June 2009 · Volume 91 · Number 5

Faltering Economy: Time to Thoughtfully Challenge the Status Quo A more comprehensive and strategic approach is required in order to address the widening structural deficit. Forecasting ahead three to four years, managers should consider three strategies: prioritization of services, continuous improvement, and revenue enhancement options.  Scott Collins,Brendan Hanlon, and Ed Scholz, City and County of Denver Colorado. Read article

Leadership and Employee Engagement*

Find out what research shows about employee engagement. 
Lee Wallace, Aurora, Colorado, and Jim Trinka, Alexandria, Virginia.
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21 Tips for Successful Capital Projects*

How to keep your capital projects from making bad headlines. 
Thomas Hutka, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Wittenberg Local Government Management Internship Program: An Organizational Stimulus Plan for Your Local Government*

Student interns can help keep local services moving while learning too. 
Rob Baker, Springfield, Ohio.
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The First 10 Years After an Unpaid Internship*

A manager has excellent advice to share with young professionals. 
Joshua Smith, Howard, Wisconsin.
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Under-Budget Promise Delivered, Even with a Bad Winter*

How a county’s roads division remains under budget. 
James A. Jackson, Wayne County, Michigan.
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They Say Cash Is King. Are You Treating It Royally?*

Any local government can improve its cashflow management. 
Tom Carroll and Cory VanBuskirk, Loveland, Ohio.
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Ethics

Commentary*

Theory of Bounded Rationality 

Profile

James Nantell, Burlingame, California 

FYI*

Serving the Difficult Customer  


Mobile Workforce Management
New ways of thinking about today's mobile workforce are needed. 
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Globalizing Local Economies: Making It Happen Through Local Action

Although the existence of regional partnerships is considered a key factor to successful regional economies, there is less clarity on exactly what these regional partnerships and the resulting knowledge networks look like, and on what role the participants play in them. One of the most accepted views is that innovation increasingly hinges on university-industry-government partnerships, the so-called triple helix. 
Rebecca Steffenson and James Banovetz.
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