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New Report Addresses How Local Governments Can Successfully Navigate Current Fiscal Crisis
January 27, 2009Cities, towns, and counties throughout the United States face the deepest and most severe economic downturn in 50 years, and extraordinary action is required to maintain critical public services in the face of dwindling revenues. Navigating the Fiscal Crisis: Tested Strategies for Local Government Leaders analyzes previous recessions and highlights actions local governments have taken to alleviate such crises. Commissioned by ICMA, the organization that advances professional local government management worldwide; and developed by researchers at the Alliance for Innovation, the report explains how many jurisdictions achieve excellence in the face of adversity and identifies strategies local leaders can use to navigate the current challenge and turn crisis into opportunity. Full release