The state of New York created a commission looking into efficiency and competitiveness of local government, and one of their reports was on the nature of shared(...)

This 21 page case study from 2007 is from the New York Department of State, and it looks into a wide variety of very successful shared services partnerships between the Town of Lancaster and the Village of Lancaster, NY. 

This 2007 report by North Carolina's Department of Public Instruction explores effective shared services strategies among each of its 115 local education agencies (LEAs).

a general shared services policy throughout the Garden State. In pushing for state-wide reforms, the report lays out 18 detailed...

This is a case study regarding the actual process of approaching the use of shared services between municipalities, and presents a very interesting situation: two municipalites...

The State of New Jersey, in an effort to encourage its municipalities to explore shared services, has adopted the SHARE Grant Program.

This 2006 report from the National League of Cities and the Alliance for Regional Stewardship provides advice

This Eau Claire, Wisconsin, plan addresses the permanent imbalance in the mix of services, citizen expectations, and fiscal resources available to local governments.