• An Ounce of Encouragement
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   July 1, 2007
• Some states and localities are taking steps to get constituents to do what they ought to do anyway.

• Don't Ask
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   July 2007
• The more thoroughly you measure the depths of any problem, the bigger that problem will appear to be.

• The Listening Post
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   May 1, 2007
• One of the toughest things for states or localities to do is get bona fide input from citizens on how they're doing.

• Do You Know What You Own?
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   January 1, 2007
• A surprising number of states and localities don't have the kind of inventory of their assets that a decent shoe store has.

• Speed Limits
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   November 2006
• Response time is the easiest but not necessarily the best measure of performance.

• When Boomers Retire
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   September 2006
• A number of states are looking to career-building programs to grow their workforces of the future.

• Short on Oversight
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   May 2006
• States and localities are outsourcing more of their services, but management of the contracts is in dire need of an upgrade.

• Theory of Partisan Reality
• BY: Alan Ehrenhalt   |   March 2006
• The past decade has brought a marked increase in partisan unpleasantness in legislative bodies almost everywhere in the country.

• Plugging In
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   March 2006
• Performance measures are finally being taken out of the box and applied to agency plans and budgets.
• 1 Comments

• Gaming the Numbers
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   January 2006
• Many of the statistics policy makers use today are set in concrete but made of quicksand.

• Time For A Check Up
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   November 2005
• An independent performance audit can help an agency deliver services more efficiently and effectively.

• Big Bucks to Buckle Up
• BY: Alan Ehrenhalt   |   September 2005
• Seat-Belt mandates are no panacea, no matter how much money is thrown at them.

• Apples to Umbrellas
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   September 2005
• Criteria and formulas for basic performance measures are so varied, comparing data from one state to another is often a fruitless exercise.

• Last Call for Taverns
• BY: Alan Ehrenhalt   |   August 2005
• Chicago's mayor is encouraging citizens to exercise control over seedy bars in their neighborhoods.

• Fixing a Sagging Wage Floor
• BY: Alan Ehrenhalt   |   July 2005
• A surprising number of Republicans are joining with liberals to enact new state minimum wage laws.

Most Viewed

This Section    |    Whole Site

• How to Keep Costly Road Repairs to a Minimum
• Sick Leave Causes Headaches for Governments
• Performance Measurement Improves the Quality of Health Care
• An Unproductive Bump
• Big Bucks to Buckle Up

• Skagit River Bridge That Collapsed Wasn't Built to Take Critical Hit
• Kardashian Pulls T-Shirt from Shelves After Gov. Cuomo Threatened Lawsuit
• Massachusetts Lt. Gov. to Resign
• Creating the Courts Americans Want
• Success of Gun Buyback in Phoenix May Backfire

Comments