Community Engagement
Community Engagement is essential for local and state government agencies aiming to build trust, encourage public participation, and ensure that policies reflect residents’ needs and concerns. Governments can foster stronger connections with their communities through outreach programs, public forums, and collaborative decision-making. This directory offers articles on community engagement and related topics like Community Development, which focuses on improving the overall well-being and sustainability of communities through targeted initiatives.
More than a dozen county elections supervisors said it is too late to remove anyone from the voter rolls
The growing recognition and celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day represents the fruits of a decades-long effort to recognize the role of indigenous people in the nation’s history
A report found that most of the three-quarters of a million people held in U.S. jails have the right to vote, but many of them are unable to
A five county area of Texarkana now has text 911 service for most major mobile device carriers.
Local leaders can collaborate and get grant funding for broadband-based solutions that improve the strength of rural communities.
The physical driver’s license is here for the foreseeable future, but mDLs offer a number of benefits to public safety, citizens and issuing governments.
With a report traffic safety concerns form online, the city of Lawrence, Kansas, can gather data that helps reevaluate traffic-calming efforts.
These tips from Plano Fire Department Capt. Peggy Harrell can help all communities reduce cooking fires and injuries on holidays.
Grease fire disasters in your community can be minimized with these step-by-step instructions from FireRescue1 -- make them a PSA priority as the holidays approach!
Public broadcasting professionals can learn about cybersecurity, and earn a certificate, through a National Association of Broadcasters online course.
White nationalist group Identity Evropa and neo-Nazi groups National Socialist Movement and Traditionalist Worker’s Party filed against the city in federal court.
Ad fraud targeting publishers with political content increased 20,000 percent on Election Day 2018, according to DEVCON.
Maine candidates for the 2018 Midterms await results in first election with statewide ranked-choice voting.
While youth early voting numbers were called surging, preliminary overall voter turnout results are indicating Millennials and Gen Z did not dominate the 2018 Midterm elections.
Houses of worship are predictable mass gatherings that would benefit from life safety audits and emergency planning.
Here’s five things to know about Election Day 2018, which might result in record voter turnout.
ICMA and ZenCity partner to help cities leverage A.I.-driven data analytics for local government decision-making.
Mayor Bill Peduto and the ADL address rhetoric debate over President Trump’s condemning of White Nationalism as federal representatives call for more hearings on hate crimes
Officials hope the app, Pokket, will keep people out of jail and help them better acclimate to life outside a cell. Twelve other jurisdictions are part of the $148M national criminal justice reform initiative.
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