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Post columnist Colbert King says the DC Council needs to do more oversight

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Housing Authority’s leadership is failing, HUD report says "). Although to be fair, the same goes for plenty of other cities. -- " For a lot of "urban problems" the issue isn't knowledge about what to do, but willingness to engage that knowledge " (2017) DC has Inspector Generals and an Auditor who reports to Council.

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Boosting Emotional Intelligence-A Key to Improved Local Government Working Relationships

Public Administration Associates

In late spring, I had the honor and privilege of giving the opening keynote talk at the UW-Whitewater Local Government Leadership Workshop. Allison Wood Brooks and Leslie John in the May-June, 2018 Harvard Business Review wrote an article called “The Surprising Power of Questions”.

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CRA Podcast Episodes

CRA Today

Previously, he served as Director of Resource Development and Public Affairs for Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland providing fund development and policy leadership. Klein assumed the leadership of BOI (formerly FIELD) in 2012, after working as a senior consultant since the program’s inception in 1998.

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Announcing customer and guest speakers for Max Peterson’s Leadership Session at re:Invent 2022

AWS Public Sector Blog

Discover how Amazon Web Services (AWS) empowers organizations across the public sector in the AWS Public Sector Leadership Session, on Tuesday November 29, from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM. At re:Invent 2022 , dive deep on the transformative power of the cloud. Wilson holds the US record for most cumulative time in space.

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Transit as a formula for local economic success and improvements in regional quality of life

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the entry: A walkable community plan would incorporate other treatments or elements besides sidewalks such as intersections, plazas, pedestrian "malls," parklets, laneways and alleys, walking as an element of commercial districts, "safe routes to school," night time lighting issues, wayfinding signage, the walking element of trails/shared use (..)