This post is shared with ELGL by members George Hawkins & Andy Kricun. Originally published in WaterWorld. A public health expert told us to take precautionary measures that seem more protective than needed. Once an elevated level of protection is clearly necessary, it may well be too late. For most of us that means some … Continued
This guest blog about working from home is by ELGL member Laura Chandler with ClearPoint Strategy. Join Laura and ELGL tomorrow on the 9:00 a.m. PT virtual hangout to discuss #WFH strategies. Working from home is not new to me, but I imagine it is new to many who are reading this. Even for those … Continued
UNC School of Government Zoom Call on Water/Wastewater Utilities Operations During COVID-19 When: Monday, March 23, 2020 at 11:00am Cost: FREE Details: Local government utilities are facing difficult decisions about how to maintain operations and ensure financial sustainability, while providing essential services to the public and limiting personal interactions during the COVID-19 outbreak. … Continued
As your local government is working on making important information and resources accessible to your community, check out this how-to video from ELGL member Patrick McDonnell (LinkedIn, Twitter, GovLove) about how to extract audio from video to provide transcriptions. This is important so your information is accessible to all people.
This information is included on ELGL’s crowdsourced local government resources page for COVID-19/Coronavirus information. Submitted by ELGL member Rafael Baptista: Resources from the City of Raleigh, NC: City of Raleigh Q&A for small businesses (updated daily) City of Raleigh change in policy to reserve curbside pickup parking in front of restaurants. Downtown Raleigh Alliance webpage … Continued
This information is included on ELGL’s crowdsourced local government resources page for COVID-19/Coronavirus information. Submitted by ELGL member Amanda Paez. This is the link to our Coronavirus/COVID-19 information page. Due to the rapidly changing nature of the situation, we chose to link directly to the CDC and the Virginia Department of Health for the most accurate … Continued
This information is included on ELGL’s crowdsourced local government resources page for COVID-19/Coronavirus information. Submitted by ELGL member Erika Bartlett. City of Tacoma’s Community & Economic Development created a web page with a collection of resource links for local businesses, employers, and employees impacted by recent events. Information is broken into four categories; empowering users to … Continued
This information is included on ELGL’s crowdsourced local government resources page for COVID-19/Coronavirus information. Submitted by ELGL member Zach Markovits. A spreadsheet to enable city staff and teams to provide and gather information about what is happening in cities around the country and answer the tough, challenges that all cities are facing.
This information is included on ELGL’s crowdsourced local government resources page for COVID-19/Coronavirus information. Submitted by ELGL member Julie Tappendorf. While providing an overview of emergency powers for Illinois local governments, this blog post reminds local governments to review emergency operations plans, and offers important drafting tips for emergency declarations.
Apolitical‘s weekly briefing contains a variety of helpful resources about COVID-19 research, mapping, and advice. Take a look at each of their links provided below! What’s the psychological impact of quarantine and how can we reduce it? Here’s what the evidence says. In this article, health experts review studies to help inform decisions. Find crowdsourced tech, … Continued
