Our takeaways from ICMA 2026 in Long Beach, and three questions every city and county manager should be able to answer about public engagement…
A security flaw in PHP, a decades-old web programming language, briefly took local government meeting and website platforms offline. Here’s what happened, what it means for agencies, and why…
Your community likely speaks more languages than your meetings cover. Here’s how to use free public data to find them, and plan your meetings around them…
Your engagement is probably better than your record of it Most public engagement work is better than the file that documents it. Staff translate flyers, set up pop-ups at the library, take calls, and…
A well-run public meeting starts before anyone joins the room. Notice has to go out on time. The agenda needs to clearly identify what will be discussed. The meeting has to follow the requirements…
Public input is supposed to inform decisions. But when a project is over and someone asks, “How did you get here?” having collected comments is only part of the answer. Agencies need to be able to…
In PublicInput’s 2024 State of Community Engagement Report, 28% of Spanish-speaking residents said they’re uncomfortable requesting an interpreter at a public meeting. When a translation option is…
Public agencies are gathering more resident feedback than ever, but making sense of it all is another story. Pulse is PublicInput’s new executive dashboard that uses AI to surface themes, trends, and…
Public comments come in all shapes and sizes. Whether an agency receives 10 responses or 10,000, the challenge is the same: turning individual comments into clear themes, meaningful insights, and…