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We’ve recently been reading an advance copy of a book by Bill Leighty, former chief of staff under Governors Tim Kaine and Mark Warner of...
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- Oct 19
- 2 min
The Black Wealth Data Center
A little over a year ago, as we were researching an IBM Center for the Business of Government report about lessons learned from the...
greenebarrett
- Oct 18
- 2 min
Fighting Fraud: Advice for Smaller Cities
Whatever their size, all state and local governments must contend with the possibility that federal grant money or taxpayer revenues will...
greenebarrett
- Oct 11
- 2 min
The Non-Tech Problems with Public Sector Apps
With the advent of mobile apps and easily accessible web portals, there’s growing potential for improved communication between...
greenebarrett
- Oct 6
- 3 min
The Fight for Independent Oversight
In 2018, a regional ballot measure in nine counties in the San Francisco area dedicated $500 million of $4.5 billion in increased...
greenebarrett
- Oct 5
- 2 min
Lagging Inspections: Will We Never Learn?
We are, as readers of the B&G Report know, regular users of performance audits. In so doing, we're sometimes reminded about the Greek...
greenebarrett
- Sep 29
- 2 min
Getting Feedback From Residents: A New Survey
Increasingly, the old days of town hall meetings is giving way to electronic means for getting input from residents. Though this means of...
greenebarrett
- Sep 27
- 1 min
New, Up-to-date GUIDE TO BUDGET RESOURCES
Several years ago, we worked with the Volcker Alliance to created a guide to resources about state budgeting intended for use by public...
greenebarrett
- Sep 22
- 3 min
Why hide from data?
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been doing research into the challenges municipalities face when they want to hire a diverse workforce....
greenebarrett
- Sep 20
- 1 min
Bringing Context to Quality of Life Ratings
Yesterday afternoon, at the #ICMA’s annual conference in Columbus Ohio, an announcement was made about an exciting collaboration to...
greenebarrett
- Sep 12
- 4 min
Engaging the Public on Climate Action
By Chris Adams, CEO of Balancing Act, a creator of simulation-based online engagement tools. With the recent passage of the...
greenebarrett
- Sep 1
- 1 min
Preparing for Risk: GASB-Style
In a day when one of the only sure things about the future of state and local finances is that they are unpredictable, a proposal issued...
greenebarrett
- Aug 30
- 2 min
Measuring Principals (not Principles)
Over the years in which we’ve been covering the evolution of performance management, it’s always been abundantly clear to us that great...
greenebarrett
- Aug 24
- 4 min
Five Key Benefits of Enterprise Risk Management for Government
by Marty Benison, Industry Executive Director for State and Local Government, Oracle While the move to “Software as a Service” (SaaS)...
greenebarrett
- Aug 16
- 2 min
Praise in a Remote World
We’ve repeatedly heard the phrase: “People don’t leave bad jobs, they leave bad bosses.” This comment has been supported by loads of...
greenebarrett
- Aug 9
- 4 min
Climate Action: Backed by Budget
by Chris Fabian, CEO, ResourceX To prevent a “climate catastrophe,” the focus of local, regional, national, and international...
greenebarrett
- 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...
greenebarrett
- 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...