B&G REPORT.

Much of the coverage about the concerns that beset states and localities tends to focus on specific areas like budgetary shortfalls, the need for better technology and a shortage of people to fill many vital positions (where have all the accountants gone?) But, increasingly, in conversations we’re having about all these topics and more, the problem that seem to keep our sources awake at night can be expressed in a single word: “Uncertainty.” “ Uncertainty is not generally wel

Last week, in a B&G Report titled, “Information Can Be a Buried Treasure,” we wrote about our concerns about the use of artificial...

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

We received a tremendous response a few weeks ago when we published “A Reader’s Guide to Government Performance”  by John Kamensky, a...

Several decades ago, when we first developed a passion for performance management, we leaned upon a cadre of people who were pioneering...

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

Over the years, we’ve chatted with high school and college students about the potential of careers working for state and local...

On Tuesday evening, we got a phone call to tell us that Harry P. Hatry, the renowned, respected and remarkable leader in the world of...

It often feels as though the Holy Grail of government management is to have some process or procedure written into statute. That’s the...