• Bye, Bye Early Bird
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   September 2003
• A late budget is a clear sign that unproductive politics are overwhelming a government's sensible management.

• In-House Outlaws
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   July 2003
• Catching every bit of fraud in government can result in what a county official calls 'spending a dime to chase a nickel.'

• The Prized Employee
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   May 2003
• Governments are in the position of trying to reward good performers-- without being able to give raises or bonuses.

• Coming To Terms
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   March 2003
• Fuzzy language is a big impediment to good management--and to understanding the way government really works.

• A Data Deficiency
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   January 2003
• The lack of good information to help voters make intelligent decisions on ballot measures is startling.

• Making Comparisons
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   November 2002
• People may not care how clean the average street is, but they sure want to know how their street compares to others.

• You Can't Bank On It
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   September 2002
• When a state or local agency has money left at the end of the year, a spendthrift mentality tends to take over.

• Proof Positive
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   July 2002
• Louisiana has undergone a sea change in the use of performance information. Managing for results is working there.

• Control Freaks
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   May 2002
• States and localities probably spend more money enforcing incredibly restrictive rules than they lose on waste and fraud.

• The Terminator
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   January 2002
• Even for those governments that have mechanisms to hasten the firing process, it can still be laborious to get rid of deadwood.

• Bad-News Budgeting
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   November 2001
• When revenues dry up, states and localities tend to make cuts that leave them less able to deliver services effectively.

• Ending the Gotcha Game
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   September 2001
• The more managers are free to admit an impending failure without fear of being throttled, the better off a government will be.

• The Good Book
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   July 2001
• A new report on making results-based state government work is chock- full of commonsense recommendations.

• Paying the Bill
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   March 2001
• States need a more careful process of estimating the future financial impact of legislation before legislators pass it.

• Training Wheels
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   January 2001
• Most states can't tell you, with any authority, how much agencies spend on training or how wisely they spend it.

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