How SLED Vendors Can Get Out Ahead of the Bidding Process
Agency connections and procurement data are key to targeting projects earlier than the competition, according to a new white paper.
Citing Cost to Taxpayers, Cities and States Tackle Obesity
Cities and states are tackling obesity, and with good reason: obesity-related health problems cost the nation as much as $210 billion each year.
Pa.’s Budget War Puts More Programs in Jeopardy; Next Steps for Ohio Minimum Wage Plan
Also: Investigating county jail problems in Kansas City and Airbnb’s impacts on a small town.
Short-term Highway Trust Fund Extensions Complicate Planning For States
There's uncertainty about whether the current trust fund shortfall could delay or reduce federal money state and local governments will receive this year for their transportation needs.
What Makes A Successful Public-Private Partnership?
P3s are gaining steam in the U.S. as governments look to deal with aging infrastructure.
'Business Courts' Take on Complex Corporate Conflicts
Specialized courts that handle business disputes have been created in more than two dozen states, an effort to unclog the courts and make them speedier and more efficient.
The ‘Strongest Civil Service System in the Country’ Is Poised for a Major Overhaul
But the reforms for state government hiring in Wisconsin, including scrapping the civil service exam, aren’t a done deal yet.
‘Green Gov’ Codeathon in California Pushes State’s Open Data Efforts Forward
While there are no guarantees that the winning ideas will be adopted by the state, the exercise helped “break the silos of departments that had usually not talked to each other.”
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Push Airport Slots Idea; N.C.’s Legislature Doles Out Downtown Grants Randomly
Also: Concerns over uneven neighborhood policing in Dallas and strong support for cigarette tax hike in Idaho.
Taxing the Cloud: States Are Looking at How to Do It
Storing data on the cloud? Some states are preparing to tax that.
Police Data Management is Getting a Security and Speed Boost
TASER’s partnership with Microsoft Azure will allow the law enforcement tech company to comply with FBI’s CJIS Security Policy.
When a State DMV Isn’t Actually a ‘DMV’
For such a seemingly ubiquitous agency, not all states have a Department of Motor Vehicles. Here’s where the 50 states stack up.
Oregon’s Lagging Asbestos Rules; Failed Hack Attempts on New Orleans Websites
Also: Exurban Minnesota subdivisions lament their lack of broadband and a ‘novel concept’ for waiting in line in Massachusetts.
States Move to Bolster Private Retirement Savings
More than two dozen are considering a variety of plans, which one Brookings Institution expert says might “constitute the most important step toward retirement security in decades.”
A Way to Make Heavy Duty Equipment Sharing Within Big State Agencies Easier
MuniRent was initially focused on helping local governments rent machinery to one another. But a pilot program with Oregon DOT has highlighted other uses for its platform.
Why Local Law Enforcement Should Take Mobile Forensics Seriously
One CME-certified detective is making a big difference in caseload in Providence, Rhode Island.
Bringing Some Clarity to Complex Regulatory Questions in Legal Weed States
A University of Washington law school clinic will help government offices and private-sector startups navigate fast-moving regulations, markets, intellectual property law, health and science research.
States Confront a New Era of Crazy Wildfires
Although wildfires rage across the West again this year, few states require residents to follow best practices that could protect their homes.
5 Things States Can Do to Prepare for Health Coverage Questions This Tax Season
Simply getting the new proof-of-coverage forms out isn’t enough.
States Seek a Bigger Piece of the Federal Pie
Billions of federal dollars are available to states, but some are better than others when it comes to grabbing that money.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
When you visit our website, we store cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. However, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies, which may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt-out of our First Party Strictly Necessary Cookies as they are deployed in order to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting the cookie banner and remembering your settings, to log into your account, to redirect you when you log out, etc.). For more information about the First and Third Party Cookies used please follow this link.
Manage Consent Preferences
Strictly Necessary Cookies - Always Active
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data, Targeting & Social Media Cookies
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. These cookies collect information for analytics and to personalize your experience with targeted ads. You may exercise your right to opt out of the sale of personal information by using this toggle switch. If you opt out we will not be able to offer you personalised ads and will not hand over your personal information to any third parties. Additionally, you may contact our legal department for further clarification about your rights as a California consumer by using this Exercise My Rights link
If you have enabled privacy controls on your browser (such as a plugin), we have to take that as a valid request to opt-out. Therefore we would not be able to track your activity through the web. This may affect our ability to personalize ads according to your preferences.
Targeting cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Social media cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.
If you want to opt out of all of our lead reports and lists, please submit a privacy request at our Do Not Sell page.
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Functional Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Performance Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Social Media Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Targeting Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.