This article will help readers identify problem areas in a typical local government's drug and alcohol policy.

This article is about a former local government manager who feels strongly about giving back to the management profession and to his community.

By setting challenging goals and taking risks to achieve them, you will open new doors for yourself, enjoy life more, and accomplish what you had previously thought unreachable.

Putting a coaching technique known as visioning in place can create the spark that makes a real culture shift happen.

This article discusses the practices of local governments that adopt multiyear budgets—why they do so and how these budgets work.

This is a project, compiled by students in Penn State University's Master of Public Administration (MPA) program.

The communities and organizations below have received contributions from the Fund to help them adopt or retain the council-manager form of government, to establish a position of professional management, or to educate the public about the value of professional local government management.

<i>Life, Well Run</i> introduces our career to the next generation, with the hope that it will inspire students and young professionals and help them find their way to a rewarding local government career.