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Where is the Next Generation of Clerks Coming From?
Clerks have a lot of job experience, whether it’s in local government or another profession, but the results from the iCompass 2014 Municipal Clerks Survey show that a staggering number of Clerks are...
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Why Your Clerks Association Should Be Using Facebook
What social media tool provides the best opportunity for Clerks to communicate with one another? Many Clerks have at least heard of the LinkedIn Group City Clerk’s Café– with over 3000 members it’s a...
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The Launch of AgendaFree: An Exciting Day For Local Government Technology
Today, we want to introduce you to AgendaFree– the first free agenda management software solution for local governments. Based on a ‘freemium’ model that SaaS companies have used for years, and...
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Run a lean government: Don’t let budget constraints force you to cut critical...
Many local governments today face a difficult dilemma: how to stretch a reduced budget to meet the growing demand for more and better services, comply with new regulatory requirements, and cover...
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Transparency through technology: Scalable, cost-effective and achievable now
If local governments are not investing in technology that makes data more available to the public, they are not investing in transparency. It’s really that simple.Download our Run a Transparent...
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Join the Nationwide Clerks Conversation That's Now Over 20,000 Strong
Throughout the 16+ years of iCompass’ existence we’ve had the pleasure of meeting amazing Clerks from across North America. What we’ve found is that only a small number of clerks, especially those at...
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Retaining Organizational Knowledge: An Urgent Issue for Local Government Leaders
When municipal clerks change jobs or retire, local governments can lose much of the valuable organizational knowledge they need to provide essential services, preserve local history, and comply with...
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How Small Local Governments are Closing the Good Government Divide
“Millennials are largely digital natives, heavily engaging with organizations and each other via the Internet. Local governments are unlikely to be able to join in, however, because they don’t always...
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4 Important Updates in 2015 to the Sunshine Review's 10 Point Transparency...
In 2008, non-profit organization Sunshine Review created a 10 Point Transparency Checklist to help take the aforementioned buzzword 'transparency' and turn it into a tangible and achievable goal with...
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ClerkOn 2015 Municipal Clerks Survey Now Released
It's an exciting day as ClerkOn and iCompass releases its 3rd Annual North American Municipal Clerks Survey. It's been designed to identify key challenges, trends and priorities for Clerks across...
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3 Transparency Tips from the County of Lennox and Addington
In our recent webinar Bringing Information to the People: Transparency Tips for Small/Mid Sized Local Governments, we had a great conversation with Tracey McKenzie from the County of Lennox &...
View ArticleThe 3 Most Challenging Barriers to Paperless Agendas And How to Overcome Them
When it comes to implementing a paperless agenda management system at your organization, it’s often much easier than you’d expect. However, there are still a number of things to consider – whether that...
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What Does It Take to Better Demonstrate Value as a Clerk?
Clerks play a major role in all aspects of a municipal government. They are often the main point of contact for citizens that have questions about the community. After all, as the historian of the...
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Revealed: The True Cost of Paper-Based Agenda and Records Systems
In the coming weeks we will share the key findings of iCompass’s 3rd Annual Municipal Clerks Survey, and what this could mean for your local government. This survey was distributed to 21,000 municipal...
View ArticleCould Your Records Management Process Be Putting Your Municipality and Staff...
Our 3rd Annual Municipal Clerks Survey found an alarming number of local governments are overlooking records management. With federal and state agencies drafting new open meeting and records...
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