• The Future Can Wait
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   November 23, 2010
• We are all for innovation, but finding new and creative ways to kick the can down the road is not what we had in mind.
• Categories: Better, Faster, Cheaper ,  State
• 2 Comments

• Cornered in the Corner Office
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   November 15, 2010
• Hopefully, the current crisis will encourage thoughtful reexamination of even the most politically difficult policy reforms.
• Categories: State
• 1 Comments

• Corrections Cost Correction
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   November 9, 2010
• The high cost of incarceration is spurring new thinking around every aspect of prison policy.
• Categories: Innovation by Design ,  Management and HR ,  State
• 2 Comments

• New Jersey Governor Releases Privatization Report
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   July 22, 2010
• Most interesting is the report’s call for a centralized entity whose sole purpose is to promote competitive efficiency within state government.
• Categories: State
• 1 Comments

• Amid Fiscal Pressures, States Move to Privatize Workers Compensation Programs
• Posted By: Leonard Gilroy |   June 21, 2010
• In a general streamlining trend, several states are moving to get government out of the workers' compensation insurance business.
• Categories: State
• 1 Comments

• Cybersecurity: Can States Keep a Secret?
• Posted By: Jonathan D. Breul, John M. Kamensky |   May 24, 2010
• Governments hold enormous amounts of personal, sensitive information from health records to rap sheets, from income taxes paid to welfare benefits received.
• Categories: State ,  Technology

• California Wants to Attract Jobs – But What About Retention?
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   May 13, 2010
• With all the focus on encouraging new business, what about keeping the ones you have?
• Categories: Better, Faster, Cheaper ,  State

• Four Strategies Transforming State Government
• Posted By: Jonathan D. Breul |   April 21, 2010
• President Barack Obama came to office promising he will "redesign" the federal government and how it interacts with citizens by moving to a "21st century...
• Categories: State

• The High Cost of Hidden Pension Promises
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   March 23, 2010
• For mayors across the country a single budget item threatens their cities' capacity to maintain parks, keep the streets safe, pick up the trash and...
• Categories: State
• 1 Comments

• The Big Reset - States Cope with the "New Normal"
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   March 18, 2010
• The National Governors Association's Center for Best Practices has just come out with a new study called "The Big Reset," which provides guidance for states...
• Categories: State