State Controller John Chiang blasted the cash-strapped city of Hercules on Thursday for having what he called "the worst set of city accounting records I have seen," particularly its lack of documentation for $2 million...

April 24, 2012 By Elaine Pittman, Government Technology From the White House to New York City to small cities and counties, people are being hired to focus on how social media strategies and effort...

This 20 minute webinar will discuss tips and techniques for managing social media policies and procedures for municipalities.

The GSA scandal obscures a broader problem: the shell game of federal largesse. The General Service Administration’s abuse of the taxpayer credit card in its cynically extravagant 2010 Las Vegas conference has drawn justified...

Strong listening skills can make a critical difference in the performance of senior executives, but few are able to cultivate them. Here’s how. A McKinsey Quarterly Governance article.

Bowing to the mathematical reality that three ballot initiatives on the November ballot to raise money for schools could significantly reduce the chances of any of them passing, Gov. Jerry Brown and the California Federation of...

Harvard Business Review Management Tip of the Day: If your mind starts to argue with you, ignore it. Make a specific decision about what you want to do and don’t talk yourself out of it. Read more: http://business.time.com/2012/03/30/forget-motivation-you-need-follow-through/?iid=biz-article-mostpop1#ixzz1qtesEtYo

That's the implication of a new research report just released by Capgemini Consulting and the IESE business school. Their annual global Innovation Leadership Study, based on a survey of 260 innovation executives around the world, finds 43% of its respondents saying their companies have a formally accountable innovation executive, up [...]

At least five people were killed today when a gunman opened fire inside Oikos University, private religious university in Oakland, California.

The plug has been pulled on one of the biggest boondoggles in California history - the effort to build a $2 billion computer system linking the state's 58 county courts. It never worked, and some say it was doomed from...

Officials from science agencies across the government on Thursday announced $200 million in new research and development investments related to the mining, processing, storage and use of big data. The National Science...

A comprehensive report on the state of women and girls in Santa Clara County indicates that though they make up almost half the county s population, women and girls are still lagging when it comes to certain education and...

The Berkeley police chief's decision to send an officer to a reporter's home after midnight Thursday met with more criticism Sunday, with the city's rank-and-file officers saying they were "gravely concerned" about his...

An executive resigns from his position over an integrity problem too big to ignore.

The city conducted a public survey to decide whether to replace its streetlights’ sodium light bulbs with L.E.D.’s, a move that could save money and energy.

California Fish and Game Commission President Daniel Richards said Tuesday that there is "zero chance" he will resign over a photograph showing him grinning as he holds up the body of a mountain lion he shot, killed and...