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In a “VOICES FROM ASPA" video that ran on this website   a couple of weeks ago, Valerie Lemmie, senior advisor of state and local government at the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, told us that  “I am at times surprised how little our graduate students know about civics and then I am reminded that we don’t teach it in school anymore, you don’t learn it in high school. You don’t learn it in college. And so, it’s incumbent upon you, who are preparing for the profession (in pub

We know that most people who run for office in states and localities do so because they have a passion for doing good for the people they will represent. After all, there’s not a lot of money to be made, the hours are long and they’ve got the pressure of quickly handling unpredictable natural disasters. But we’re concerned to hear that perhaps the gratification of doing good for people may not be enough anymore. In fact, according to an article in The Conversation  by Charles

More than ten years ago, leaders in West Haven, Connecticut (where the Greene of Barrett and Greene grew up), began planning a fabulous...

We’re looking forward to participating in a panel at the upcoming annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration...

Good day, Last week we were talking to an inquisitive person who is rising in the local public sector world. The conversation turned to...

About a year ago, we wrote a B&G report titled “ Is Speedy Government Good Government? ” in which we made the case that the pressure for...

As we recently reported in the second of a two-part series about Trust In Government for Route Fifty, about 45% of Americans have a less...

by Dawa Hitch, Communication and Public Engagement Director, Asheville, North Carolina. In historically disenfranchised communities,...

by Marty Benison, Industry Executive Director for State and Local Government, Oracle ​ While the move to “Software as a Service” (SaaS)...

There’s no shortage of news reports about fiscal scandals, and while we doubt the number of convicted politicians and employees has...

​ By Doug Criscitello, Managing Director, Grant Thornton Public Sector Trust, perhaps the most important ingredient to a well-functioning...

Picture this: You’ve gotten off the interstate highway, and are trying to get to your destination of choice. Your car runs into a big...