I read a report by the ACELG on the impact of Fly In Fly Out and Drive In Drive Out practices on local government. I have attached a PDF below. 1336624408_ACELG_Scoping_Study_FIFO_May_2012
ACELG on the money again with a timely report on innovation in local government.
I have attached an interim report from ACELG on legal and governance models for shared services in local government.
I just read this great article about Maryland’s Genuine Progress Indicator. Very interesting reading indeed. You can head over to The Solutions Journal website and have a read for yourself.
Buller was top of the pops in this year’s NZ regional rankings by BERL.
This is a quite extreme example of a UK local authority moving to a contracting out model. The population is about 65,000. The core staff are responsible for strategic and service planning and contract management.
Fabulous site sharing technologies for online community engagement
Have a look at these three awesome spaces for social enterprise.
Excellent UK social enterprise guide for local government. Some of it is specific to the UK but there is useful information applicable to Australia and New Zealand
Very interesting article on participatory budgeting from New York. Have a read, let me know your thoughts. Putting in their 2 cents