What Local Government Can Do To Combat The Opioid Crisis

Posted on February 6, 2018

This post is by Kylie Bayer. She writes, "Thanks to a friend who works in addiction services for helping write this article." Drug overdose was the leading cause of accidental death in the United States in 2015. Of the nearly 53,000 deaths caused by drug overdose in 2015, prescription painkillers like Oxycontin and Percocet caused...
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The Future is Blockchain (and the Future Is Now)

Posted on January 22, 2018

Estonia is not only mostly female and the world’s least religious country, it’s also the most advanced digital society in the world. Today, almost all government services in Estonia are digital and can be accessed through secure digital identities. They’ve done this through X-Road--a secure, standardized and decentralized infrastructure that allows for multiple information systems...

01.18.17: Riding Shotgun in a Snow Plow

Posted on January 18, 2018

This week brought the first significant snow storm to Wisconsin and I was not going to pass up an opportunity to ride shotgun in a snow plow. I was excited to ride around the City for a few hours learning how the city responds to a snow storm. (I mean really, who would pass up...

Busting Barriers to Public Involvement

Posted on January 12, 2018

It’s 2018, and it’s a great year to be courageous local government leaders. It’s a year to think about how to better engage the communities we serve, all the communities we serve, so that our projects and services are the best they can be. You may be thinking, we have it down. We serve all...

Communication in the Future

Posted on January 11, 2018

Right Now with Nick Smith What I’m listening to: I had a lot of work to do yesterday, so I broke out the reliable instrumental rock of El Ten Eleven. What I’m reading: Government Technology Magazine's new Jan/Feb issue! Ever since my childhood reading Life of Reilly in Sports Illustrated and the charts in Rolling Stone, it's...

I Resolve to Write Better Emails in 2018

Posted on January 9, 2018

I hate email. I hate how much of my day is devoted to email. It makes me less productive. I spend time drafting and re-drafting emails instead of working on big projects and the things I actually get paid to do. And it drives me crazy. So my work resolution in 2018 is to be...
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Blockchains and Bitcoins

Posted on January 8, 2018

If you don't know what blockchain is, how it works, and its potential, you should start learning about it now. Many know it as the technology behind cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin. But it can also be applied to various other kinds of transactions and services through decentralized, distributed and secure ledgers used for continuous recordkeeping....

Writing Content For Your City Website

Posted on January 4, 2018

For the average government employee, explaining government operations is difficult. How many times have you been asked what you do in your job. I’m willing to bet that a good majority of the time the person who asked responds with a blank stare and then “what does that mean?” after you’ve rambled on for a...

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bot

Posted on December 14, 2017

Right Now with Nick Smith What I’m watching: AlphaZero vs Stockfish Chess Match Highlights by Danny Rensch What I’m reading: The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies by Erik Brynjolfsson A headline in the New York Times reads "LABOR VERSUS MACHINES: AN EMPLOYMENT PUZZLE." Sure, it's a little sensational,...
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