Today’s Morning Buzz is by civic dreamer and doer Sarah Moss, MPA. She is a strategist based in Denver who helps clients solve policy and political puzzles across the United States. Connect on LinkedIn and Twitter and read her past ELGL posts. What I’m Reading: Behavioral science to help state and local government with COVID-19 … Continued
Contributed by ELGL member Kevin Herman, chief operating officer of ProudCity. This post is part of a series on best practices for buying, launching and maintaining great local government websites. City leaders sometimes tell us they use a local website vendor for their city websites. While this is commendable — as any ‘buy local’ effort … Continued
Contributed by ELGL member Kevin Herman, chief operating officer of ProudCity. This post is part of a series on best practices for buying, launching and maintaining great local government websites. The Guide to Buying Local Government Websites empowers government leaders to make holistic, intelligent decisions when it comes to procuring quality online services needed to … Continued
Contributed by ELGL member Kevin Herman, chief operating officer of ProudCity. This post is part of a series on best practices for buying, launching and maintaining great local government websites. There are a number of factors that go into ensuring your local government website meets general digital government standards and provides a great user experience … Continued
On Wednesday, November 6, we learned how to make your local government website and digital services accessible for all populations. Matt DiCianni from Ancel Glink shared the legal case for making your website and digital services accessible, and then Luke Fretwell, CEO of ProudCity, walked us through best practices for new digital tools, as well … Continued
This guest blog is by ELGL member Matthew DiCianni. Want even more helpful information about creating accessible websites? Learn how to make your local government website and digital services accessible for all populations. On November 6, join Matthew and Luke Fretwell, CEO of ProudCity, to talk through this court decision, and then walk you through … Continued
Ken Clark Chief Information Officer Indianapolis, IN LinkedIn | Twitter Shift Indy. Ken Clark the Chief Information Officer for the City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana discussed his career path and his work updating the organization’s website. Ken shared how he got buy in for a new approach to the website, the work that … Continued
In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Patrick Rollens, City of Corvallis, Oregon, writes about the future of local government websites. If you’re like me, you probably know at least one or two people at work who can remember your organization’s first website: … Continued
This post is reprinted with permission from our friends at ProudCity. Local government leaders must be experts in all aspects of public sector management and, as technology evolves at a rapid pace, you are increasingly challenged with understanding new business and technical issues that are critical to sustainably and successfully serving your communities. The new Guide … Continued
This is not a new topic in the modern age, however, in my experience, local governments tend to be the biggest offender of using their websites as dumping grounds. A common phrase amongst local government employees to webmasters is “can you put this up on our website? People need to know about this.” That’s the … Continued
