B&G REPORT.

For well over 30 years, we’ve been researching, analyzing and writing about state and local government for a whole variety of publications and organizations. Our most significant foray into this field began when we were covering management issues for Governing Magazine from 1997 to 2019. We left Governing at a time when it briefly appeared that it was going to cease publication, to do similar coverage for Route Fifty. We held onto that gig until 2024, at which point it cut ba

A couple of months ago at a large social gathering we had the opportunity to spend some time with a person who has dedicated his life to...

Way back in 2015, we wrote a cover story for Governing  about bad data. (And by the way, we’re delighted to report that after a few...

We don’t have a degree in statistics. Nor are we data specialists. But after 30-plus years of using data as a basic tool in our quest to...

Nearly every city, county or state gathers huge quantities of data for a variety of purposes. Some of it is effectively used, some is...

We’re looking forward to participating in a panel at the upcoming annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration...

As we approach the last several weeks of December, our plan is to take a full vacation starting on December 14, continuing through New...

Last week’s B&G Report included the second in a series of lists, compiled by experts, about managing performance. The first such list,...

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...

When we attend social gatherings like weddings and are seated with people who don’t know us, one of the obligatory first questions...

When it comes to many vital public services, including police, fire and EMS, one of the primary – and sometimes the only – performance...