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Over the years in which we’ve been covering the evolution of performance management, it’s always been abundantly clear to us that great care needs to be taken in determining the right things to measure. We’ve long suggested that states and local governments need to consider the set of performance measures they use as a work in progress—and be prepared to refine and alter them on a regular basis. With that in mind, we were struck by a working paper, published by the Anneberg I

by Marty Benison, Industry Executive Director for State and Local Government, Oracle ​ While the move to “Software as a Service” (SaaS) started prior to the pandemic, it accelerated when citizens needed to continue to do business with governments at all levels, but now they’ have to do so remotely. ​ This digital transformation is now ingrained in the fabric of most government organizations and is here to stay. This is good news. Moving systems to SaaS subscription models,

As summer draws to a close, so do the B&G Wordles -- using words from state and local government. We'll be posting two more after this one. Enjoy. Click here: https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=yvzhq

We’ve repeatedly heard the phrase: “People don’t leave bad jobs, they leave bad bosses.” This comment has been supported by loads of surveys over the course of time (although most of them tend to focus on the private sector, we’re confident that it’s true in governments at all levels.) The value of good supervisors has probably never been more important than it is in 2022, with states and local governments yearning for qualified candidates for a host of positions. It’s a sell

Click here for the latest state-and-local government related Wordle. Enjoy https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=hctdw

​ ​ by Chris Fabian, CEO, ResourceX ​ ​​ To prevent a “climate catastrophe,” the focus of local, regional, national, and international government leaders has been to keep temperature rise in check – no more than 2.0°C increase above pre-industrial levels. Last fall, the 26th annual “Conference of the Parties” (COP26) summit in Glasgow ushered in global commitments to emission reductions, like the Local Governments for Sustainability launch of Race To Zero - a global campaign

Toward the end of July, Route Fifty published our most recent column about the arduous task that government officials have when faced with a financial scandal. We got the idea for this column during the June conference of the Government Finance Officers Association, where we serve as advisors. A GFOA session about ethics set us off on a determined exploration of some of the common aspects of fiscal scandals that involve powerful individuals. We subsequently had long talks wit

Some years ago, when the phrase “big data,” was first gaining currency, we decided that before we embarked on any projects related to this new silver bullet, we should figure out what it meant. So, we got on the phone and spoke with a dozen smart people we knew in state and local government, asking nothing more than for a definition of that phrase. It turned out that we got at least six different variations on the theme, and there was no real clarity as to what big data reall

As promised, we're offering state and local government-related Wordles every Tueday for the rest of the summer. Enjoy today's. We hope it's not too easy. (And by the way, this is an unapologetic bait and switch, and we hope that after you enjoy the B&G World, you'll visit some of the other features on the site. Click here: