The Wire

City & county management in the news, a few times a week. Links go out; commentary stays short.

• Governing Aug 5 Transformation Begins With People ↗ Why culture, leadership, and talent are the foundation of HHS 2030. The workforce is the strategy, not a line item under it.
• ICMA Aug 4 Recruitment, Retention, and Retirement ↗ The latest government workforce data, and how to actually put it to use. Pairs well with the unicorn piece.
• Route Fifty Aug 3 A Former County CIO Reflects ↗ Decades in government, distilled. The lessons are quieter than the LinkedIn version of the same career.
• Route Fifty Aug 1 Rural Health Funds Go to Tech Companies ↗ Rural health transformation money flows to vendors. Watch where the innovation dollars actually land.
• Governing Jul 30 Rural America Is Losing Its Local Police ↗ Small departments are disappearing. A staffing story before it's a public-safety one.
• Governing Jul 29 Not Just Data Centers Need Efficiency ↗ The efficiency conversation is bigger than the buildings getting the headlines.
• Route Fifty Jul 28 AGs Want Transparency From OpenAI ↗ State attorneys general call for transparency after the Hugging Face breach. The AI-in-government reckoning starts with the vendors.