• Somerville's Joseph A. Curtatone
• BY: Stephen Goldsmith   |   March 9, 2009
• Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone has enacted transformative changes in the management of Somerville, Massachusetts, and has done so by championing the importance of cost and efficiency data for all city services to improve accountability and performance.

• Managing Without Miracles
• BY: John D. Donahue   |   March 4, 2009
• Reforming health care in the U.K. took clear thinking, determination and hard work.

• The Stimulus Hot Seat
• BY: Paul L. Posner   |   February 25, 2009
• As the money flows from Washington, state and local government managers need to be proactive about accountability.

• The Promise of the Millennial Generation
• BY: Russ Linden   |   February 18, 2009
• Millennials may be problematic, but consider their potential for radically improving government.
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• Green Jobs and the Need for Speed
• BY: G. Edward DeSeve   |   February 11, 2009
• The stimulus package promises billions for energy-efficiency projects. State and local governments must be ready to move quickly, and they will need to embrace new levels of accountability and transparency.

• Stimulating Main Street
• BY: Robert J. O'Neill Jr.   |   February 4, 2009
• Most infrastructure is local. That's where stimulus spending can do the most the quickest.

• Will Massive Collaboration Work for You?
• BY: Jerry Mechling   |   January 28, 2009
• It offers ways for governments to tap the wisdom of crowds.

• Better Budget Talk
• BY: Shelley Metzenbaum   |   January 21, 2009
• Performance reporting offers a better way to explain painful trade-offs.

• Prudent Privatization
• BY: Stephen Goldsmith   |   January 14, 2009
• Too often, political rhetoric overshadows careful analysis.

• Leaky Roofs and Windows
• BY: Feather O'Connor Houstoun   |   January 7, 2009
• There's no time like hard times to take a close look at duplicative programs.

• The Ascension of an Innovator
• BY: Stephen Goldsmith   |   December 17, 2008
• Can the president-elect's choice to lead HUD teach a tough bureaucracy how to say yes?

• Cutting for Excellence
• BY: Frank Fairbanks   |   December 10, 2008
• Slashing spending offers opportunities for positive change. But a government's workers need to be part of the process, and they need to know they are being treated fairly.

• Dealing with Resistance
• BY: Babak Armajani   |   December 3, 2008
• Embrace it. It's a vital ingredient in change.

• Government 2.0's Inauguration
• BY: William D. Eggers   |   November 19, 2008
• What the Obama campaign taught us about collaboration.

• Readiness to Do Right
• BY: Bob Stone,Mick Ukleja   |   November 12, 2008
• When it comes to ethics, we all know what we should do. So why don't we?

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