Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene

Recent Articles

• B&G Interview: Questions for Bob Wise
• Jul 7, 2008
• A conversation with the former West Virginia governor and the current president of the Alliance for Excellent Education

• Assessing a Hot Button
• Jul 1, 2008
• Some of the problems with property taxes could be solved on the management end.

• The Problem with Acronyms
• Jul 1, 2008
• Plus: Managers Reading List, training for waving a flag, and more

• Letting It All Hang Out
• May 1, 2008
• The latest political buzzword is transparency. But it may not be the cure-all it's cracked up to be.

• When Technology Gets You Down
• May 1, 2008
• Plus: Looking for a date, flawed state audits, and more

• The Often Fictional Organization Chart
• Apr 1, 2008
• Plus: States giving cities the shaft, letting citizens sit on pension boards, and more

• Learning from Losers
• Mar 1, 2008
• Best practices are all well and good. We make a case for a center to study the worst.

• Do States Care About Cities?
• Mar 1, 2008
• Plus: Low ethical standards, the Rubber Room, and more

• B&G Interview: Questions for John Turcotte
• Feb 1, 2008
• A conversation with one of the nation's top experts on program evaluations

• Is Your Government an Ethical Place?
• Feb 1, 2008
• Plus: Generational conflicts in the workplace, how building maintenance reduces staff turnover, and more

• The Meeting Morass
• Jan 1, 2008
• There are way too many of them, they take too long and don't accomplish much. Can meetings be fixed?

• Do Politics Get in the way of Sensible Initiatives?
• Jan 1, 2008
• Plus: Telecommuting breeds discontent, sick public-sector workers, and more