• Stretching Dollars to Nurture Factories
• Posted By: Charles Chieppo |   July 3, 2012
• The Seattle area is leading the nation in a manufacturing renaissance as its governments make strategic investments that build on the region's strengths.
• Categories: Networked Government

• How to Reform Pensions at the Ballot Box
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   June 27, 2012
• San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed explains what led up to voters’ approval of major changes to the city’s retirement system.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 3 Comments

• Public Pensions and the Verdict of the Voters
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   June 20, 2012
• What happened in San Diego and San Jose is likely to reverberate across the country. And it isn't all bad news for the public workforce.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 17 Comments

• Our Efficiency-Killing Tangle of Laws
• Posted By: John M. Bernard |   June 19, 2012
• Governments produce tens of thousands of new laws every year, confusing citizens and driving business away. Instead of more laws, what we need is a focus on outcomes.
• Categories: State
• 8 Comments

• More Than One Way to Fix a Bridge
• Posted By: Charles Chieppo |   June 14, 2012
• Colorado and Massachusetts are moving quickly to repair and rebuild their deteriorating bridges. But there are lessons in the different ways they're paying for the work.
• Categories: State
• 3 Comments

• Incorporating Innovation into Local Government
• Posted By: Neil Kleiman |   June 12, 2012
• Backed by $24 million in foundation funds, five cities are creating dedicated teams in their mayors’ offices to look for ways to fundamentally restructure how the cities do what they do. There is much to be learned from this ambitious effort.
• Categories: Innovation by Design
• 7 Comments

• Institutionalizing Innovation in Colorado Springs
• Posted By: Charles Chieppo |   June 6, 2012
• The city has established an office that is dedicated to finding real savings, and it’s is paying for itself in the process.
• Categories: Innovation by Design
• 2 Comments

• The Unintended Benefits of Measuring Performance
• Posted By: John M. Bernard |   June 1, 2012
• Just putting measurement tools in place can improve existing processes — not months or years down the road, but right away.
• Categories: Innovation by Design
• 4 Comments

• Making Sense of Tax Incentives
• Posted By: Charles Chieppo |   May 24, 2012
• Massachusetts is taking a hard look at the tax breaks it hands out for economic development. The result may be a move toward using objective metrics to inform decisions about granting them.
• Categories: State

• How Oregon Networks for Solutions
• Posted By: John M. Kamensky, Jonathan D. Breul |   May 21, 2012
• To address community-level priorities, the state has begun putting its agencies together with key public and private stakeholders. The approach has already produced some victories.
• Categories: Networked Government
• 1 Comments