What Will Happen to Government Buildings After the Pandemic?
COVID-19 proved even to skeptics that a lot of government business can be done from anywhere. So what happens to all the physical spaces that cities and states invested in to house their workforce?
June 6, 2021 •
Shutterstock Many state and local CIOs are coming to the realization that the sudden shift to remote work brought on by the pandemic in March 2020 could become a permanent aspect of 21st-century life, with wide-ranging implications.
When she sent her 120 full-time employees home in March 2020, Annette Dunn, CIO for the state of Iowa, had a feeling of déjà vu. Just the year before, her entire IT team was forced to work remotely when their Des Moines office building was flooded. In January 2021, the Office of the CIO took over the lease of another state agency for two floors in a privately owned commercial office building that Dunn said was an upgrade over the state-own
Will Government Buildings Be Empty After the Pandemic?
COVID-19 proved even to skeptics that a lot of government business can be done from anywhere. So what happens to all the physical spaces that cities and states invested in to house their workforce?
June 2021 •
Shutterstock Many state and local CIOs are coming to the realization that the sudden shift to remote work brought on by the pandemic in March 2020 could become a permanent aspect of 21st-century life, with wide-ranging implications.
When she sent her 120 full-time employees home in March 2020, Annette Dunn, CIO for the state of Iowa, had a feeling of déjà vu. Just the year before, her entire IT team was forced to work remotely when their Des Moines office building was flooded. In January 2021, the Office of the CIO took over the lease of another state agency for two floors in a privately owned commercial office building that Dunn said was an upgrade over the state-owned buildi
Portland announces it will aggressively clean or remove homeless encampments
Updated May 19, 2021;
Posted May 19, 2021
Tents are a common sight in the Old Town neighborhood in downtown Portland. April 30, 2021. Beth Nakamura/StaffThe Oregonian
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The city of Portland announced Wednesday it plans to more aggressively clean, downsize or remove homeless encampments starting Monday.
After a year of avoiding or limiting encampment evictions, the city will act more strictly. The change comes after officials in charge of cleaning and removing street camping sites concluded their passive approach “has been ineffective,” according to a memo released by the city.
Instead of allowing extended time for campers to comply with rules – including separating tents by at least six feet and keeping sidewalks, building entrances and accessibility ramps clear for pedestrians – the city will instead immediately post an eviction notice if certain health and safety concerns are
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Portland Business Alliance contests 23 of 25 lobbying violations found by city auditor
Updated May 10, 5:31 PM;
Posted May 10, 5:29 PM
Portland City Hall.Michelle Brence/Staff (file)
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The Portland area’s most influential business organization is contesting broad swaths of a review by the city auditor’s office that found it repeatedly violated city lobbying rules last year.
The auditor’s office declared two weeks ago that the Portland Business Alliance failed to disclose at least 25 times it had contacted city officials in 2020 to request access, funding or action, primarily by email.
But the alliance shot back Monday that 23 of the unreported emails and other interactions with officials did not need to be reported to the city because they didn’t meet the city’s definition of lobbying.