ELGL is excited to participate in the first-ever GovComms Festival, part of OECD’s Government After Shock global dialogue. Register for this free event, and learn more about ELGL members who are speaking at this event! Register for the GovComms Festival on November 17, 2020! Amanda Nagl LinkedIn Current Job Title: Founder and Principal Current Organization: Unlocking … Continued
This is an update from ELGL member Jessica MacLeod with the U.S. Digital Response. Learn more about USDR and get involved here. County Elections Local elections officials across the nation have tackled challenges head-on as they prepare to make this year’s voting and elections process safe and streamlined for their communities. Governments from Lansing, Mich., … Continued
This guest post is shared by our friends at Zencity. Halloween 2020 will be remembered as one unlike any before. Frankenstein masks are being replaced with surgical masks, haunted houses will go unvisited, and door-to-door trick-or-treating may not happen at all. Local governments across the US are balancing between ensuring the health and safety of … Continued
Power Almanac teamed up with CivicPulse to survey 1,199 senior local government officials to identify critical trends regarding software in local government. The Critical Finding Adopting new software is a near-term, high priority for local governments, but with one caveat. More specifically, 74% of IT chiefs and 61% of top appointed executives (e.g. city managers) rated … Continued
Power Almanac teamed up with CivicPulse to survey 1,199 senior local government officials to identify critical trends regarding software in local government. One finding stood out: new software is having a profoundly positive impact on local governments. Other key findings: 18 times as many officials rate the impact as positive than negative Department heads perceive the impact … Continued
Andrew Kleine is the author of City on the Line: How Baltimore Transformed Its Budget to Beat the Great Recession and Deliver Outcomes (Rowman & Littlefield). He has served as budget director for the City of Baltimore and Chief Administrative Officer for Montgomery County, Maryland. Connect with Andrew on email and Twitter. For the privileged … Continued
Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Maggie Jones – Connect on Twitter and LinkedIn! What I’m Reading: The Righteous Mind – Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt and Conversations with RBG – Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law by Jeffrey Rosen What I’m Listening to: … Continued
Shayne Kavanagh Senior Manager of Research GFOA Bio | LinkedIn Greg Devereaux Chief Executive Officer (Retired) San Bernardino County, California Bio | LinkedIn GFOA Fiscal First Aid. Shayne Kavanagh, Senior Manager of Research for GFOA, and Greg Devereaux, retired Chief Executive Officer of San Bernardino County, CA, joined the podcast to talk about recovering from … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Samantha Roberts– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! Favorite book: When Women Were Birds, Terry Tempest Williams Favorite Movie: Twister or Dante’s Peak, hands down Least Favorite Food: I have tried for my entire life to appreciate tomatoes and and I just cannot do it, so help me The other day while working from … Continued
Sarah Tuneberg Innovation Response Team Lead State of Colorado Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Technology and emergency response. Sarah Tuneberg, the Innovation Response Team Lead for the State of Colorado, joined the podcast to talk about a new COVID-19 exposure notification app that uses bluetooth to alert people if they have exposed to someone who … Continued
