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.

THE STORY BEHIND THE DATA

Cities, counties and states are overladen with data, and with the advent of AI, it’s likely that the current flood will be turning into a tsunami. But we’re often dismayed when we speak with people in these entities only to discover that they can spout out plenty of numbers, but they can’t really understand the story behind them. At a recent conference, for example, one of the speakers showed an alarming slide that demonstrated that a particular city had a disproportionate

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BEYOND THE DATA

Not long ago we were at a presentation by an academic about a topic that was of genuine interest to us. As is often the case, she had many interesting slides, showing all of the data she had gathered over months of research. But when one of the members of the audience inquired about the meaning behind the data, her answer was simple. “I don’t know. I only know the numbers.” This was frustrating to us, and we suspect other folks in the audience. But it’s been our experienc

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