Customer experience in government

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/solving-the-customer-experience-puzzle-a-guidebook-for-government-leaders

Trust in government is down

http://www.people-press.org/2017/05/03/public-trust-in-government-remains-near-historic-lows-as-partisan-attitudes-shift/ From May 2017 Pew Research Center

Top-20 2017 Online Security Blogs

https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/top-20-online-security-blogs/

Local government survey of technological ability

http://americancityandcounty.com/site-files/americancityandcounty.com/files/uploads/2014/12/Acquia%20SDG%20-%20s%26l.pdf 35% of those surveyed said they were focusing on information centric solutions..... What are the other focus points? Check and see.

State and Local governments taking too long to

get their financials ready.   Issues for muni bond investors who want timely information http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/08/municipals-reports-timing-idUSL1N0HY1J620131008

Do local governments have much control over pensions?

A Moody's report of 8,000 local governments found that 75% have centrally administered plans (cost-sharing plans).   Few school districts in particular were found to have independence in the pension area.  http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/09/usa-pensions-moodys-idUSL2N0H51JU20130909

An introduction to government reporting

in the form of a 46 slide slidshare.   http://www.slideshare.net/parentebeardllc/how-to-read-and-interpret-municipal-and-governmental-audited-financial-statements

State and local government

revenue sources....check out this report from the tax foundation.  http://taxfoundation.org/article/where-do-state-and-local-governments-get-their-revenue

The state of state and local finances

Snashots of the 50 states and large cities are being compiled by multiple organizations to highlight the situation of these entities.   Often the CAFR is the document being used in these reports.  http://www.governing.com/columns/public-finance/col-state-state-local-government-finances.html

A tax calculator for your state

 is located here   http://www.totaltaxinsights.org/

An article that compares highest and lowest tax areas by jurisdictions is at this url http://247wallst.com/2012/10/23/states-where-residents-pay-the-most-in-taxes/

What % are Americans paying in state and local taxes.  The above tool helps one to investigate and compare.

Fragmented local governments

A good source for data about numbers of governments by states, as well as historical growth of these governments. These are called special districts, or special purpose districts 
http://www.governing.com/blogs/by-the-numbers/local-government-consolidation-fragmentation.html