• Collecting What Government is Owed Efficiently -- and Equitably
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   July 18, 2012
• Enforcing laws and regulations to collect fines isn’t just good for the bottom line. It’s fairer to honest citizens and businesses.
• Categories: Innovation by Design
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• How ‘Ideation’ Is Growing Business in Memphis
• Posted By: Neil Kleiman |   July 10, 2012
• The Tennessee city’s Innovation Delivery Team launched a collaborative effort to generate and implement ideas to spark commerce in struggling neighborhoods.
• Categories: Innovation by Design

• 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

• Efficiency Lessons from Our City Halls and Statehouses
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   May 16, 2012
• State and local governments are finding ways to cut spending while improving services. There are signs that the federal government is beginning to take notice.
• Categories: Innovation by Design

• The Value of Data for Oregon’s Troubled Youth
• Posted By: John M. Bernard |   May 3, 2012
• A corrections agency’s effort to use data on what works to inform its professionals’ decisions promises better outcomes for those in its care.
• Categories: Innovation by Design

• Letting Schools Run Themselves
• Posted By: Charles Chieppo |   April 11, 2012
• Detroit is about to devolve the management of some of its high schools to the school-building level. It's an approach to school reform that has a good track record.
• Categories: Innovation by Design

• Finding the Money for Infrastructure
• Posted By: Charles Chieppo |   April 4, 2012
• A new report points the way to achieving efficiencies and cutting operating costs to bridge that funding gap.
• Categories: Innovation by Design
• 1 Comments

• Supercharging Economic Development in Indianapolis and New York City
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   March 21, 2012
• To attract the investment they need, cities need entities that can move both quickly and strategically.
• Categories: Innovation by Design