top of page
B&G REPORT.
The B&G Report features newsy items relating to a wide variety of state and local government management topics, including state and local performance audit, state and local performance management, government budgeting, state and local human resource issues, and a variety of other public sector issues.
Search
INFORMATION CAN BE A BURIED TREASURE
A few weeks after we left our then-18-year-old son off at the University of North Carolina in 2005, we got a note from him, thoroughly...
greenebarrett
4 min read
NINE TIPS FOR IMPROVING MEETINGS
Over more than 30 years of covering state and local government, we can’t recall ever talking to a public sector manager who loved going...
greenebarrett
3 min read
Government Management: Why don’t people care?
We are puzzled and frustrated with the ignorance of many people about the importance of state and local government management. They tend...
greenebarrett
2 min read
Negative Audits Can Be Good News
Several years ago – right before the start of the pandemic -- our book, The Promises and Pitfalls of Performance-Informed Management was...
greenebarrett
2 min read
The Sisyphus Files – Repeated Issues in Performance Audits
Episode Two: Inappropriate Computer Access - We don’t recall any performance auditors complaining to us about the frustration they must...
greenebarrett
3 min read
Building Human Services Relationships
Public sector human services professionals tend to go into their field to spend time with lower-income families who are in need of...
greenebarrett
5 min read
On the Road to a More Diverse Workforce
Cities, counties and states from coast to coast are cultivating efforts to create a more diverse workforce – one that mirrors the...
greenebarrett
2 min read
How to Tell What’s on the New Governors Minds
[Photo: Oregon Governor Tina Kotek] Generally, gubernatorial executive orders get scanty press attention. But we’ve found they’re one of...
greenebarrett
3 min read
The Sisyphus Files – Repeated Issues in Performance Audits
Episode One: Data Quality - Over the course of years, as we’ve closely followed the work of state and local performance auditors, a...
greenebarrett
3 min read
Nine New Governors and a Generational Shift
Out of the 36 gubernatorial elections last November, 26 resulted in the return of an incumbent while only one, Nevada’s Steve Sisolak,...
greenebarrett
3 min read
bottom of page