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Climate Action: Backed by Budget
by Chris Fabian, CEO, ResourceX To prevent a “climate catastrophe,” the focus of local, regional, national, and international...
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- Aug 4
- 3 min
Understanding Fiscal Scandals and Their Impact on Localities
Toward the end of July, Route Fifty published our most recent column about the arduous task that government officials have when faced...
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- Aug 2
- 3 min
The Tower of State and Local Babel
Some years ago, when the phrase “big data,” was first gaining currency, we decided that before we embarked on any projects related to...
greenebarrett
- Jul 25
- 3 min
How To Use Data in Workforce Management
Across the U.S., a growing number of cities, counties, and states are using data across agencies to improve management and make...
greenebarrett
- Jul 21
- 3 min
Disaggregating is King
Our friend and colleague Harry Hatry has long insisted that data is far more valuable when it’s disaggregated. In a January 2022 paper...
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- Jul 19
- 1 min
The B&G Wordle
It was clear that many of you enjoyed the Wordle that appeared in this space a little under a week ago, so we decided to put up new...
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- Jul 19
- 3 min
Why States Need Stronger Statutes about Animal Cruelty
by Diana Urban, former Chair of the Connecticut General Assembly Committee on Children, presently founder and president of Protecting...
greenebarrett
- Jul 14
- 1 min
The B&G Worldle
Are you playing the seemingly addictive game of Wordle? Practically everyone we know seems to be. Doubtless, the day of Wordle will pass,...
greenebarrett
- Jul 12
- 2 min
A Law Ignored “To a Startling Degree”
While pensions and retiree health liabilities garner lots of headlines as dramatic fiscal threats, a less-publicized, but still critical...
greenebarrett
- Jul 7
- 2 min
Where are the ARPA Funds Going in Large American Cities and Counties?
There’s been a great deal written about the ways in which states and localities are spending the federal dollars they are receiving from...
greenebarrett
- Jun 30
- 6 min
Lessons Learned from TANF Clients
In researching the 26-year-old Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program recently, we had the chance to talk with Mary Beth...
greenebarrett
- Jun 22
- 3 min
Procurement Offices and the Environment
It would be a wonderful thing, we think, if the federal government could move forward on environmental issues. But as recently as a few...
greenebarrett
- Jun 16
- 2 min
How Staffing Shortages May Be Affecting Illinois Children
Over the last months, we've written a series of columns for Route Fifty and elsewhere about the difficulties states and localities are...
greenebarrett
- May 24
- 4 min
Keeping the Budget Boring
by Neil Bergsman, Senior Policy Analyst at Maryland Nonprofits with a 35-year background in Maryland government finance, both executive...
greenebarrett
- May 17
- 4 min
Engaging the Community to Serve the Community: The Providence Rescue Plan
By Joshua Avila, MPA, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, City of Providence, Office of Mayor Jorge O. Elorza I joined the City of...
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- May 10
- 4 min
Using Data to Build Trust in Government
By Doug Criscitello, Managing Director, Grant Thornton Public Sector Trust, perhaps the most important ingredient to a well-functioning...
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- May 4
- 2 min
City Parks Tackling Climate Change
Typically, when people think about efforts to help deal with the byproducts of global warming, they focus on the power of federal...
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- May 4
- 2 min
What Are The Best City Park Systems?
On May 3rd, The Trust for Public Land (TPS) released its annual ParkScore rankings of parks in the 100 most populous cities, based on...
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- May 2
- 2 min
How Can Auditors Work Well With Agencies and the Other Way Around
We’ve been spending our day watching the Association of Local Government Auditors Annual Conference online. We wish we could be there in...
greenebarrett
- Apr 27
- 2 min
Does Measurement Get Things Done? Really?
Two of the most-repeated aphorisms pertaining to performance management have long been “What Gets Measured Gets Managed,” or, optionally,...