Part of a series of joint ventures by NARC and the U.S. Department of Transportation

Englewood’s Strategic Plan Element creates and implements the city’s economic development vision.

<p><i>by Frank Benest </i><br>
<p>Many local governments across the United States have been forced to downsize in response to the ongoing recession, reduced revenues, and skyrocketing health care and other employee-benefit costs. To aggravate matters, some states have shifted money away from local governments to solve their own budgetary problems. Whatever the reasons, local government executives face more than a financial challenge in cutting budgets. An even bigger dilemma for executives is the leadership challenge of crafting a new and vital future for the downsizing organization. <br>

The Center for State and Local Government Excellence conducted a survey among 5,125 members of two groups of government managers: the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR), and the National Association of State Personnel Executives (NASPE)...

For the past 40 years, urban policy in America has essentially meant one thing: dealing with the problems of the poor.

The article lists the ways municipalities can partner with hotels to improve their occupancy rates and also shows how communities can better monitor hotel occupancy tax revenues.

The Sonoma County Human Resources Department created the Executive Development IV program to help prepare middle and senior level managers for possible promotions...