State Fiscal Picture Brightens

State Fiscal Picture Brightens For the first time in more than two years, a handful of states are reporting that recent tax collections are meeting and

What the Heck is Best Value, and Why Should I Care?

What the Heck is Best Value, and Why Should I Care?” Best Value is similar to ‘Life Cycle Cost/Analysis’ or ‘Total Cost of Owner-ship,’ however, evaluation

Move to Do Away with Competitive Bidding in Not in States Best Interest

Move to Do Away with Competitive Bidding is Not in State’s Best Interest The State of Alaska is jumping into the world of non-competitive bidding under

Contracting for Performance: No More Acquisition Think

Contracting for Performance: No More “Acquisition Think” Performance-based contracting offers government the ability to transform dramatically the nature

Product Spotlight: Public Works

Roadway Sensors Gather Data on Weather Conditions and Pavement Surfaces for Automatic Spraying of De-Icers Install Road/Runway Weather Information System

Are Your Employees Giving You the Silent Treatment

Are Your Employees Giving You the Silent Treatment? Encourage Communication for Greater Entity Success In any organization, communication between managers

Government Contract Awards

CONTRACTS Robbins-Gioia, LLC, a provider of project management services, announced it is beginning a one-year contract with options to provide program

The Nazareth Syndrome

The “Nazareth” Syndrome Consultants Are Not a Threat to Your Job or Reputation Remember what you had to do to get your job? You had to fill out all those

P-Cards Expedite Emergency Response and Daily Operations

P-Cards Expedite Emergency Response and Daily Operations As a procurement tool, the purchasing card has introduced a wide range of efficiencies to government

Equipment Program Puts Money in the Bank

City’s Equipment Program Puts Money in the Bank As an experienced municipal fleet manager, Mark Stinson is well aware of the duties his position involves.

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State Fiscal Picture Brightens

What the Heck is Best Value, and Why Should I Care?

Move to Do Away with Competitive Bidding in Not in States Best Interest

Contracting for Performance: No More Acquisition Think

Product Spotlight: Public Works

Are Your Employees Giving You the Silent Treatment

Government Contract Awards

The Nazareth Syndrome

P-Cards Expedite Emergency Response and Daily Operations

Equipment Program Puts Money in the Bank

WHITE PAPERS

Elevate Your Wildfire Preparedness: Notification Plan Checklist and Kit

Innovative leaders are making one unexpected change to save money and improve service

Government Fleet Electrification: Making the Transition to EVs

Events

Podcast

Young Leaders Episode 4 – Cyril Jefferson – City Councilman, High Point, North Carolina

Young Leaders Episode 3 – Shannon Hardin – City Council President, Columbus, Ohio

Young Leaders Episode 2 – Christian Williams – Development Services Planner, Goodyear, Ariz.

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