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
- Investing in Families Using Data
- The smartest investment a state can make is in its children and families. The best way to do that is through results-based government.
- Firefighting Through a Performance Management Lens
- Executive Editor Jonathan Walters sheds light onto how he approached his January feature on cuts to fire departments as journalist and as a volunteer firefighter.
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- Firefighters Feel the Squeeze of Shrinking Budgets
- In small and large cities alike, firefighters have gone from heroes to budget bait.
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- 4 Ways to Rethink the Firefighting Game
- Former president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs Jeff Johnson shares his thoughts on the firefighting game.
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- Back to School: Performance Measurement Workshops
- There is value in all-day workshops beyond tuning up one's performance measurement game. Worshops offer a rare opportunity for those in the human services business to rub elbows and compare notes.
- Registering the Homeless
- Once a system starts getting to know more about its homeless population, it's much easier to develop targeted, strategic interventions.
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- Maintaining Political Balance Through Redistricting
- Bringing truth, light and perhaps even fairness to redistricting.
- Poverty's New Population
- Within the past year, the struggling middle class has given in and applied for everything from food stamps, to energy assistance, to help paying rent.
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- The Politics Behind Not Levying Personal State Income Taxes
- In the nine states that don’t levy a personal income tax, the politics of staying that course remains powerful.
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- Human Services and the Media
- It may be difficult but human services departments should be doggedly trying to establish relationships with editors, reporters and bloggers.
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- Beating Poverty With Cash Incentives
- A new way to help the poor become self-sufficient raises hackles at both ends of the political spectrum -- and questions about effectiveness.
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- Impressive Outcomes from Mexico’s Cash-to-Poor-Families Program
- According to the Oportunidades' website, direct cash payments to Mexican families and children had significant and positive affects as shown in these interim outcome measures.
- The Oakland Project: Paying-the-Poor Program Relies on Self-Sufficiency
- One of the newest entrants in the CCT sweepstakes is the Family Independence Initiative (FII), which is currently operating in Oakland, Calif., San Francisco and Hawaii, and is starting a fourth pilot in Boston.
- Economy Down, Need Up
- When the economy is down and government funds are scarce, the need for assistance often goes up. Rainy day funds and increased efficiencies could help provide more when some have less.
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- FEMA: Making a Comeback
- An invigorated FEMA is on the comeback trail. Do the federal agency's local partners see any progress?
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