Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene

Recent Articles

• Measuring Livability and Performance
• Mar 8, 2009
• The Oregon Progress Board was created in the late 1980s to develop statewide livability indicators and monitor progress on Oregon's statewide strategic plan. It certainly...

• "Silly" Stimulus Spending
• Mar 5, 2009
• Plus: The balanced-budget myth, Oregon's progressive Progress Board, and more
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• Coming Together, Breaking Apart
• Mar 1, 2009
• To consolidate or not to consolidate: a puzzling question.

• Park That Stimulus!
• Feb 19, 2009
• Plus: How informing patients can lower Medicaid costs, a great resource for performance reporting, and more

• When Program Funds Go Awry
• Feb 5, 2009
• Plus: Improving 311 systems, the pain of conference calls, and more

• The Lure of the Layoff
• Jan 1, 2009
• There are plenty of costly mistakes to make when you try to balance a budget through personnel freezes, cuts or early retirements.

• Plugging Leaks
• Dec 31, 2008
• Fifteen years ago, when a new business tried to put down roots in Kansas, the business owner had to mail in a paper registration and...

• A Gift List for Managers
• Dec 17, 2008
• Plus: How to fix failed institutions, keeping track of budget cuts, and more

• Opposite Day
• Dec 4, 2008
• Plus: A state-city disconnect, an entirely unscientific poll about performance measures, and more

• Afraid to Fire?
• Nov 19, 2008
• Plus: The problem with a one-year check-up, unspent money in Tulsa, and more

• The Election's Over: Time to Start Worrying
• Nov 6, 2008
• Plus: The decline of the citizen survey, using the Web to change attitudes about government, and more

• The Sweet Spot in Sour Times
• Nov 1, 2008
• When times are tough, politicians and managers have the cover to make hard choices.

• A Simple Idea for Saving on Health-care costs
• Oct 22, 2008
• Plus: Losing credit in Hartford, fed-state stat spat, and more

• Many Happy Tax Returns
• Oct 15, 2008
• States and the federal government might be able to save a fair amount of money if they paid attention to some developments in Oregon, according...

• Management Prognostications
• Sep 22, 2008
• Plus: Our own predictions for the year, government's "big pencil," and more