Stephen Goldsmith

Recent Articles

• Building a Culture of Efficiency in Government
• Mar 20, 2013
• Small savings can add up to real money--and better services.
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• Maximizing the Value of Infrastructure
• Mar 5, 2013
• To realize the most long-term value, governments must take a sensible approach to asset management.

• Public Debt and the Quest for Efficiency
• Feb 20, 2013
• All government debt is not the same. Pension debt starves government of the people and tools it needs, but creative borrowing for infrastructure can save more money than it costs.
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• Giving Citizens the Tools to Grade Their Governments
• Jan 23, 2013
• Washington, D.C., is pioneering a system that takes performance and accountability to a new level.

• A Reinvention Drama in the Air
• Dec 20, 2012
• The FAA is working to transform the nation's air transportation system in dramatic ways, deploying new technology collaboratively with an array of stakeholders.

• Kansas City, Google and the Leveraging of Public Value
• Dec 19, 2012
• To Mayor Sly James, the first-in-the-nation Google Fiber project is about a lot more than blazing-fast broadband.
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• Water Infrastructure and the Gush of Creativity
• Nov 21, 2012
• Innovative public officials and utility managers are finding cost-effective ways to fix our aging water systems and save billions of dollars in the process.

• How a Smart Grid Can Get the Lights Back on Faster
• Nov 16, 2012
• Smart meters are playing a crucial role in speeding the recovery from Hurricane Sandy. They have the potential to do much more.

• Taxes that Keep Businesses in Town
• Nov 5, 2012
• Building on a successful tax break for Twitter, San Francisco's mayor is asking voters to change the way the city taxes businesses that create jobs.
• 1 Comments

• Financing Efficiency in the Delivery of Social Services
• Oct 17, 2012
• Traditional approaches reward activities, not results. Some innovative new approaches aim to turn that around through creative financing.

• Disruptive Change, and How to Make It Happen
• Sep 19, 2012
• Is the path to excellence paved by continuous improvement, transformation or both?
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• Boston's Pioneering Way of Innovating
• Sep 12, 2012
• The mayor's chief of staff describes how the city's aggressive pursuit of citizen-friendly tools aims to increase civic participation.

• An Old-School Mayor on the Forefront of Innovation
• Sep 6, 2012
• Boston's Tom Menino may be an "urban mechanic," but he's taking that concept to new and exciting levels.
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• The Bottom-Line Benefits of Greening a City
• Aug 27, 2012
• Value engineering can reduce the costs of capital projects. But it also can save money over the long haul.
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• Value Engineering: Saving Money While Enhancing Quality of Life
• Aug 22, 2012
• In dealing with its combined-sewer-overflow problem, Philly is demonstrating a better approach to big infrastructure projects.
• 7 Comments