State by state list of ICMA Presidents and Vice Presidents...

Many aspects to the Gulf Coast Oil Disaster that are going to challenge us in numerous ways in the coming months and years. For those of us who work for and with local governments, one of the things we need to be thinking about right now, even though we’re still dealing with our response to the incident, is how we’re going to handle the short-term and long-term recovery planning needs that are being generated as a result of this event.

In this installment of Career Compass, Dr. Benest offers advice on becoming fluent in the poetry of finance.

In this issue, Bob Bland (University of North Texas) discusses that the manager is not only the point person on budget deliberations, but is also the primary communicator to the community on budget matters. In council-manager governments, the manager’s voice stands out from all others for its authoritativeness and credibility.

State Association Presidents-September 2010