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A resource from the MetroLab Network offers local governments guidance about data governance policy and best practices. The resource, titled Model Data Governance Policy & Practice Guide, offers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. This is the third in a series of posts about whether and how state ...

The National Association of Counties (NACo), which stood up its AI Exploratory Committee in May 2023, has released a full report on its findings, with tailored recommendations for counties on risk.

Last year, King County, Wash., was battered by a devastating bomb cyclone that led to tens of millions of dollars of damage. Trees came down, roads were blocked and hundreds of thousands of people ...

According to our recent survey of officials in Michigan communities, local democracy is humming along and city hall is taking care of business. The federal government was shut down in October and ...