Paul W. Taylor

Recent Articles

• Occupy Wall Street: What Does Its Future Hold?
• Feb 29, 2012
• The movement’s founder says short, surprise occupations and targeted messaging could force officials to address income inequality.

• Government Cloud Computing May Sustain Public Records
• Jan 31, 2012
• The fate of Data.gov, which housed hundreds of thousands of public data when its funding got cut, may contain the outlines of a model for sustaining digital records.

• Not Yet a State, Puerto Rico Practices Good Governance
• Jan 1, 2012
• Puerto Rico, which will vote on whether to become a state this summer, has reduced its spending by 20 percent in just two years with the help of public-private partnerships.
• 5 Comments

• A Call to Solve the National Obesity Problem
• Nov 30, 2011
• Less than twenty years ago, no states had an obesity rate higher than 20 percent. Today, no state has a rate lower than that.

• Full-Service Government Comes to an End
• Oct 31, 2011
• Whether we like it or not, it’s time to expect less -- lots less -- from government.

• Taking the Speed Out of High Speed Rail
• Sep 30, 2011
• Some studies say that sticking with faster (rather than the fastest) rail would allow the Northwest to transport more riders for half the cost.
• 12 Comments

• The Nasty, Ineffective World of Politics
• Aug 31, 2011
• Politically-involved high school students could teach legislators a thing or two about compromise.

• GOVERNING Data: Stories Hiding in Plain Sight
• Aug 31, 2011
• GOVERNING is expanding our use of data and our efforts to put job-critical information in the hands of government leaders and practitioners

• Even the Sun Needs an Advocate
• Jul 29, 2011
• The success of New York City’s solar efforts wouldn’t have been possible without its on-the-ground ombudsmen.

• A Fundamentally Different-Looking Government
• Jun 30, 2011
• In Oregon, hard legislative choices reflect national structural changes under way.

• A Real Tea Party Moment?
• May 31, 2011
• State and local governments want to dump a costly tax provision that would bring more costs at a most inopportune time.

• Reinventing the Food Stamp Program
• Apr 29, 2011
• Free-market economists argue that replacing welfare programs with direct cash grants to the poor would require a smaller bureaucracy and be more beneficial to those in need.
• 6 Comments

• Can Texas Find a Future for a Third of its Workforce?
• Mar 31, 2011
• Almost a third of the state's workforce is neither a knowledge worker or a service worker. How will the state train and create jobs for this sect of the workforce?
• 1 Comments

• Why Hasn't Voting by Mail Spread?
• Feb 28, 2011
• Voting by mail is popular in the states that allow it. But some states are hesitant to make such a switch.
• 9 Comments

• Keeping Track of What's Important
• Feb 1, 2011
• A list of priorities and issues helps public officials remember what really matters in tough fiscal times.
• 1 Comments