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Government in the 21 st Century: The New Face of Meetings and Decision-Making

Government leaders today are squeezed between
shrinking funds and an ever-growing to-do list. California’s
most recent budget gap is $1.9 billion alone and other states
are in similar situations — a $415 million deficit is predicted for Connecticut this year, while Maine has a $200 million deficit.

At the same time, the job of government is getting
larger. Food stamp use was up by 10 percent in 2011, and
implementation of Medicaid expansion in 2014 is expected
to increase total spending by 25 percent.

While budget cuts have been instituted to remedy this fiscal dilemma, they
have also resulted in public sector layoffs and furloughs at
a time when government needs more workers the most.

According to a recent article in
Governing
, local governments
specifically have shed 88,000 positions since August 2011.

In order to cope with this reduction in workforce and
increase in workload, government agencies everywhere
must find ways to work more efficiently.

One easy area to target to boost efficiencies and
employee productivity is government meetings.

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