ICMA, the International City/County Management Association, announces that its Center for Management Strategies (the Center) is a key participant in a new, enhanced research initiative designed to expand development and dissemination of leading practices to local governments.

A new video released by the Life, Well Run campaign about Lake County and the villages of Glenview and Woodridge, Illinois.

A look at one of the case studies from the book Beyond Smart Cities: How Cities Network, Learn and Innovate.

“ICMA membership has provided me with the rare opportunity to make connections with senior management local government professionals to learn from and network with. . . . Sessions that focused on shared services this past conference have been beneficial to my capstone research that deals with improving government efficiency through city-county consolidation.”

Where people can maintain trust in a system that shares information and shows a concern for employees during the worst of economic times there is hope – An Interview with Randall H. Reid, County Manager of Alachua County, Florida on building a culture of innovation.