Performance management remains a fundamental professional practice that evolves with the needs of local governments.
Read how the city of Mountain Brook, Alabama, successfully created additional recreational space for its residents.
ICMA will host a Twitter Chat focused on the basic skills local government professionals need to do an outstanding job for their community and make themselves marketable in the increasingly competitive field of local government management.
Word of advice to active duty personnel: Seek out opportunities to network with professionals in the field in which you'd like to get a job.
Last week, Vice President Joe Biden announced that solutions to the nation's daunting infrastructure and education problems will start at the local level.
Word of advice to active duty personnel: Don’t underestimate the skill sets you have or the experience in the military.
Word of advice to active duty personnel: I would encourage any individual with a military background to consider local government.