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MMA Best Practice Recommendation: Municipal Investment in Electric Vehicles and Charging Stations

Established by MMA Policy Committee on Energy and the Environment, published in MMA Best Practices Series, vol 4, 2019

Protecting Our Data: What Cities Should Know About Cybersecurity

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Statewide Risk Management Team Incident Report on May 2019 Cyber Incident at Massachusetts Bay Community College

Municipal OperationsGuidancepdf - 151 KB

Cybersecurity Lessons Learned: Building Appropriate Cybersecurity Protections and Strategies

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Local Government Workforce Skills Gap Report: Preparing Future Local Government Finance Officials

Released by the Baker Administration, May 15, 2018

Overexposed: Thinking Through All Angles of Local Liability

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Getting IT Right

Presentation at 2017 MMA Annual Meeting by Mike Hamel, Director, Office of Municipal & School Technology, January 21, 2017

Municipal Law Update 2017

Presentation at 2017 MMA Annual Meeting by attorneys Brandon Moss, of Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane LLP, and Don Rider, city solicitor in Marlborough, January 21, 2017

Municipal Law Update: 2015 Selected Statutes and Cases

Presentation by attorneys Christopher Petrini of Petrini & Associates and Brandon Moss of Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane at MMA Annual Meeting, January 23, 2016

Municipal Liability: What Every Manager Should Know

Presentation by MIIA at 2016 MMA Annual Meeting, January 22, 2016

Law: Public Records, Electronic Documents and Traps for the Unwary

Article by attorney Richard T. Holland, Municipal Advocate, Vol. 73, #3, 2013

Commonwealth Connect Empowers Residents and Municipal Staff

Article by Tim Dodd, Municipal Advocate, Vol. 73, #3, 2013

Common Municipal IT Mistakes, and How to Address Them

Article by Dan Adams, Municipal Advocate, Vol. 73, #3, 2013

Technology’s Dark Side: Yes, a Data Breach Could Happen to Your Community

Article by Kirstin Simonson, Municipal Advocate, Vol. 73, #3, 2013

Westford Takes Service-First Approach to Technology Investments

Article by Jodi Ross and Mike Wells, Municipal Advocate, Vol. 27, #3, 2013

Municipal Law Update 2014

Presentation by attorney Christopher Petrini of Petrini & Associates and Marlborough City Solicitor Donald Rider, moderated by Margaret Hurley, Director of the Municipal Law Unit of the Office of the Attorney General, at the MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 25, 2014

AmesStat: Performance Metrics for Smaller Cities

Presentation by Amesbury Chief of Staff and AmeStat Administrator Eric Gregoire at Association of Town Finance Committees Annual Meeting, October 19, 2013

A Consolidated Facilities Department: The Lexington Experience

Presentation by Lexington Public Facilities Director Patrick Goddard at Annual Meeting of Association of Town Finance Committees, October 20, 2012

Consolidation of Finance and Personnel Operations

Presentation by Barnstable Finance Director Mark Milne at Annual Meeting of Association of Town Finance Committees, October 20, 2012

How the Census and Other Data Can Be Used to Inform Local Initiatives

Article by Alvaro Lima and Mark Melnik for the MMA’s Municipal Advocate magazine, 2011

Correcting Census Counts Can Mean Dollars for Cities, Towns

Article by Susan Strate for the MMA’s Municipal Advocate magazine, 2011

Law: Can Municipalities Afford Not to Mediate?

By Daniel M. Funk, published in the MMA’s Municipal Advocate magazine, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2011

Communities Can Benefit From a Plan to Manage Municipal Real Estate

By Susan C. Murphy, published in the MMA’s Municipal Advocate magazine, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2010

Town of Lexington presentation about consolidated Department of Public Facilities

Presentation to the Massachusetts Municipal Management Association, October 22, 2009

Town of Danvers: Sharing Services with Schools – Facilities

Presentation to the Massachusetts Municipal Management Association, October 22, 2009

Town & School Information Technology Services: Brookline’s Experience

Presentation to the Massachusetts Municipal Management Association, October 22, 2009

Preserving Dollars With Risk Management

By Robert Marinelli, published in the MMA’s Municipal Advocate magazine, Vol. 25, #1, 2009

Anticipating Risk and Planning Response

By Michael Cusack, published in the MMA’s Municipal Advocate magazine, Vol. 25, #1, 2009

Drawing Inspiration From Dr. Seuss: Now Is the Time to Revisit His Lessons on Leadership

Article by Kathleen Novak for the MMA's Municipal Advocate magazine, Vol. 24, #4

Nothing Stays the Same: Leadership Techniques to Empower People During Change Initiatives

Article by Johnathan Gilbert for the MMA's Municipal Advocate magazine, Vol. 24, #4