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San Francisco Mayor Submits Wireless Proposal to Board of Supervisors
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Center for Digital Government. Center for Digital Education. Health and Human Services. Justice and Public Safety. California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom Talks Transparency, Civic Tech, State IT Reforms. Website Accessibility: Why There’s Still Work to be Done on Government Portals. Should Government Clean Up Its Twitter Feeds? This Week in Civic Tech: Google Leads Voters to Polls, San Rafael Reveals Digital Plans. Startup Aims to Help Cities Separate Smart Hype from Solid Smart City Solutions. January 24, 2007.
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Pamela Syfert
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Public Officials of the Year. Center for Digital Government. Center for Digital Education. PUBLIC OFFICIALS of the. Pamela Syfert 1999 HONOREE. City Manager, Charlotte, North Carolina. Some 27 years later, Syfert is city manager of Charlotte, the nation’s 25th-largest city and one of the fastest-growing communities. You might expect Syfert would be inclined to let Charlotte rest on its laurels as a famously well-managed place. Agency leaders seem excited by the effort, Syfert says. “Building a ...One Syf...
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The Promise of Open Government
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Public Officials of the Year. Center for Digital Government. Center for Digital Education. The Promise of Open Government. How the Obama administration's Open Government Directive can unlock government and open it up to citizens as never before. By William D. Eggers. December 16, 2009. William D. Eggers. Executive director of Deloitte's Center for Government Insights. Bill Eggers looks past the currently fashionable phrases of transparency and open-source government in order to provide specific suggestio...
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Obesity Rates for States, Metro Areas
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Public Officials of the Year. Center for Digital Government. Center for Digital Education. Obesity Rates for States, Metro Areas. The map below shows the most recent 2011 CDC data measuring adult obesity prevalence. The CDC calculates this measure using a person's body mass index. Based off a person's weight and height. The following definitions are used to describe whether an individual is obese:. Neither overweight nor obese. Body mass index of 25-29.9. Body mass index of 30-99.8. Little Rock-North Lit...
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Governing magazine: State and local government news for America's leaders
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Public Officials of the Year. Center for Digital Government. Center for Digital Education. Meningitis Outbreaks Among Gay Men Baffle Health Officials. Officials don't know why the disease is disproportionately impacting gay men in big cities. They're getting the CDC involved to find out. Big Transit Plans Go Before Voters in November. The proposals could reshape several large U.S. cities for decades to come - if they pass. Big Transit Plans Go Before Voters in November. More News and Commentary. Virginia...
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Video: The Basics of Municipal Credit Ratings
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Public Officials of the Year. Center for Digital Government. Center for Digital Education. Video: The Basics of Municipal Credit Ratings. This video explainer breaks down the role a government’s credit rating plays in its everyday finances. May 16, 2014. This is part of an ongoing Finance 101. Series that goes back to the basics to help public officials. This explainer breaks down the role a government’s credit rating plays in its everyday finances. Do Credit Ratings Matter Anymore? More from Finance 101.
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2010 Top 25 Spotlights Government Innovators (Opinion)
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Center for Digital Government. Center for Digital Education. Health and Human Services. Justice and Public Safety. This Week in Civic Tech: Google Leads Voters to Polls, San Rafael Reveals Digital Plans. Startup Aims to Help Cities Separate Smart Hype from Solid Smart City Solutions. Analytics: Turning a Flood of Data into Valuable Information. Bay Area Startup in Residence Program: A Potential Pipeline for Regional Innovation? Thermostat Ransomware: A Glimpse into the Future of Crime in Cities. Members ...
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Do Cities <i>Really</i> Want Economic Development?
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Public Officials of the Year. Center for Digital Government. Center for Digital Education. A poor economy and all the problems that come with it actually benefit some people, giving powerful players less incentive to improve the status quo for the rest. By Aaron M. Renn. Aaron M. Renn. Aaron is a Governing. Columnist and a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. A shopping complex in Washington, D.C.'s Columbia Heights neighborhood. Flickr/IL Primo Liomo. Economic Gardening Is Growing, But What Is It?
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Cut! States Are Walking Back Film Tax Credits
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Public Officials of the Year. Center for Digital Government. Center for Digital Education. States Are Walking Back Film Tax Credits. Many states are rethinking once-popular production incentives - a contrast from California, which is offering more to protect one of its biggest industries. September 11, 2014. As it turned out, very few. Just four states had film tax credits in 2002, but 10 years later there were more than 40. This appears in our free Finance e-newsletter. Not a subscriber? After you comme...
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The Road Map to Gigabit Connectivity Begins at Home
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Center for Digital Government. Center for Digital Education. Health and Human Services. Justice and Public Safety. This Week in Civic Tech: Google Leads Voters to Polls, San Rafael Reveals Digital Plans. Startup Aims to Help Cities Separate Smart Hype from Solid Smart City Solutions. Analytics: Turning a Flood of Data into Valuable Information. Bay Area Startup in Residence Program: A Potential Pipeline for Regional Innovation? Thermostat Ransomware: A Glimpse into the Future of Crime in Cities. That inc...