B&G REPORT.

Some time ago, in a conversation with a high-ranking county official, he told us about the three attributes that he sought when hiring a new employee: “attitude, aptitude and adaptability.” Subsequently in looking up those words online, we’ve realized that he didn’t make the “three A’s” up himself, but the idea remained with us as a sensible one. Clearly, the fundamental hurdles before someone should be hired for a job in state or local government are attitude and aptitude. I

Over the last few months, we’ve written extensively about Artificial Intelligence. Mostly we’ve been focusing on the usual issues; its...

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

In the wake of the pandemic, we co-wrote a paper for the IBM Center for the Business of Government in collaboration with renowned...

Thanksgiving is just a few days away and we thought this was an appropriate time to dig into some of the state and local government news...

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

We’ve just been catching up on one of our favorite podcasts, Freakonomics Radio, and came across a wonderful conversation with Samuel...

A little over two years ago, as we were researching an IBM Center for the Business of Government report about lessons learned from the...

As anyone who is following our website knows, we write for a great many other publications and organizations, including Route Fifty, the...

Picture this: You’ve gotten off the interstate highway, and are trying to get to your destination of choice. Your car runs into a big...