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Performance Management for City Managers 2022

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As a City Manager - a leader in local government, you need to not only help define government-wide objectives and budgets, but also need to leverage data for making informed decisions about benchmarks against progress and how to set new priorities.

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A Startling Insight Into the Auditor/City Manager Relationship

Barrett & Greene

by Hala Altamimi Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas In the public administration literature, it is generally expected that city managers are likely to support practices that improve government performance. There’s little question that’s true for a variety of reasons.

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How one city managed an IT staff consolidation

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Lessons from Seattle’s years-long effort to consolidate IT workers from different city departments into a single agency.

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How city managers can support the mental health of residents & employees

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From my perspective, the past few years have given rise to a perfect storm – where COVID-19 is one of the biggest contributing stressors – and a storm that is unavoidable for our residents, our employees, and ourselves as city managers. In a perfect storm, a series of stressors come together to create an all-powerful force.

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Florida city water cyber incident allegedly caused by employee error

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Al Braithwaite, the former city manager of Oldsmar, Florida, said the 2021 episode was not caused by outside hackers but was instead a “non-event” sparked by user error.

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City of Long Beach Hit with Cyber Attack

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City manager asks for emergency declaration.

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7 Actionable Tips for City Managers & Administrators in 2023 | GovPilot

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City administrators play a significant role in strategizing and allocating budgets across local government departments.