This brochure, developed by ICMA, explains what it means to have a professional local government manager and highlights the benefits of appointing such an individual.

This report, developed by ICMA, explains what it means to have a professional county manager.

Innovation—it’s what we strive for as public managers to better our organizations and, in turn, better our communities.

Portland, Oregon, has been employing sustainable management principles to guide the city's development and operations for the past thirty years.

A strategic plan is instrumental to codifying your community's vision and should answer the basic questions of who are we, what we want(...)

Sample. The City Oberlin's Assistant City Manager position is blended with Human Resources duties...

A significant amount of municipal officials’ actions take place in a meeting. Unfortunately, virtually all of us can relate horror stores of meetings gone awry.