• When Pilot Programs Crash and Burn, Getting Sick Over Sick Time, and the Problem with Fiscal Notes
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   February 23, 2012
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• Plus: No love for committees, and more management news
• 5 Comments

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• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   January 19, 2012
• Plus: A better way to rate hospital care, and more management news
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• Evaluation of Evaluations
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   January 19, 2012
• Do public employee appraisals actually accomplish anything?

• Management Resolutions, States' Varied CAFRs, and an Energy-Saving Tool
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• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   December 8, 2011
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• Plus: Questions about pension investments, and more management news
• 3 Comments

• Cost-Savings of Telecommuting, the Perils of Part-Timers, and a Council Meeting Erupts
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   October 20, 2011
• Plus: The soothing power of shelter dogs, and more management news

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• 2 Comments

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• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   September 8, 2011
• Focusing on the budget minutiae, and more management news
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