FORT WORTH: THE TRAIN IS ON THE TRACKS
A little over a year ago, we wrote a column for Route Fifty about the remarkably ambitious host of efforts that Fort Worth, Texas was...
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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.
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AN OPEN LETTER TO ELECTED OFFICIALS
Good day, Last week we were talking to an inquisitive person who is rising in the local public sector world. The conversation turned to...
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THE ACADEMIC-GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS GAP
We spend a lot of time talking with government practitioners and a lot of time talking with academic researchers. We’ve often wondered...
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TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST
As we recently reported in the second of a two-part series about Trust In Government for Route Fifty, about 45% of Americans have a less...
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FAILURE AS A KEY TO SUCCESS
We’ve just been catching up on one of our favorite podcasts, Freakonomics Radio, and came across a wonderful conversation with Samuel...
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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...
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HOW POLITICS WASTES TAX DOLLARS IN TAX INCENTIVES
Over the course of the last few months, we’ve been digging deeply into the world of tax incentives given by states and local governments...
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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...
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Keeping Focus on the Humans at the Heart of Human Services
After 23 years in government John Eller, the director of Social Services in Mecklenburg County, will leave his government job in...
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THE B&G Reading List
Periodically, we make a request in the B&G Report for recommendations of books that provide worthy reading for people who are interested...
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Five Key Benefits of Enterprise Risk Management for Government
by Marty Benison, Industry Executive Director for State and Local Government, Oracle While the move to "Software as a Service (SaaS)...
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Route Fifty’s Future of Work Series: A Summary
We’ve written columns for a variety of publications over the years ranging from the late, lamented Ladies’ Home Journal to Forbes to...
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What Are CIOs Thinking in 2022
We were fascinated by some of the most significant changes signaled in the recently released annual CIO survey from the National...
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FIGHTING FRAUD: ADVICE FOR SMALLER CITIES
Whatever their size, all state and local governments must contend with the possibility that federal grant money or taxpayer revenues will...
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Why hide from data?
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been doing research into the challenges municipalities face when they want to hire a diverse workforce....
