Sarasota County, Florida, and the city of North Port, Florida, used a professional auction firm to sell more than 1,900 lots that had escheated to public ownership through the failure to pay property taxes...

Local government executives face more than a financial challenge in cutting budgets. This article discusses the challenges of downsizing in a local government.

In last month’s issue, we introduced some of the various international Asset Management initiatives. It should be clear that there are many references, resources, and ongoing research in this emerging field. In this second part of our two part introduction, we introduce our five key elements of Asset Management. Each subsequent article will be based on one of the following elements:
<p><strong>1. Planning and Targets</strong> – Implementing Asset Management requires high level strategic plans, then tactical plans that involve resource allocations, and finally, operations plans. The range of plans should have</p>

Fairfax County, Virginia, has initiated an ambulance transport billing system to recoup some of its EMS costs--with estimated savings around $6 million per year.