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Healdsburg, California, puts immense effort into reaching populations who don’t usually have a seat at the table.
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Local government officials around the world can access this state-of-the-art professional development platform.
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No strangers to big storms, a group of Florida city/county managers gives advice for all phases of storm management.
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How early relationship-building prepares us for the next emergency
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The fact that fraud and embezzlement are growing problems in local government is a clarion call for a more robust focus on elimination and prevention.
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ICMA’s new ethics director brings you the latest updates in the ethics program.
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As assistants and deputies, we must decide who we are and how we want to show up for our organizations in times of crisis.
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Increase your level of influence over stakeholders to effect positive change.