RESEARCH LIBRARY
Research
The Institute publishes its own white papers and curates the external research it considers authoritative. This page is the working library: every paper, every benchmark, every data source we cite in our community investigations.
LGAI Publications
The Lag-Lead Trap (Founding White Paper)
Why local government must adopt private-sector productivity standards now, before the property-tax base contracts.
Published 14 May 2026
Read paper →The Six-Pillar Audit Framework
How to investigate any local government in America.
Published 14 May 2026
Read paper →Productivity Parity
The 36-month window every local government faces.
Published 14 May 2026
Read paper →The Florida Laboratory
How state audits and citizen investigations are rewriting local government.
Published 14 May 2026
Read paper →Fifty Cities Already
The operational proof that local-government AI productivity works.
Published 14 May 2026
Read paper →External Research Library
A. Private-Sector AI Productivity
- Gartner — Top Predictions for 2025 and Beyond
20% of orgs eliminating ≥50% middle management by end of 2026.
- PwC — 2026 AI Performance Study
74% of AI's value captured by 20% of orgs.
- CEA — Artificial Intelligence and the Great Divergence (Jan 2026)
B. State Government Reform
- NASCIO — State CIO Top 10 Priorities for 2026
AI #1 for the first time in 13 years.
- NASCIO — Beyond Generation: The Rise of Agentic AI in State Government (Mar 2026)
- Utah GRIT — Government Reform, Innovation & Transparency
- Florida DOGE — October 2025 Disclosure
C. Local Government AI Case Studies
- National League of Cities — Use AI to Transform City Operations
- HousingWire — Local Governments Turn to AI to Streamline Housing Development
- City of Winnipeg — AI Invoice Automation Savings
- SmartDev — AI Use Cases in Local Government
D. Federal Workforce and DOGE
Federal civilian employment fell by approximately 271,000 workers (~9%) between January and November 2025 — the largest peacetime workforce contraction on record. By year-end 2025, total federal worker exits reached approximately 352,000 per OPM data. The federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), operational under Executive Order from January 2025, drove much of the political mandate for these reductions.
- DOGE.gov — Federal Savings Claims
Official tracker of claimed federal savings and workforce reductions.
- OPM.gov — Federal Workforce Data
~352,000 total federal worker exits by year-end 2025; employment at levels last seen in 2014.
- Cato Institute — Federal Employment Analysis
Analysis of the ~9% federal civilian workforce contraction and its fiscal implications.
- Wikipedia — Department of Government Efficiency
Comprehensive overview of DOGE operations, executive authority, and documented outcomes.
E. Critical/Opposing Views
Allied Organizations
Reason Foundation
Public-finance research; govfinance.reason.org ACFR database.
Visit site → ACFR Database →Data Sources
- govfinance.reason.org — 21,405 state/local ACFRs
- DOGE.gov — federal savings and workforce data
- OPM.gov — federal personnel data
- Census.gov — demographic and ACS data
- Florida DOGE — local government audit disclosures
- Sarasota County Public Records — primary source for the active investigation
Citizens, journalists, and local officials are invited to submit research for inclusion. Standard editorial verification applies.