Dedicated to state and local governments

 

Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene (B&G) research and write about state and local governments. Explore this website to find fresh content, including guest columns, special features, resources, links, quotes and more. For their recent thoughts, comments, short essays and links, click on the "B&G Report" below.

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Guest Column

How will states and local governments pay for infrastructure when the federal dollars run dry? John Bartle of the University of Nebraska, Omaha and Can Chen of Georgia State University have a suggestion: "Crowdfunding"

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Hot Off The Presses

Link to our recent columns about the promises and pitfalls of using temporary workers in the public sector, and our recommendation of  successful strategies for attracting and retaining public employees. 
 

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Some cool new columns!

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Special Features

Double-decker B&G Reports about city parks in the United States.

* The Trust for Public Land's brand new report about the value of city parks in combatting climate change

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* The best ranked city park systems in the United States -- and their fiscal woes. 

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On Friday, April 22nd, we gave a presentation about performance management at the 2022 Marc Holzer Public Performance Symposium.

Here's our presentation, which hits on the promises and pitfalls of his important effort, based on 30+ years of observations.

 

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Public Sector Human Resources, State and Local Government, Performance Management, Public Sector Workforce, Performance Audit

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State and Local Government, Public Sector Human Resources, Performance Management, Public Sector Workforce, Performance Audit, Richard Greene; Katherine Barrett; Barrett and Greene, Local Government, Government Analysis, B&G Report, State Government, County Government, City Government, Data analysis, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Performance Measurement, Performance Auditor, Human Resources, Public Sector Procurement, Public Sector Contracting, Audit Watch, Inspectors General, Government Oversight, Dedicated to State and Local Government, tax systems, Government Research, State Government Research, Local Government Research, Public Sector Budgeting, Government Finance, Consulting Company, Making Government Work, Performance-Informed Management, Route Fifty, Volcker Alliance, Government Finance Research Center, Government Finance Review, Government Performance Project, Governing Magazine, IBM Center for the Business of Government, GFOA

Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene


Over the course of over 30 years, Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene, principals of Barrett and Greene, Inc. have done much-praised analysis, research and writing about state and local governments. They are nationally-known authorities in a host of topics including budgeting and finance; human resources and workforce management; procurement; tax systems,  pensions, infrastructure, contracting, data use, civics education and notably performance management.

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