Vol. 31 No. 1, February - February 2015
Index
- The meltdown that wasn't.
- Public-sector employment below pre-recession levels.
- Public employee engagement hinges on feeling valued.
- State budgets look moderately good for 2015.
- Addressing health-care costs.
- Pension reform continues.
- DB plans still more cost-efficient than DC plans.
- GFOA Executive Board approves best practices, advisories.
- Recommendations help make sure P3s are in the public's interest.
- The ripple effect of baby boomer retirements.
- Planning for employee turnover.
- Recruiting and retaining A+ performers.
- Why employee engagement matters and why engagement efforts fail.
- Technology trends to prepare for in 2015: 2015 is expected to be an exciting year for technology, including cybersecurity, wearable technology, social media, 3D printing, cloud computing, and predictive analysis.
- Raleigh's eProcurement marketplace for negotiated contract and catalog pricing: the City of Raleigh's award-winning eProcurement project linked the functions on an eProcurements system to negotiated catalogs and contracts.
- Editorial calendar.
- Denver ROI analysis concludes historical success of TIFs.
- 2015 federal outlook.
- GASB proposes new guidance on fiduciary funds: the GASB's financial reporting for fiduciary responsibility preliminary view document outlines how the GASB tentatively proposes to clarify authoritative standards to enhance consistency in reporting for fiduciary funds.
- Working Toward Responsiveness.
- Calendar.
- From Washington, a '311 for Cities': the new National Resource Network aims to help local governments find the experts and information they need.