The managers and constituents of city and county councils are increasingly concerned about measuring and managing the council performance.

Economic uncertainties have forced local governments to initiate job cuts, spending freezes, and furloughs.

Part of a series of joint ventures by NARC and the U.S. Department of Transportation

Englewood’s Strategic Plan Element creates and implements the city’s economic development vision.

<p><i>by Frank Benest </i><br>
<p>Many local governments across the United States have been forced to downsize in response to the ongoing recession, reduced revenues, and skyrocketing health care and other employee-benefit costs. To aggravate matters, some states have shifted money away from local governments to solve their own budgetary problems. Whatever the reasons, local government executives face more than a financial challenge in cutting budgets. An even bigger dilemma for executives is the leadership challenge of crafting a new and vital future for the downsizing organization. <br>

The Center for State and Local Government Excellence conducted a survey among 5,125 members of two groups of government managers: the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR), and the National Association of State Personnel Executives (NASPE)...