Management and leadership must go hand-in-hand for a local government manager to be truly effective.

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul´s capital city in southern Brazil, has a consolidated culture of popular participation in its administration.

All of us know genuine leaders and probably a few phony ones.

A first time CAO called to seek advice on how to use good governance principles with the council.

As baby boomer managers continue to retire, there are fewer Generation X professionals (those born between 1964 and 1977) prepared to fill their positions.

When public organizations are in crisis, the ailments are predictable: budget problems, compliance issues, communications failures, and broken public trust.

Earth Day is right around the corner and one of the most earth-friendly practices has come under fire recently—recycling.

Most local governments depend on an array of databases, applications, and devices to meet the needs of their internal operations, along with their external services to residents.