updated July 2026 Everyone has had that moment. You click Send in Outlook and immediately realize something's wrong. Maybe the attachment didn't make it. Maybe the message went to the wrong person. Maybe you spotted a typo just a second too late. For municipal clerks, the stakes are a little higher than a [...]
Bristol, Rhode Island has been marking civic milestones longer than almost anywhere else in the country. The town's Fourth of July celebration, established in 1785, is recognized as the oldest continuous Independence Day celebration in the United States — a tradition of public participation that has continued, year after year, for more than two centuries. [...]
July 4, 2026 marks something rare — not just a national holiday, but a genuine milestone. America turns 250. The fireworks are spectacular. The speeches are patriotic. The parades are joyful. But here's what most people celebrating this semiquincentennial won't stop to think about: self-governance doesn't happen at the parade. It happens in your office. [...]
Meeting Records Are the Most Requested. Are Yours Findable? Public records requests are at record levels — and they're not slowing down. Federal FOIA requests topped 1.5 million in fiscal year 2024, a 25 percent increase in a single year. Backlogs grew 33 percent. The average response time for a simple request stretched from 39 [...]
Fort Worth, Texas, home to the world’s only twice-daily cattle drive, knows how to keep things moving forward. The City has adopted the full suite of OnBoardGOV modules to streamline and modernize civic engagement across their committees. By integrating OnBoardGOV's Applications, Attendance, Meetings, Calendar, Analytics, Certifications, Single Sign On, and Notifications modules, Fort Worth is [...]
Public records request volume has been climbing steadily for years, but the nature of that increase is changing in ways that matter for how clerk offices manage their workload, their documentation, and their risk. It's not just more requests. It's more complex requests, faster turnaround expectations, and a new category of high-volume, AI-assisted filings that [...]
Managing clerk office workload is a year-round challenge — but June compresses it. Elections to prepare for, records requests to process, emergency plans to update, fiscal years to close, and summer vacations already pulling at staffing. For many clerks in smaller communities, those pressures land on a desk that also carries finance, human resources, and [...]
June marks National Safety Month — and the start of hurricane season. That combination makes it the ideal time for municipal clerks to review, update, and practice their community's emergency plan. You may not have "emergency manager" in your job title. But when disaster strikes, you are often the person everyone turns to. This post [...]
Romulus, Michigan has a history of being a place where people show up to do the right thing: the city served as a stop on the Underground Railroad in the 1800s, and two of those original structures are still standing today. That same sense of civic accountability carries into how Romulus manages its boards and [...]
Poll worker accessibility training is where Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance moves from policy to practice. If poll workers are not prepared, voters are affected, operations are affected, and compliance is affected. Accessibility requirements apply at the polling place Title II of the ADA requires that voters with disabilities have a full and equal [...]