Category: COVID-19

Elgin, IL Interactive Mapping Hub

This COVID-19 information was shared by ELGL member Karina Nava, a Management Analyst with the City of Elgin, IL Elgin, IL Resource Mapping As part of the continued response to the coronavirus and its impacts to the community and economy, the City of Elgin released a new interactive mapping hub that supports local businesses and … Continued

Public Leadership Through Crisis 4: You Must be Smarter Than Your Brain

Today’s blog is written by ELGL member Matt Andrews and cross posted from our friends at the Building State Capability program at Harvard University. The Public Leadership Through Crisis blog series offers ideas for leaders questioning how they can help and what kind of leadership is required in the face of a crisis (like the … Continued

Montgomery County, MD’s Transition to Remote First

This post is by ELGL member Michael Baskin, Chief Innovation Officer for Montgomery County, MD. “Remote teamwork doesn’t happen by accident” — Juan Pablo Buriticá, VP of engineering at Splice How might we increase team productivity when everyone is working remotely? As we get farther away from each other physically, we can still get closer as … Continued

CARES Act & Local Government

This post is shared by an ELGL member who wishes to post anonymously (it’s the same member who wrote this great post).  Your government may have heard that the US Congress recently passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).  Perhaps you are interested in what this means for your state and … Continued

Census Suspending Field Operations Until April 15, 2020

This Census update is from Haley A. Miller, Intergovernmental Affairs Partnership Manager for the U.S. Census Bureau. Based on continuing assessments of guidance from federal, state and local health authorities, the U.S. Census Bureau is suspending 2020 Census field operations for two additional weeks to April 15, 2020. The Census Bureau is taking this step … Continued

Parks & Recreation Zoom Backgrounds

Beaches and Bay Bridges are for normal people – thanks to ELGL member Laura Savage savvy web searching, now we have some local government options! Check out these Zoom backdrops of Leslie Knope’s office or Ron Swanson’s office for your upcoming online calls this week: Source file on Reddit Source file on Reddit

COVID-19 Online Learning & Hangouts: Week of March 30, 2020

Please RSVP and join us on five learning and hangout sessions the week of March 30, 2020. An RSVP is required for each of these events: Webinar: Art-Based Strategies & COVID-19 April 1, 2020 at 10:00am – 11:00am PT Learn how partnerships with local/regional artists can improve public health messaging, while also supporting coping and … Continued

COVID-19 Action Tracker From Bloomberg & NLC

The Covid 19 Local Action Tracker is an initiative from NLC in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies that launched (in beta) this week. NLC received many calls from municipalities looking for guidance in responding to COVID-19, so they partnered with Bloomberg Philanthropies to build a local action tracker to help municipalities share with and learn from … Continued

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