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Zach Patton

Executive Editor

Zach Patton -- Executive Editor. Zach joined GOVERNING as a staff writer in 2004. He received the 2011 Jesse H. Neal Award for Outstanding Journalism for his GOVERNING story on economic cutbacks in Colorado Springs. He has served as an editor since 2010, and as Executive Editor since 2012.

Some states are taking their time spending stimulus highway dollars, and jobs aren't being created as quickly as the feds had hoped.
Allowing the Bush-era cuts to expire will benefit some states while hurting others.
Many pension funds will cut their investment-return assumptions.
Plus: Payday Fraud, Citizen-Driven Budgeting, and More Management News
The roots of the problems with government processes go all the way back to Adam Smith.
The feds say participation in the "Secure Communities" initiative is voluntary, but can cities really opt out?
Federal reimbursement for high-cost early retirees will begin soon.
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board's pension disclosures could help CFOs sleep at night.
A good option for new public employees is a "half & half" defined-benefit and defined-contribution plan.
All the challenges in government management share the same basic cause: a capacity problem.