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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.

Plus: Making Commissions Useful, Counting Contracts, And More
A handful of B&G Report readers speak out about the positives and negatives of devices that allow them to stay in touch with their work around the clock.
This month, the Public Great blog looks at why government processes are like a series of pipes, and why they're so clogged up.
Outrage over lavish salaries and pensions in Bell, California, could fire up reform in public compensation laws and practices.
Symbols and substance will clash in 2010 and beyond.
With yields low and fees high, "safe" funds used in deferred compensation plans may eat away at principal.
Plus: Health Care Misconceptions, Performance Management Uncertainties, And More
Some say the federal government should send another round of aid to states.
States should maintain ample rainy-day funds or risk losing federal money.
HR is not the solution because people are not the problem.