GOVERNMENT

Keep Austin weird — but not this weird

Since there’s now a female majority on the city council: Be prepared for lots of questions. Don’t present the fiscal impact first, because women "don’t want to hear about the financial argument." And remember that while "men have egos, women have wish lists." (Whatever that means.)

Leadership as ‘a Kind of Genius’

Twenty-five years ago, as I was growing interested in how cities produce leaders and leaders shape cities, I heard a state business association president define leadership. A leader, he said, "is someone who helps people get where they want to go."

Kansas City, Mo., Integrates Public Feedback into Performance Management

The city now uses survey data to help set priorities and provide the "citizen’s perspective" on a range of issues, and measure the impact of new processes.

Grappling with Persistent Growth and Key Issues, Whitefish Forges Ahead

Mayor addresses priorities in time of change, including increased budget proposal, new City Hall

Why Your Government Needs to Be a Hipster Organization

The millennials who will replace today’s government workers are looking for a very different workplace culture.

Bozeman looks to future with proposed budget

One significant change this year – an increase in property taxes for both residents and businesses.

Analysis Tool Helps Longmont, Colo., Rate Large-Scale Projects

The new system would ensure that a project done by the city’s Public Works and Natural Resources department is taking the effects on the environment, the economy and the community into consideration.

Edmonton: City of Open Data Champions

A common theme running through Edmonton’s activities is constant striving to integrate as broad an array of individuals into the community’s civic life as possible.

What it would really take to run the government like a business

Want to improve the country’s bottom line tomorrow? Invest in the human capital of toddlers today.

Senators press new postmaster general on troubled rural mail service

"You mail a letter in Helena," said Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), who attended Tuesday’s meeting, "and it really has to go 90 miles out of the way to get to a destination a few blocks away. It gets to be a death spiral."

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