ELGL corporate member Colin Baenziger & Associates asks that you consider the following opportunity: City Manager, Ankeny, IA (population 46,000) Located in central Iowa, Ankeny is an upscale, suburban style community located a little north of Des Moines. It is rapidly growing and brimming with potential. A warm and friendly place, the community has managedRead… Read more »
Down I-5 we go to learn more about the career of Jeff Towery, Springfield assistant city manager. No matter where you work, you have probably heard about Jeff either through his work with the innovative programs in Springfield, his involvement in professional associations OCCMA and ICMA, or through (our favorite) his Twitter feed. ELGL wasRead… Read more »
Baker Resigns; Councilor Calls Damascus a “Hellhole” Newest Members: Tom Hogue, Dept Land Conservation and Development, Economic Development Specialist Jessica LaVigne, Pacific Lutheran University, Student Next Forums: June 6 – Heather Gantz, Waldron Senior Consultant, Bend, Oregon June 12 – Lunch and Learn with Center for Priority Based Budgeting June 20 – ELGL Willamette ValleyRead… Read more »
A few weeks ago I was at an event in Victoria, British Columbia at event where people were discussing the possibilities, challenges and risk of open data. During the conversation, one of the participants talked about how they wanted an API for business license applications from the city. This is a pretty unusual request –Read… Read more »
By Bob Gourley Lessons learned from US agents who operate in enemy territory have been captured for years and transformed into a code of conduct popularly known as “Moscow Rules.” These rules of human intelligence tradecraft exist for a reason. Real-world experience has proven their effectiveness when agents must operate in the presence of adversaries.Read… Read more »
Join us for a fun afternoon meetup immediately before this year’s Frontiers of Democracy conference begins! On Thursday, July 18th from 1-4pm at Tufts in Medford, Massachusetts, we’ll do some “speed networking,” spend time in small groups learning about some of the region’s most exciting dialogue and deliberation projects, and talk some about what isRead… Read more »
Stand By Soft is pleased to announce the release of MOOS Project Viewer 3.0. Current version adds support for opening Microsoft Project 2013 files. At the same time the application now offers native integration with Ubuntu operating system. After several months of development a major version was released that added support for reading Microsoft ProjectRead… Read more »
I’ve long lamented the speed at which academia was embracing the internet, social channels and 2.0 approaches – with limited courses available on modern online techniques for under and post graduates, old fashioned-approaches to research and publication. There’s been hints of brilliance overseas – with US universities placing courses online and UK universities embracing socialRead… Read more »
Why Won’t Americans Just Read the Constitution? Recently, Bill Maher and Michael Moore rightly criticized Congressional Republicans for their relentless obstruction of government. Plenty of liberal bloggers and their followers jumped on the bandwagon. But they all went too far in calling it treason. Republicans have tripped over each other to obstruct every budget proposal,Read… Read more »
We were quite inspired recently to hear the story of a mother who, challenged by her teenager’s accusation of being political intolerant, launched an online platform and documentary project aimed at breaking down political barriers and bridging the deepest divides in our democracy. We know that the vitriol and divisiveness of today’s political discourse isRead… Read more »