the Process | PA TIMES Online
Sustainable development is often a difficult concept to grasp, especially considering, as most practitioners can attest, public administration is a domain with very few absolute answers and even fewer once-and-for-all solutions via Public Administration: Prioritizing the Process | PA TIMES…
Articles
Comments on Local Taxation
A new independent report contends Philadelphia’s new property tax assessments under the Actual Value Initiative, or AVI, are even more inaccurate than the current ones. Whether or not that’s true, homeowners across the city have been complaining about the new…
Articles
Can your board-superintendent relationship be saved?
http://feedly.com/k/14nfDXk Across the nation, boards and superintendents are engaged in activities designed to benefit students. It should go without saying that a board and superintendent united in their efforts will produce the kind of district our children deserve and the…