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eBooks for Local Government Officials

Helpful educational resources for municipal and county officials in cities across the USA.

This library holds 17 free resources: 6 department guides, 8 guides from the GovTrends blog and 3 customer stories. Choose your department and the list narrows to what applies to you.

There's a never-ending list of challenges local government officials face. Here are tips for overcoming key municipal issues and getting more done in your community.

What is inside the library?

  • Six guides, 2026 edition: clerks, IT, public works, health, New Jersey law and paying for digital services after ARPA.
  • Guides from the GovTrends blog, sorted by department.
  • Customer stories from towns such as North Bergen, NJ and Trenton, NJ.

Do I need to fill in a form?

No. Every guide is free to read on its own page. There is no form and nothing to download.

For the laws behind them, see New Jersey's Government Records Council guide to OPRA and the New Jersey Legislature website.

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Modern Clerks' Department. Modern Local Government.8 chapters, 2026 edition. Free to read, no form.Read the Clerks' Guide

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eBooks

  • Drawing of a records room with shelves of labelled boxes and a clerk pulling a file
    GuideClerk

    Clerks' Department

    Learn how Clerks' Departments can deploy cloud-based government management software to digitize departmental processes, and optimize data storage and sharing.

  • Drawing of an IT technician with a laptop beside a server rack
    GuideIT

    Information Technology

    Learn how IT leaders of local governments can deploy cloud-based government management software to digitize departmental processes, and optimize data sharing.

  • Drawing of a worker in a bucket lift repairing a streetlight
    GuidePublic Works

    Public Works Department

    Learn how Public Works Departments can deploy cloud-based government management software to digitize departmental processes, and optimize data storage and sharing.

  • Drawing of a food truck serving a customer at the kerb
    GuideHealth

    Health Department

    Learn how local Health Departments can deploy cloud-based government management software to digitize departmental processes, and optimize data storage and sharing.

  • Drawing of a city manager at a desk with a window over the town
    GuideAdministrationIT

    Paying for Digital Transformation After ARPA

    ARPA money had to be committed by 2024. Here is how towns can still pay for permits, records and payments online.

  • Drawing of a town council meeting with a resident speaking at the microphone
    GuideAdministrationClerk

    New Jersey Laws for Municipalities

    The 2024 OPRA reform, e-permitting, 72-hour cyber reporting, affordable housing and insurance certificates, in plain language.

No eBook for this department yet. The guides and stories below still apply.

Guides from the GovTrends Blog

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Customer Stories

  • ReceivedOnlineRoutedAnsweredBy emailFiled
    StoryClerk

    North Bergen, NJ

    72% Reduction

    Reduced completion time on complex OPRA requests from average of seven business days to two.

    Erin BarillasHead Clerk

  • Aerial view of Millsboro, Delaware, along the river
    StoryBuildingAdministration

    Millsboro, DE

    Eliminated Archives

    Instead of searching for minutes or hours for files in physical archives, employees search a digital record in seconds and print if needed.

    Matthew T. HallDirector of Finance & Technology

  • A statue above the Trenton, New Jersey skyline at dusk
    StoryCode Enforcement

    Trenton, NJ

    100 Hours per Week

    With GovInspect, each of the city's ten inspectors save 10 hours per week, no longer having to manually re-enter paperwork. That’s 100 hours weekly for the entire department.

    Yolanda VazquezChief Housing Inspector

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GovPilot is government management software for local governments. Its cloud-based platform standardizes, digitizes and unifies the work a town does on one system: permits, code enforcement, clerk records, inspections, payments and GIS, all sharing one property record. It was founded in 2014, and more than 600 cities and counties use it today.

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