Jonathan Walters

Jonathan Walters -- Senior Editor. Jonathan has covered state and local government for more than 30 years, including for publications ranging from The Washington Post to USA Today. His beats include public sector management and administration, with an emphasis on results-based government. He also covers human services-related topics, and does a monthly e-newsletter on human services. He is author of three books, two on performance measurement in the public sector and one on public sector press relations. He started with GOVERNING in 1989 as a staff correspondent, and now serves as the magazine's executive editor. Walters lives in Columbia County, New York, where he serves as chairman of his local planning board. He is also a Class A interior attack qualified firefighter, and serves as president of his local volunteer fire company. Email jowaz22@gmail.com.

Recent Articles

  • Stressed Responders
  • Jan 1, 2006
  • Federal disaster money doesn't help much unless governments get together on how to use it.

  • The Katrina Breakdown
  • Dec 1, 2005
  • Coordination and communication problems between levels of government must be addressed before the next disaster strikes.



  • Thompson's Warning
  • Nov 1, 2005
  • The former secretary of Health and Human Services offers a bleak and blunt assessment of federal policy.

  • Fraud Squad
  • Oct 1, 2005
  • Appointing inspectors general to probe reports of wrongdoing is politically popular. And some IGs are becoming very powerful.


  • Open Season on Middle Managers
  • Jul 1, 2005
  • In the latest round of budget cuts, mid-level managers are considered the easiest and most defenseless target.

  • Licensing Trouble
  • Jul 1, 2005
  • Under a new federal law, state DMVs will be forced into the role of immigration police.

  • Law of the Land
  • May 1, 2005
  • Voters' challenge to Oregon's stringent land use controls may signal a major shift in the property rights debate nationwide.

  • Tired of Tin-Cup Politics
  • May 1, 2005
  • A new group of urban leaders wants a strategy based on success, not on pleading for help.

  • Good Deed, Punished
  • Mar 1, 2005
  • A noble notion to limit state contractors from contributing to political campaigns put New Jersey crosswise with the feds.

  • The Pain Principle
  • Jan 1, 2005
  • When state legislators move up to the U.S. Congress, they seem to forget their roots.

  • Skewed Results
  • Dec 1, 2004
  • Performance measurement has become a powerful tool for some government agencies. For others, it's been useless.
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  • House of Loopholes
  • Nov 1, 2004
  • The more tax cuts Congress passes, the more trouble states and localities will have making ends meet.


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