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TOP-SCORING MID-SIZED CITIES ON AARP’S 2022 LIVABILITY INDEX

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AHEAD OF INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EXTENDS EXPERTISE, GIVES
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INFLATION COULD DISRUPT ECONOMY’S ‘SOFT LANDING,’ BUT CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE
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DECODING THE WORLD OF EMPLOYEE LEAVE

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NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES HAS THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO HELP CITIES REACH THEIR
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A local government’s sustainability squad needs to be carefully assembled, says
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AS EXTREME WEATHER INCREASES, CITIES BRACE FOR CLIMATE-RELATED MIGRATION

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TOP-SCORING MID-SIZED CITIES ON AARP’S 2022 LIVABILITY INDEX

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AHEAD OF INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EXTENDS EXPERTISE, GIVES
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These days, money isn’t the biggest problem facing rural communities. Between
the American Rescue Plan Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure...

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CONSIDERATIONS FOR BUILDING AN EQUITABLE, PROFITABLE AND RELIABLE EV
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INFLATION COULD DISRUPT ECONOMY’S ‘SOFT LANDING,’ BUT CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE
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DECODING THE WORLD OF EMPLOYEE LEAVE

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A local government’s sustainability squad needs to be carefully assembled, says
Nick Kasza, program manager for sustainability at the National...

25th April 2022

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INFLATION COULD DISRUPT ECONOMY’S ‘SOFT LANDING,’ BUT CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE
PREPARED

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pandemic, local and county governments are staring down an...

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DECODING THE WORLD OF EMPLOYEE LEAVE

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NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES HAS THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO HELP CITIES REACH THEIR
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 * AHEAD OF INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EXTENDS EXPERTISE, GIVES
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STUDY: BURNOUT IS HIGH IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, ESPECIALLY AMONG WORKFORCE
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More than ever before, today’s public sector workforce crisis is stressed
out—and struggling with burnout. New...

19th April 2022
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REPORT: GOVERNMENTS STAND TO BENEFIT FROM ‘METAVERSE’ AND ITS ASSOCIATED
TECHNOLOGIES

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Ever since Facebook became Meta, the “metaverse”—a term coined in the early
1990s referring to a network of...

18th April 2022
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TEN OF 2022’S MOST SUSTAINABLE AMERICAN CITIES

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Ahead of Earth Day, which annually falls on April 22, LawnStarter has published
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IWCE 2022: TODD PERDIEU OF L3HARRIS TALKS ABOUT NEW TECHNOLOGY BEING LAUNCHED
THIS YEAR

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about new technology being launched...

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AMID PUBLIC SECTOR HIRING CHALLENGES, RESEARCHERS HIGHLIGHT TELEWORK,
FLEXIBILITY AS PATH FORWARD

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Alongside a meteoric rise in all things digital and telework, COVID-related
burnout has hit public organizations...

14th April 2022
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SENSOR TECHNOLOGY CAN DETECT WILDFIRE EARLY, ALERT FIRST RESPONDERS VIA AI

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Following a climate change-driven trend, this year’s wildfire season is expected
to be severe.   The...

13th April 2022
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WITH PANDEMIC, GOVERNMENT PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE FACES A RETENTION CRISIS

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The nation’s public health workforce is staring down a serious retention crisis.
Faced with death threats,...

12th April 2022
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WITH PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES INCREASING AT AN ALARMING RATE, COULD TECHNOLOGY BE
AN ANSWER?

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spike over the last few years coming...

11th April 2022
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REPORT: AUTOMATION, ’EMPATHETIC TECH’ THE FUTURE FOR PUBLIC CONTACT CENTERS

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suddenly conducted entirely online,...

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IWCE 2022: FIRSTNET MORE THAN 95 PERCENT COMPLETE; NEW TECH ADVANCES ADOPTION

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6th April 2022
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INFRASTRUCTURE

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emerging cyberthreat and bolstering...

