June 1, 2023

A Strategy for What’s Next

By: Ralph Nikischer A 2022 staff survey at 40+ communities in Illinois indicated that only 22% of respondents were confident they could return all information related […]
May 30, 2023

Fast Tracking Tyler MUNIS Address Cleanup and Standardization

Learn More: Click here to register for a webinar – June 13 @ 2:00 pm An address is to a community like a Social Security number […]
April 27, 2023

Natural Area Promotion

Environmental sustainability is a top priority for local government, elected officials, and the public. Among the many challenges of designing, implementing, and achieving environmental initiatives in […]
March 15, 2023

Natural Area Promotion

Learn More: Click here to view the webinar Environmental sustainability is a top priority for local government, elected officials, and the public. Among the many challenges […]
February 27, 2023

Data Portal: Self-Empowered Public

Start the clock! Through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), communities are required to quickly respond to requests from the public which strains already limited resources. […]
February 16, 2023

Future of Municipal Websites

By: Ralph Nikischer If you ever have a few hours to spare, check out the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. It contains snapshots of websites dating back […]
February 3, 2023

Self-Empowered Public

Learn More: Click here to view the webinar from February 15th @ 1:00 pm Start the clock! Through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), communities are […]
January 31, 2023

Can local government leverage artificial intelligence?

By: Ralph Nikischer I don’t go through a day without hearing something about artificial intelligence (AI) and how it will disrupt everything. Recently, ChatGPT has been […]
November 10, 2022

Modernizing Risk Management

A call that every local government leader dreads is that a claim has been filed against the community. Learn how the Village of Libertyville is modernizing […]