Category: Articles
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The Economist | Teaching and technology: E-ducation
The Economist | Teaching and technology: E-ducation http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21580142-long-overdue-technological-revolution-last-under-way-e-ducation?frsc=dg%7Cd via @theeconomist
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Let’s Play the [Baldrige] Criteria and Great Management Book Match Game | Blogrige The Official Baldrige Blog
http://nistbaldrige.blogs.govdelivery.com/2013/06/25/lets-play-the-criteria-and-great-management-book-match-game/
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Predicting the Unpredictable: Navigating in Uncertain Times | PA TIMES Online
Think of all of the “forces” that are in play that can have an effect on your organization’s ability to thrive. We use the acronym R.E.C.E.I.P.T.S. These might be challenges and/or opportunities–not always bad. Regulatory Economic Competitive Environmental Intercultural Political Technological Social via Predicting the Unpredictable: Navigating in Uncertain Times…
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NYTimes: Power to the Preschoolers
NYTimes: Power to the Preschoolers http://nyti.ms/120v4ml
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The Public Budget | PA TIMES Online
If the public were asked what they want from local government, according to Bowman and Kearney’s State and Local Government text, the answer would be “to be governed well.” But citizens often do not understand the workings of local governments or the variables that translate into being “governed well.” via…
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Pressures and Strategies for Local Sustainability and High Performance Under the Fiscal Crisis | PA TIMES Online
Local governments in the United States are, today, caught in the worst fiscal crisis ever facing the nation. However, they have entered this crisis ill-prepared. Being largely dependent on federal and state funding, and with shaking local tax bases and meager self-generated resources, local governments’ fiscal sustainability as well as…
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Openness and Transparency: Is E-Government Learning to Listen? | PA TIMES Online
Openness and improving transparency are two of the cornerstones of electronic government e-government policies. In this month’s column, we discuss some of the challenges of building the next phase of e-government. via Openness and Transparency: Is E-Government Learning to Listen? | PA TIMES Online.
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First Win Their Hearts and Minds, Then Consider These Steps | Blogrige The Official Baldrige Blog
What’s the key to managing and engaging literally a city of employees? 2012 Baldrige Award recipient and municipal role model the City of Irving, Texas, may have some ideas .“Say what you mean and do what you say,” said City Manager Tommy Gonzalez. “Your employees need to understand the strategic plan…
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Public Administration: Prioritizing the Process | PA TIMES Online
Sustainable development is often a difficult concept to grasp, especially considering, as most practitioners can attest, public administration is a domain with very few absolute answers and even fewer once-and-for-all solutions via Public Administration: Prioritizing the Process | PA TIMES Online.
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Comments on Local Taxation
A new independent report contends Philadelphia’s new property tax assessments under the Actual Value Initiative, or AVI, are even more inaccurate than the current ones. Whether or not that’s true, homeowners across the city have been complaining about the new valuations. via Economist: Sound Philadelphia tax policy depends on AVI…
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