Finance
What it Takes to Feel 'Financially Comfortable' in Major US Cities
A survey asked residents in 12 metro regions about the net worth people need to feel financially comfortable or wealthy. It's a lot.
Management
Analysis: How Governments Can Effectively Spend American Rescue Plan Funds
If they spend wisely, states and localities can put their budgets and economies in a better position—now and in the future, according to The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Management
A Dangerous Fire Season Looms as the Drought-stricken Western US Heads for a Water Crisis
COMMENTARY | Dry conditions across the West follow a hot, dry year of record-setting wildfires in 2020.
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Best Practices for IT Asset Discovery
We’ve put together a description of the eight “must-have” aspects of asset discovery that combine to make up a best-practices approach.
Management
There Has Never Been a Black Woman Governor. Will Virginia Change That?
Former state delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy is picking up high-profile endorsements from groups that support women and people of color, including Higher Heights. But the Democratic primary hasn’t been easy.
Tech & Data
Hackers Threaten to Release Police Records, Knock 911 Offline
Prosecutors have dropped criminal cases because hackers cut off access to evidence.
Finance
It’s Raining Federal Relief Dollars. Here's How State and Local Governments Can Effectively Use Them.
COMMENTARY | Funds flowing from the American Rescue Plan will create challenges for states and municipalities. Here are considerations for successfully managing the influx.
Tech & Data
State, Local Governments Could Get $500M to Expand Cybersecurity
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a bill this week that would create a grant program to bolster cyber defenses across the U.S.
Health & Human Services
Millennials Aren’t Just Behind. They’re All Over the Place.
COMMENTARY | Today's economic conditions are not just holding Millennials back. They are stratifying them, leading to unequal experiences within the generation as well as between it and other cohorts.
Tech & Data
How One City Improved Citizen Experiences and Cybersecurity in One Effort
COMMENTARY | Washington, D.C.’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs successfully adopted a single sign-on technology by following these steps.
Tech & Data
Report: What City Officials Need to Know About Facial Recognition Technology
How local governments are deploying facial recognition systems, as well as the technology's benefits and challenges, are addressed in a report from the National League of Cities.
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Health & Human Services
How Expanding Vaccine Eligibility for Kids Will Impact Mothers
The FDA authorized the Pfizer vaccine for those 12 to 15. Experts say that could help moms get back to work.
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eBook: The State of State and Local Budgets
Route Fifty takes a look at how state and city governments are managing their finances amid the pandemic.
Tech & Data
Here’s How Much Your Personal Information is Worth to Cybercriminals – and What They Do With It
COMMENTARY | The black market for stolen personal information motivates most data breaches.
Tech & Data
Billions of Federal Dollars to Close Broadband Gaps are About to Start Flowing
The FCC has launched a program that provides $50 subsidies to help households pay internet bills and also approved rules for a $7 billion fund for libraries and schools.
Management
The Cicadas Aren’t Coming. Billions are Already Here.
The 17-year cicadas are set to emerge from their underground lairs in multiple areas, with some cities and states finding creative ways to celebrate these large, noisy, clumsy insects.
Management
Boosting Covid-19 Vaccinations with $1 million Prizes, Free Crawfish, Hunting Licenses and More
Along with businesses, state and local governments are offering a growing variety of perks to get residents hesitant about the shots to roll up their sleeves.
Infrastructure
US Approves its First Big Offshore Wind Farm, Near Martha’s Vineyard – it’s a Breakthrough for the Industry
COMMENTARY | Building a U.S. offshore wind industry will require more than just fast-tracking permits.
Management
Biden Wants to Offer More Housing Vouchers. Many Landlords Won’t Accept Them
Over 2.2 million households receive subsidies through the Housing Choice Voucher Program.
Management
Senate Committee Clashes over Sweeping Election Reform Bill
Lawmakers failed to advance the For the People Act out of committee, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expected to bring the bill to the floor anyhow.
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