• Bill Bratton's Reading List
  • Here in Austin for the Managing Performance conference, LAPD chief Bill Bratton made some amazing points about his efforts to apply a data-driven mindset to ...
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  • Bratton's Brass Tacks
  • I mentioned LAPD chief Bill Bratton's successes at reducing crime in New York City in the 1990s and Los Angeles today. His success in New ...
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  • Bratton: "Measure What Matters"
  • Being at a state and local government convention in the midst of a huge federal election season is kind of funny. For one thing, as ...
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  • Preparing for the Worst
  • The theme of this year's Managing Performance conference is "Performance Under Pressure." There's probably no city government more equipped to talk about that topic right now than Minneapolis.
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  • The Impetus for 311
  • In a session at Managing Performance this afternoon, Jill Jordan, the assistant city manager of Dallas, offered a reason for her city's interest in 311 that ...
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  • 'Minneapolis Responds'
  • We just heard from a panel of Minneapolis public officials, including Mayor R.T. Rybak, about that city's incredibly well orchestrated response to last summer's ...
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  • A Texas-Sized Welcome
  • The 2008 Managing Performance conference kicked off in Austin this evening with a welcome from Texas Comptroller Susan Combs. She gave the conferees her take on ...
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