Jed Herrmann
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Sep 28, 2026
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- Aug 3, 2026
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Federal Grant Uncertainty’s Challenges for Local Governments (opens the original)
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Napa County, Calif., had already awarded $27 million in contracts for wildfire prevention work when the federal government announced in April 2025 that it was ending the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program and would stop funding previously approved projects.The county began recalling contracts for work on the project, but it had already submitted approximately $250,000 in reimbursable costs, and county officials did not know whether the federal government would pay th
Keeping Government Services Reliable and Cost-Effective (opens the original)
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Government Efficiency Series Part 3: Operations and Stewardship: This article is the third installment in a series on government efficiency. Article one focused on budgeting and spending better while part two focused on modern tools.For many state and local leaders, “government efficiency” is not a slogan—it’s the day-to-day work of delivering services that are faster, clearer, fairer, and good value for money. For governors, mayors, and county executives a key part of delivering on that ethos i
How Governments Can Make the Most of Philanthropy (opens the original)
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State and local governments are being asked to solve increasingly complex problems as traditional funding tools grow more fragile. Federal grants are less predictable, and the end of pandemic-era aid has placed additional pressure on state and local revenues already strained by inflation. Even when governments have strong ideas about how to better serve residents, they often lack the flexible resources needed to test, refine and scale them.At the same time, philanthropic capital is flowing towar
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