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Property Sustainability: Protecting Municipal Assets

Presentation by Ken Wertz, executive director of the Massachusetts Facilities Administrators Association, at MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 25, 2020

Newest FCC Preemption: Cable Franchising Fees

Presentation by Gerard Lavery Lederer, partner with Best Best & Krieger and Nancy Werner, general counsel for the National Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisors, at MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 25, 2020

The FCC and Cable Franchising: What Mass. Cities and Access Centers Need to Know

Presentation by Gerard Lavery Lederer, partner with Best Best & Krieger and Nancy Werner, general counsel for the National Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisors, at MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 25, 2020

Municipal Law Update, 2020

Presented by Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association, at MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 24, 2020

MIIA: Best Practices for Cybersecurity

Provided by MIIA, at MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 24, 2020

Cybersecurity: What Municipalities Need to Know Now

Presentation by Mullen Coughlin, LLC, at MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 24, 2020

Shape Your Future - US Census 2020

Presentation by the New York Regional Census center, at MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 24, 2020

Cities Count: Preparing our Communities for the 2020 Census

Presentation by National League of Cities, at MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 24, 2020

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

Municipal OperationsGuidancepdf - 277 KB

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