B&G REPORT.

Over the course of the last few years, we’ve found ourselves writing increasingly about the challenges and accomplishments of towns, small cities and counties. In the past, it’s been a real temptation to focus on the work of large cities, as they tend to wind up in the news – and are more inclined than smaller places to publicize their accomplishments. But about one out of three incorporated communities in the United States has a population of under 50,000. We were inspired t

Today is the first day of Public Service Recognition Week and since much of our readership is made up by people who have devoted their...

For years, we’ve been writing about the importance of good data, based upon which states, counties and cities can make good decisions....

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

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

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

Over the years, we’ve written a great deal about ways in which government officials can improve their relationship with the press. We...

We recently came across an online report by a local NPR station that began with a headline that stated that, “Philadelphia and Wilmington...

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

Just the other day, we were editing a Guest Column for this website (we won’t bother to mention the name of the author) and discovered...