Portland’s Early Adopter Program Launches By: Jared Wiener – LinkedIn and Twitter On March 17, the City of Portland’s Early Adopter Program launched to a standing room only audience at the Portland Development Commission (PDC). The Early Adopter Program is aimed at connecting Portland city bureaus and businesses in a meaningful and efficient way around issues … Continued
The #13Percent initiative is sweeping the country with mentions in Governing Magazine and GovExec. We’ll continue to highlight the lack of diversity in local government and hope that you’ll help us raise awareness by sharing the #13Percent initiative with colleagues, on social media, and in conversations. Early Engagement and Support By Megan Cohen, Cultural Inclusion … Continued
Civic Leaders is an exclusive local government web-interview series hosted and operated by Springbrook Software, produced by the VOLSTA Media Network, and syndicated on ELGL.org. Each month the show shares a candid look into the challenges and triumphs experienced by passionate public employees that are committed to their calling. Alderman Maurice Cheeks, City of Madison, … Continued
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
If I only knew… We at ELGL always look to and get inspired by the news media. Last month something caught our eye that many of our favorite journalists were involved with, the hashtag #AdviceForYoungJournalists. Veterans of the media scene tweeted and posted their advice for journalists just entering the field, the advice ranged from … 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
ELGL’s mission is to connect, communicate, and educate. In this ongoing series, local government professionals tell the story of why they chose a local government career. Humberto Arriaga works in the finance department for the City of Southlake, Texas. Previously, he worked for the City of Euless, TX. Who is Humberto? …..In 2014 I was offered an opportunity … Continued
By Sam Taylor, Connect: Twitter & LinkedIn Last night I introduced to our Planning Commission a high-level view of what a strategic vision for a high-speed, municipal fiber optic network would look like, why it could be beneficial and what the next steps were for them to address. Imagine downloading movies in 30 seconds, or bringing in … Continued