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PROPOSED 2023 FEDERAL BUDGET INCREASES LOCAL GOVERNMENT, POLICE SPENDING,
DECREASES DEFICIT

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Of the many lessons learned over the past few years, perhaps paramount in regard
to the federal budget and spending...

4th April 2022
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GOVERNMENT TRENDS REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE PANDEMIC’S PROFOUND IMPACT ON PUBLIC
SERVICE

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The pandemic’s societal impact on local government can’t be overstated; two
years on and it’s clear there’s...

1st April 2022
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY REPORT HIGHLIGHTS MAYORAL PERSPECTIVES ON RACIAL WEALTH GAP

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America’s racial wealth gap is well documented. A new report from the Boston
University Initiative on Cities, for...

30th March 2022
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IWCE 2022: INTEROPERABILITY HIGHLIGHTED; ‘WE ARE, IN FACT, STRONGER TOGETHER’

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IWCE 2022: EDGE COMPUTING IS THE BACKBONE OF FUTURE SMART CITIES

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At this modern apex of human innovation, sometimes it feels like the digital
evolution has emerged at the precipice...

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IWCE 2022: THE FUTURE OF 5G AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS

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These days, 5G dominates discourse and headlines—drawing intense interest from
engineers and conspiracy theorists...

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IWCE 2022: THE SUCCESS, CHALLENGES OF NG911 AND EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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HOW TO ACCELERATE SLG CLOUD MODERNIZATION THROUGH EMERGING TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

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ARTICLE

State and local government (SLG) leaders have been on the road to IT
modernization for more than a decade. First...

18th April 2022
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SETTING THE (GOVERNMENT) RECORDS STRAIGHT

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ARTICLE

In the digital age, government records management teams must balance both
physical, paper copies of documents and...

12th April 2022
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HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN OVERCOME FEDERAL GRANT ROADBLOCKS

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ARTICLE

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possibility of another harmful variant,...

7th April 2022
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ADAPTIVE REUSE AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES: STRENGTHENING MUTUAL TRUST

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COMMENTARY

Every community has its share of underutilized buildings—empty warehouses,
shuttered schools, abandoned grocery...

6th April 2022
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MUNICIPAL BROADBAND: USING TODAY’S TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY’S FUTURE

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COMMENTARY

Amidst the ups and downs of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing that remains
constant is your community’s need to...

1st April 2022
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ARPA OPENS DOORS TO MODERNIZING THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT ITSELF

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ARTICLE

U.S. cities, counties, tribes and other local governments are now in the process
of digesting about $148 billion of...

24th March 2022
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DEMING’S 14 POINTS OF MANAGEMENT FOR PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS

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ARTICLE

Public procurement’s focus over the last decade, has been that of “digital
transformation” with a keen eye on...

22nd March 2022
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BUILDING TRUST: MOVING AWAY FROM SELF-ADMINISTRATION

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COMMENTARY

Trust is the fundamental currency of leadership. This is particularly true in
the public sector, where elected...

11th March 2022
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SIX WAYS STATES COULD HELP CITIES AND TOWNS IMPLEMENT CLIMATE SOLUTIONS

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ARTICLE

Cities, towns and regions are creating jobs, improving health and making
communities more livable. Many of them are...

2nd March 2022
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WHAT NETWORKS NEED FROM MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY LEADERS

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From collective impact to collaborative cities, many communities urge local
organizations to coordinate their...

28th February 2022
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DEMOCRACY MUST PREVAIL: AMERICAN CITY & COUNTY STANDS WITH UKRAINE

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MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS WITH CONFIDENCE – YOUR GUIDE TO SOLVING THE COMMUNITY
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MAKE YOUR CASE FOR CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

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YOUNG LEADERS EPISODE 4 – CYRIL JEFFERSON – CITY COUNCILMAN, HIGH POINT, NORTH
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YOUNG LEADERS EPISODE 3 – SHANNON HARDIN – CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COLUMBUS,
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YOUNG LEADERS EPISODE 2 – CHRISTIAN WILLIAMS – DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER,
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