This ICMA signature survey, conducted every five years, examines the service delivery choices, practices, and policies of local governments. Survey topics covered include adopting, evaluating private service delivery and obstacles in private service delivery.

The Economic Development survey examines the economic development practices in local governments, including economic development funding activities, business retention, business attraction, small business development, accountability, and business incentives.

This ICMA signature survey, conducted every five years, examines the service delivery choices, practices, and policies of local governments. Survey topics covered include adopting, evaluating private service delivery and obstacles in private service delivery.

The survey covers form of government, initiatives for referenda and recall, selection and composition of elected officials.

The Economic Development survey examines the economic development practices in local governments, including economic development funding activities, business retention, business attraction, small business development, accountability, and business incentives. 

This ICMA signature survey, conducted every five years, examines the service delivery choices, practices, and policies of local governments. Survey topics covered include adopting, evaluating private service delivery and obstacles in private service delivery.

The survey covers form of government, initiatives for referenda and recall, selection and composition of elected officials.

Streamline is a teaching book on how to apply Lean and Six Sigma to make government more efficient. The story follows the struggles of City Manager Sam McConnell, who cannot keep up with the demand for more city services, due to a flat budget. 

Hearing about Lean and Six Sigma, Sam turns to a local expert, asking her to train his management team in Lean and Six Sigma principles, to help improve efficiency.

Though the story is fictional, the scenarios are real life.   Readers are given clear, straightforward Lean Six Sigma training, along with the novel’s characters.

http://www.streamlinegovt.com/  

Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice is the all-new edition of the popular book, The Practice of Local Government Planning, which has been the valued resource for preparing for the AICP exam. This new edition helps the reader understand the complexities of planning at the local level, and prepare to make decisions in a challenging environment.

Gold Winner of the 2010 EXCEL Award from Association Media & Publishing

• A contemporary look at local planning for a new generation of planners
• Written for planning directors and nonplanners in both the private and public sectors
• Perfect for graduate level introductory planning classes
• Recommended for preparation for the AICP exam
• Contributors include a wide-ranging collection of voices—academics, practitioners, clients, and observers of planning

What's Inside:

• Demonstrates the breadth of planning challenges, the diversity of solutions, and lessons from the past
• Describes the historical, governmental, legal, and community context of planning
• Presents the challenges that planners will need to address in the decade ahead
• Provides useful, current examples of leading planning practices
• Helps planners and nonplanners apply well-reasoned strategic thinking in their planning challenges
• Unravels the complexity of planning at the local level to help readers make decisions in a difficult environment
• Helps students of the profession bridge the gap between theory and practice

Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice focuses on emerging issues and future challenges, offering useful, current examples of leading planning practices. The organization and content of the book will help planners and nonplanners who manage the work of planners apply well-reasoned strategic thinking to their planning challenges, and will help students of the profession bridge theory and practice.

Related Resources

• Strategic Planning for Local Government, 2nd edition (e-Document)
• Strengthen Your Local Economy Through Economic Gardening (e-Document)