• Manager's Reading List
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   August 6, 2009
• A running list of must-reads for public managers, suggested by readers of The B&G Report
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• Insight on Incentives
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   May 7, 2009
• Plus: Paying for snitches, the power of putting data on a map, and more

• What Do Public Managers Want?
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   April 23, 2009
• Plus: saving on Medicaid, the problem with building consensus, and more

• Using Stimulus Funds for Parks
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   April 9, 2009
• Readers of the B&G Report respond to the idea of using federal stimulus dollars for quality-of-life projects.

• Stimulating Conversation on Parks and Golf Courses
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   April 9, 2009
• Plus: Adaptability and flexibility, California's new stimulus watchdog, and more

• A Stimulus Hole-in-One
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   March 19, 2009
• Plus: Taxes vs. fees, unaccountable accountability, and more

• "Silly" Stimulus Spending
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   March 5, 2009
• Plus: The balanced-budget myth, Oregon's progressive Progress Board, and more
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• Park That Stimulus!
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   February 19, 2009
• Plus: How informing patients can lower Medicaid costs, a great resource for performance reporting, and more

• When Program Funds Go Awry
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   February 5, 2009
• Plus: Improving 311 systems, the pain of conference calls, and more

• A Gift List for Managers
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   December 17, 2008
• Plus: How to fix failed institutions, keeping track of budget cuts, and more

• Opposite Day
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   December 4, 2008
• Plus: A state-city disconnect, an entirely unscientific poll about performance measures, and more

• Afraid to Fire?
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   November 19, 2008
• Plus: The problem with a one-year check-up, unspent money in Tulsa, and more

• The Election's Over: Time to Start Worrying
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   November 6, 2008
• Plus: The decline of the citizen survey, using the Web to change attitudes about government, and more

• A Simple Idea for Saving on Health-care costs
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   October 22, 2008
• Plus: Losing credit in Hartford, fed-state stat spat, and more

• Management Prognostications
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   September 22, 2008
• Plus: Our own predictions for the year, government's "big pencil," and more

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