This campaign is brought to you by our friends at Performance.gov. Come celebrate the second annual #GovPossible campaign with the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Personnel Management, and Performance.gov! Download our #GovPossible Toolkit for Twitter Download our #GovPossible Toolkit for LinkedIn/Facebook Our first #GovPossible campaign for Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) last … Continued
Image from StudioX This article was written by Rachel Witt, Executive Director of the South Grand Community Improvement District. Read all the articles in the Lessons & Partnerships in Community & Economic Development series. Local government leaders have the tools to create a structure to institute climate change policies by uniting with the private and … Continued
This guest article was written by Michael Huling, Graduate Assistant at the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership. Entrepreneurship has long been a feature of the American economy that reflects the dynamic and creative spirit of Americans. One of the fascinating developments that has emerged in light of the pandemic is the resurgence … Continued
ELGL and the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) created the PAFR Fellowship Program to connect graduate students with local governments looking to create a Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) for submission to the GFOA award program. This program connects graduate students with local governments that wish to develop a PAFR for submission to the GFOA … Continued
Over the last two years, we have facilitated two successful certificate programs open to local government leaders across the United States. In FY-22-23 we now have the capacity to provide training at the organizational level. If you’re looking for a way to combat burnout and rebuild staff capacity, the Drucker + ELGL Public Sector Leadership … Continued
Check out this Press Release from the winner of ELGL’s Best Places in Local Gov Award (a.k.a. #ELGLKnope), Colorado Chautauqua Park. NEWS April 12, 2022 Jonathan Thornton, Media Relations, 720-450-7554 bouldercolorado.gov Colorado Chautauqua crowned 2022 Best Places in Local Government We all know Boulder’s Chautauqua Park is a beautiful and amazing place. Now it’s also … Continued
This guest post is by Luke Fretwell, CEO of ProudCity (the content management platform you’re reading this article on…). Learn more at ProudCity.com. I’ve visited thousands of local government websites and have seen it all. Some are extravagantly designed – overly so – while others look like they were built by the middle school computer … Continued
Join us for a free webinar, Reflections on Two Years of Virtual, Hybrid, and In-Person Local Gov Meetings. March 2022 marked two years since local governments pivoted to virtual meetings. Since then, with the rise and fall of new strains of COVID, local governments have continued that pivot to include in-person, hybrid, and all virtual … Continued
This article was written by Rachel Witt, Executive Director of the South Grand Community Improvement District. Read all the articles in the Lessons & Partnerships in Community & Economic Development series. The rising cost of gas and services is making life difficult for many people. Americans can take advantage of the situation to reorient their … Continued
This paper by Jonathan Hill, Madhuri Mohan and Sara Ellis-Sanborn from the University of North Carolina MPA program was completed as part of their Applied Research Project. Executive Summary This paper provides an overview of promising practices and strategies of local governments for public sector employees in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic for … Continued
