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Route Fifty
New Orleans secured more than $200 million for critical infrastructure and is midway through the city’s largest-ever capital program, 18 months since releasing the world’s first comprehensive urban resilience strategy.
Having established the Office of Resilience and Sustainability and built a multidisciplinary team, including everything from climate action to design leadership, New Orleans is prepared to fund projects combining water management and storm protection with workforce development and neighborhood revitalization.
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Kansas City Business Journal
In a competitive business environment, all organizations must implement processes to manage risk effectively to achieve business and strategic objectives. Unfortunately, many organizations do not fully understand the risks they have assumed and whether they are monitored, managed and aligned with their risk tolerance.
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Government Executive
Perhaps you’ve heard: A lot of people are severely unhappy at work. Reasons cited include low raises, no training and poor management. All of these seem to overlook a much more basic workplace issue: A lot of jobs suck. A paltry raise, no chance to gain new skills, and a bad boss just make a fundamentally bad job worse.
It’s no great feat to understand why people with low wages and terrible bosses are unhappy.
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By Justin Patton
 Have you ever had that moment when you are watching a leader deliver a presentation and you just couldn't wait for it to be over? People are glancing at their watches, some are giving that awkward eye roll to their friends, and you dare anyone to ask a question when it's all over. We've all been there! The key to communicating is to connect with your audience. Here are the three big biggest mistakes I see leaders make when speaking that prevents them from connecting.
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Government Technology
Does election technology need to be upgraded across America? What is the connection between old voting equipment and a lack of public trust in election results? What can be done to calm fears of hacking in future elections? What new technology is needed now?
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Governing
Homelessness among military veterans has long been an endemic problem at the intersection of multiple public-health disciplines. Issues from substance abuse to housing prices to mental healthcare to retraining workers to disability access all contribute to veterans' homelessness, and no one government agency — or level of government — owns the problem.
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By Catherine Iste
 One of the most common complaints I heard from employees while working in HR was regarding compensation. Everyone wants a raise, regardless of whether they make $25,000 or $250,000. And the two most common reasons were: they felt they deserved more or they needed more to pay for something. This two-part article will explore how to make more money. We will start by looking at how to do it without getting a raise, then we will explore how to get the pay you deserve.
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Nextgov
Almost every industry outside of high-tech is grappling with the problem of an aging workforce. The baby boomer generation is now aged between 51 and 69, with most of them either thinking about retiring or having already left the workforce.
But things are changing fast, with millennials, defined as those between 18 and 34 in 2015, already making up the bulk of the workforce in the United States. By 2025, they are expected to encompass 75 percent of all workers across the board.
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