Governing Institute
VOICES OF THE GOVERNING INSTITUTE
The Best Way to Build a Culture of Evidence-Based Government
Successful efforts to bring the use of data and research into decision-making are both top-down and bottom-up.
Andrew Feldman, Ruth Curran Neild, David Yokum / October 18, 2018
A Crucial Funding Stream for Urban Parks
Catherine Nagel / October 15, 2018
The Committee Every Lawmaker Should Want to Serve On
Paul A. Tufano / October 8, 2018
Turning Traditional Budgeting on Its Head
Andrew Kleine / October 9, 2018
One City’s Pragmatic Pushback Against Mental Illness
Scott Fadness / October 2, 2018
How Public Pension Boards Are Making a Crisis Worse
Daniel DiSalvo / October 1, 2018
Removing the Impediments to Infrastructure Investment
Larry Chadwick / September 27, 2018
Tax Incentives’ Bipartisan Folly
William Ruger, Jason Sorens / September 24, 2018
How Inclusive Contracting Can Produce the Infrastructure We Need
Denise Fairchild / September 20, 2018
Robots or Jobs? The Tax Law’s Uncertain Impact on Communities
Donnie Charleston / September 19, 2018
The Need to Balance Police Effectiveness and Fairness
Greg Berman / September 17, 2018
Cities and the Big Payoff for Digital Transformation
Richard Berry, Peter Ambs / September 12, 2018
The Myth That Crime Rises as Prisons Shrink
Charis E. Kubrin, Bradley J. Bartos / September 11, 2018
Better Ways to Judge How Alternative High Schools Perform
Laura Jimenez, Michael Rothman / September 10, 2018
The Financial Knowledge Inmates Need to Reenter Society
John Wetzel, Robin L. Wiessmann / September 6, 2018
PROGRAMS
Recognizing outstanding achievement in state and local government
Encouraging women to pursue leadership in public service
Providing a framework for building high performance governments
Innovating to make a difference in the lives of city residents.
PAPERS
THE 23% : CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT
'You Should Be at Home With Your Son'
Jackie Biskupski is the first openly gay elected official in Utah. But her sexual orientation isn't what her critics want to talk about.