Marc Pfeiffer, a former deputy director of the state Division of Local Government Services who now serves as the assistant director of Rutgers University’s Bloustein Local Government Research Center, said local governments in New Jersey are facing a lot of pressure coming out of a major pandemic.
With much of the low-hanging fruit already plucked after decades of emphasis on shared services, Pfeiffer suggested finding new savings opportunities will be a “hard thing to do” in many places.
Read Report In Pennsylvania, when Governor Josh Shapiro’s administration set out to train 175 state employees on how to use ChatGPT responsibly, the state reported saving an average of 95 minutes when they utilized it for drafting and summarizing lengthy documents. As...
The Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, working with the Rutgers Child Care Research Collaborative, has released a new brief highlighting the challenges New Jersey’s child care workforce faces when caring for children who may have special needs and identifying...
In early October Bloustein alumnus Dan Dominguez, PP, AICP, MCRP ’14, the City of New Brunswick Director of Policy and Development, delivered the school's annual Stuart Meck Memorial Lecture in Land Use Law and Affordable Housing. Dan discussed the evolution of urban...
Bloustein School students secure top honors in national competition featuring 40 graduate program teams from across the United States. A team of Master of Health Administration (MHA) students from Rutgers University–New Brunswick's Edward...
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