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Barrett and Greene

Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene

Contributors

Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene, who have analyzed, researched and written about state and local government for over 30 years, are contributors to Governing; executive advisors for the American Society for Public Administration; visiting fellows at the IBM Center for the Business of Government; advisors to the Government Finance Officers Association; columnists for Government Finance Review; commentary editors for the International Journal of Public Administrators; and senior advisors to the Government Finance Research Center at the University of Illinois, Chicago. They are also fellows at the National Academy of Public Administration.

Their latest book, co-authored with Donald F. Kettl, is “The Little Guide to Writing for Impact,” published in 2024. For more information on them and their work, visit their website at greenebarrett.com.

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