Management
Tips to Ensure Governors Start Off on the Right Foot
A recent report offers new officeholders guidance on how to hit the ground running.
Management
A Government Program Hopes to Find Critical Minerals Right Beneath our Feet
Federal scientists are using recon flights and field research to track down metals that are key to the energy transition.
Management
Public Sector Work Equals High Job Satisfaction
A new workforce survey reveals what employees love about the public sector, and what’s driving them away.
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Rethinking Sustainable Investment to Create Economic Development
Municipalities of all sizes should build economic development strategies into their master plans.
Tech & Data
ChatGPT Could Make Phishing More Sophisticated
The latest version’s greater “steerability” allows users to vary the style and tone of generated text to make scams even harder to detect.
Finance
An Attack on Auditor Independence Jeopardizes One State’s Fiscal Future
The Iowa Senate passed a bill that severely limits its auditor’s access to critical documents. The ramifications could be severe.
Infrastructure
States’ Role in Water and Wastewater Spending Secure, Says EPA
An agency official reassured state and federal officials that “states are very much in the driver's seat” in picking which projects to spend funds from the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Public Safety
To Prevent Gun Suicide, States Consider Allowing People to Deny Themselves a Gun
“We can’t stop all suicide, but if we make the means less lethal, we can save lives.”
Tech & Data
One State’s Grant Management Breakthrough
With the One Stop portal, organizations in Massachusetts can apply for economic development grants across three agencies, and grant administrators can more easily manage programs and ensure regional equity.
Health & Human Services
Kids Eat Free! States Push to Make School Meals Available to All
Lawmakers around the country have passed or are considering bills that would make universal free school meals permanent following the end of a similar federal pandemic-era program.
Infrastructure
$700M in Grants for Local EV Chargers Announced
The competitive grants are designed to install electric vehicle chargers in local communities where private entities are otherwise less likely to build them.
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Public Safety
Four Ways to Improve Refugee Resettlement in the US
COMMENTARY | Geopolitical unrest and the detrimental impacts of climate change will continue to increase the flow of refugees requiring resettlement. Here’s how state and local governments and nonprofits can effectively prepare to meet increased demand.
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Defense-in-Depth: How to Secure Access for All Identities
To defend against threats, agency’s can adopt a defense-in-depth strategy addressing security vulnerabilities across a range of layers.
Health & Human Services
Tackling Rural America’s ‘Hidden’ Housing Crisis
Over the past two years, the rate of homelessness and housing insecurity rose faster in rural places than the country at large, but community-based organizations are in a unique position to offer solutions.
Management
New York City Mayor Keeps Creating New Offices
From child care to rats, if you’ve got a problem, Mayor Eric Adams has a job to tackle it.
Health & Human Services
Seattle Explores a Different Approach to Affordable Housing
Social housing typically centers on permanent affordability, tenant leadership and equity. It's an approach used by cities all over the world, and one some Seattle residents are hoping to see in their own community.
Tech & Data
Feds Seek Input on How to Create Semiconductor Hubs
The Commerce Department wants stakeholders’ “best ideas” for new research and manufacturing hubs for computer chips that could transform communities nationwide.
Tech & Data
Report: Increased Remote Work for Many Governments Also Raises Cyber Risks
Roughly one-third of government employees believe “their actions don’t matter when it comes to security,” according to a new survey.
Infrastructure
Governor Recommits Maryland to Highest National Climate Goals for EV Sales
Gov. Wes Moore's decision reverses one by former Gov. Larry Hogan to pause Maryland's participation in meeting the California standard for electric vehicles.
Finance
Biden Administration Unveils Plan to Boost Affordable Housing
Housing advocates have praised the president’s budget proposal, which would give housing programs a $1.1 billion bump.
Public Safety