On the Move: City PR trio forms own company Hat tip to Dan Weinheimer, City of Fort Collins, CO for tipping us off about Slate Communications which was founded by former City of Fort Collins, CO employees. We invited Slate founder Kim Newcomer to tell the Slate story and discuss the current state of local government … Continued
Phil Smith-Hanes, County Administrative Officer for Humboldt County, CA, is back with another great column on local government. This time he admits his deep love of maps and starts a dialogue on the issues rural municipalities face.
Sunshine Week is, “a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public’s right to know,” according to the Sunshine Week website. ELGL chooses to include itself in that list of participants because … Continued
Phil Smith-Hanes, County Administrative Officer for Humboldt County, CA, joins our team of columnists. He’ll write on topics ranging from career advice to the differences in working for a county as opposed to a city. Career Advice (or Cool Like Clint) By: Phil Smith-Hanes, LinkedIn and Twitter Changing jobs sucks. Sure, 99.96% of the time … Continued
Trust Issues: Why Government Is Failing By: Kent Wyatt – LinkedIn and Twitter For the fourth month in a row, government was ranked as the biggest problem facing the United States according to a Gallup poll. Our relatively young country has trust issues with government. The reasons are numerous – a politically polarized country, government surveillance, healthcare, … Continued
Report: Glass Ceiling Still Strong in Local Government 30 years and no change in the percent (13%) of women managers in local government. It’s time for a change. We’re asking you for your perspective and ideas for action. In the next several months, we’ll introduce a series of initiatives to address the 13 percent issue. … Continued
Who doesn’t love a good ol’ fashioned performance review? ELGL loves them so much that we’re embarking on a “360 Review of Local Government.” We’re going to evaluate every single inch of the local government arena by talking to ourselves (a.k.a: other local government professionals), tech companies, journalists, professors, and anyone else who hasn’t blocked our … Continued
Kirsten Wyatt, ELGL co-founder and West Linn (OR) assistant city manager, is featured by ICMA this month. Our favorite part of the article is Kirsten’s high fives to those who have helped along the way. ICMA Member Spotlight: Kirsten Wyatt, ELGL Co-Founder & West Linn, OR Assistant City Manager Kirsten pays it forward just as … Continued
Who doesn’t love a good ol’ fashioned performance review? ELGL loves them so much that we’re embarking on a “360 Review of Local Government.” We’re going to evaluate every single inch of the local government arena by talking to ourselves (a.k.a: other local government professionals), tech companies, journalists, professors, and anyone else who hasn’t blocked our … Continued
Phil Smith-Hanes, County Administrative Officer for Humboldt County, CA, joins our team of columnists. He’ll write on topics ranging from career advice to the differences in working for a county as opposed to a city. Livin’ the Dream, Phil, Livin’ the Dream By: Phil Smith-Hanes, LinkedIn and Twitter One of the pleasantries often exchanged in … Continued
