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October 1, 2024

  1. THE "SUBTLE" IMPACT OF INTEREST RATE CUTS

  2. BEYOND BROADBAND: FIXING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

  3. A FINAL LOOK AT MEDICAID UNWINDING

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FILLING DATA HOLES IN CALIFORNIA'S NEW DISPARITY STUDY

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THE BATTLE TO LOWER TURNOVER

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REBALANCING LONG TERM CARE

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SALES TAX HOLIDAYS A DRAIN ON PUBLIC RESOURCES

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IS YOUR GOVERNMENT PERFORMING BETTER THAN A YEAR AGO?

By Sheila Montney

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QUOTE OF THE DAY.

A SPONSORED SECTION

WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT.

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“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood,” said Helen Keller.


Those powerful words lead inexorably to the idea that it’s wise to listen to the wisdom learned from experience, and the lessons that only experience teaches.


With that in mind, Barrett and Greene, Inc. with the sponsorship of Envisio, The League of Women in Government and the Alliance for Innovation have conducted a series of conversations with women who have risen to reasonably high levels in state and local government with this single question:


“What advice would you like to give to your younger self?”


Their answers were thoughtful, useful and sometimes provocative. We’d like to think that featuring them in this space will provide a wealth of life-learned lessons not just to younger women, but to anyone, of any gender of any age, who wants to learn from the triumphs and tribulations that years in the public sector have taught the respondents.


The actual responses are all accompanied with short introductions to the women who provided the advice, in order to put that in context. As it turned out, these vignettes were inspirational themselves, as they showed the many paths available to lead to success.

This is the third installment of Advice to Your Younger Self. To read the first and second installments click here.


(A tip of the hat is due to an old friend and colleague, Ellyn Spragins, whose book “What I Know Now: Lessons to My Younger Self,” was something of an inspiration to this effort.”)

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WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO YOUR YOUNGER SELF? (PART THREE)

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Keep Up With Barrett and Greene Inc.’s voluminous output of columns, articles and reports as originally published in a wide range of publications and for a variety of organizations and institutions, the two most recent of which are right here. 

 

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Skill-Based Hiring Smashes Through 'Paper Ceiling'

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The Devil Is In the (Financial Reporting) Details

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AN OPEN LETTER TO ELECTED OFFICIALS

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WHY DO PEOPLE LAUGH WHEN WE TELL THEM WHAT WE DO?

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DOES GETTING TOUGHER ON CRIME MAKE PEOPLE SAFER?

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THE ACADEMIC-GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS GAP

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CAP Awards Ceremony and Hatry Tribute
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No Field Will Be The Same
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The Future of State and Local Jobs
42:53
Diversity in the Government Workforce
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Let's Talk Performance: A NCPP Webinar - November 2022 Making Government Work
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Ms. Katherine Barrett and Mr. Richard Greene, Panel 2 - Public Performance Symposium 2022
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Among the resources you can find here are: A guide to information about all fifty states budgets and budget practices; A handy reference source for information about all the governors; up-to-date executive orders by state, voices from the GFOA; and more.