News
-
Leadership Academy Deadline Extended to May 9
The Public Executive Leadership Academy (PELA) helps local officials hone their collaboration skills and bring about positive change in their communities. Because the PELA application deadline falls in the midst of a difficult budget season, the deadline has been extended to Monday, May 9. Scholarships are available to NCCCMA members.
-
BUDGETING GUIDE FOR NORTH CAROLINA MANAGERS
The School of Government has compiled a resource guide to assist North Carolina city and county managers as they prepare next year’s budget. The guide provides links to articles, bulletins, online dashboards, group exercises, videos, webinars, and other materials that will prove useful to managers dealing with budgeting in the current economy.
-
A NEW WAY TO LOOK AT BUDGETING IN TOUGH TIMES
An innovative and engaging tool has been developed to help public officials make strategic long-term budget choices, and help citizens understand the complexity of the local budgeting process. The facilitated simulations are designed as classic board games that approach budgeting as serious business. Two versions of the simulation are available: Budgetopolis for municipalities and Bottom Line! for counties.
-
Professor Carl Stenberg Examines Impact of Recession on Innovation
At the same time that the Great Recession has slowed advances in some states, faculty member Carl Stenberg asserts that despite formidable challenges, “This is an historic opportunity for the states’ innovation laboratories.” His article, “Innovation Challenges: ‘Laboratories of Democracy’ Slowed, But Not Closed,” appears in the March/April 2011 issue of Capitol Ideas, the magazine of the The Council of State Governments.
-
CIVIC EDUCATION CONSORTIUM FEATURED IN NATIONAL REVIEW
The NC Civic Education Consortium and its director, Kelley O’Brien, are featured in “A New Civic Mission of Schools,” a report from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The report will be presented at the Civic Innovators Forum and at Educating for Democracy in a Digital Age, a March 29 conference in Washington featuring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
-
school receives $1.625M to fund new initiatives
The School of Government has received a commitment of $1.625 million from Local Government Federal Credit Union (LGFCU) for two initiatives to help North Carolina local governments. The LGFCU Fellows Program, directed by faculty member Willow Jacobson (pictured left), will provide mid-level public executives with the skills to develop and manage programs and people, as well as to build systems for creative, effective service delivery. The Community Development Finance initiative, led by faculty member Tyler Mulligan (pictured left), will create new opportunities for economically distressed communities by increasing their access to and use of innovative development finance instruments.
-
now available: school law clearinghouse website
The Clearinghouse of North Carolina School Law contains digests of recent state and federal opinions that affect North Carolina schools. Each digest includes a citation to the relevant judicial opinion so interested readers can access the opinion’s actual text.
-
local government ethics book updated
The new edition of Ethics, Conflicts, and Offices: A Guide for Local Officials, Second Edition by Fleming Bell reflects significant changes in the North Carolina law governing conflicts of interest, local government codes of ethics, ethics training for local elected officials, and ethics and lobbying laws.
-
local government board builders book series offers practical advice
The Local Government Board Builders Series offers local elected leaders practical advice on how to effectively lead and govern. The series focuses on common activities for local governing boards, such as selecting and appointing committees and advisory boards, planning for the future, making better decisions, improving board accountability, and effectively engaging stakeholders in public decisions.
-
Community-Campus partnership (CCP) facilitates mobile planetarium visit to lenoir county
As a result of a small grant awarded by Community-Campus Partnership (CCP) to Elysa Corin, science education specialist at UNC’s Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, the state's only mobile planetarium visited Lenoir County recently. The 20-foot digital dome will visit each of the elementary schools in the county as part of the CCP-funded project "Lift Off Lenoir."
-
new mural celebrates the contributions of african americans to north carolina
A creative interpretation of the Greensboro, North Carolina, 1960 sit-in, SERVICE is the first in a series of proposed murals at the School of Government that will commemorate the contributions of African Americans and Native Americans to the state. The mural, a single 5' x 50' painting, consists of eight panels, each representing an event, place, or particular accomplishment in the history of North Carolina.
Resources
Webinars On-Demand
2010 Local Government Legislative Review
Alternatives to Service Delivery
ARRA Compliance and Reporting
The Arc of Economic Recovery: Is it For Real?
Budget-Balancing Tactics in Local Government
Delivering Bad News: How to Talk to Citizens about Tough Economic Times
Ethics Training for Local Elected Officials
Grant Proposal Writing 101
Indigent Defense Education Webinars On-Demand
Motivating Without Money
Navigating Bid Protests
The Nuts and Bolts of Tax Foreclosure
in North Carolina
Smoking in Public Places
Social Media for Citizen Participation: NC Examples and Best Practices
Where the Jobs Are in North Carolina
ethics resource site for local elected officials
continuing legal education (CLE) courses
Wikis and Dashboards
2010 NC Water and Wastewater Rates Dashboard
County and Municipal Fiscal Analysis Dashboard
NC Stormwater Utility Dashboard
Water Wiki: The Collaborative Water Study
Watershed Protection Revenue Dashboard
BLOGS PROVIDE NEW FORUMS FOR DISCUSSION
Coates' Canons: NC Local Government Law
Community and Economic Development
Community-Campus Partnership
Delinquency Defense Law Forum
IT Matters
North Carolina Criminal Law
