Good Government Files
Will HamptonGood Government Files is the Ted Lasso of government newsletters—fun, conversational, and packed with practical insights
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 287 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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Why the Deep Dive Is Going Bi-Weekly (It’s the Book)
There’s no Deep Dive this week, and for a while there won’t be one every Friday.
Starting today, Good Government Files moves to an every-other-week schedule. The next Deep Dive arrives Friday, Oct. 16. It’s on AI policies. You won’t want t...
You Don't Need Permission to Lead
There’s a real paradox about internal communications. It’s undeniably critical to a healthy and productive work culture in local government. And the communications professionals in the organization often have little if anything to do with i...
How I Use AI (and Why I'm Telling You)
I was making my final edits on a recent Deep Dive, the one on Austin Ellington and the patient, friendly, comment-by-comment way Round Rock works its social media magic, when I ran the draft through an AI detector called Pangram. It scored...
A Profession Taking a Beating and Not Backing Down
This week’s GGF is different from my typical Deep Dive because I’m at the 3CMA Annual Conference in Denver. What follows will be some on-the-ground reporting and sharing some of the fun stuff that inevitably happens at this gathering of loc...
Good Communication Leaves Receipts
Last week I shared how Austin Ellington welcomed a city’s angriest residents, one comment at a time, for 11 years. And created an award-winning, oft-imitated trove of creative content along the way. I left you with two questions. What’s beh...
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