When competitions yield cost savings and lessons can be learned from the process that can be applied to other similar service areas, an optimization may be conducted...

 Getting feedback from your community can be challenging since no single way can be the best way to reach a diverse community.  Offered here are five sources to help prompt ideas on what to measure in your community, how to measure it, and ways to use citizen input in decision making without surveying your citizens.

Highlights of the November 2013 Executive Board Meeting

Municipal leaders from Kazakhstan learn about local government in the United States.