Student member Austin Rouse is pursuing his MPA at the University of North Carolina while working for the Charlotte Regional Partnership.

In the field of local government performance measurement, it can be challenging to identify good outcome-oriented performance indicators for many service areas.

An ICMA and Arizona State University study in June 2014 identified how local governments are incorporating social equity into sustainability programs.

The range of article topics in the December PM seems to go far and wide, but the mixture ends the year on a good note.