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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.

Women are less likely than men to aspire for and occupy top jobs. They're also less optimistic about their chances of moving up at all.
To address sexual harassment, it needs to be reported. State employees have been hesitant to do that.
The Supreme Court’s ruling was expected to diminish union membership. But so far, many unions have actually increased their numbers since the verdict. Conservative groups are working to reverse that trend in the long run.
For one, don’t assume the last governor’s appointees want to leave.
As Maryland has learned, it’s crucial to know the costs of proposed legislation.
Ironically, it can happen because managers skip steps in an effort to go faster.
At a time of low unemployment, both kinds of employers are beefing up their perks.
The digital age, new laws and recent events have created tension between government's transparency and the privacy of the people who work for it.
A year filled with teacher strikes and sexual harassment scandals has led candidates for governor to talk more about how they would treat their state's workforce.