B&G Report

Harry P. Hatry, Leader and Performance Management Pioneer, dies at 92

On Tuesday evening, we got a phone call to tell us that Harry P. Hatry, the renowned, respected and remarkable leader in the world of...

On the Road to a More Diverse Workforce

Cities, counties and states from coast to coast are cultivating efforts to create a more diverse workforce – one that mirrors the...

What's Next for Evidence-Based Policy Making?

By Elizabeth Linos, Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School and Faculty Director, The...

The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good: Mini-RCTs

“Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been called the gold standard for identifying the impacts of public service-delivery...

Let’s Talk Performance!

A couple of weeks ago, we were invited by the National Center for Public Performance to be the inaugural panelists in its series of...

Keeping Focus on the Humans at the Heart of Human Services

After 23 years in government John Eller, the director of Social Services in Mecklenburg County, will leave his government job in...

THE B&G Reading List

A couple of weeks ago, we made a request in the B&G Report for recommendations of books that would provide worthy reading for people who...

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....

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...

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...

State Investments: Higher Returns vs. Other Benefits

When states invest money, whether for their pension plans or other purposes, to what extent is it sensible for them to trade potentially...

Is Michigan Misspending Medicaid Dollars? A Battle Between Auditor and Agency.

The Michigan Office of the Auditor General (OAG) recently came out with a scathing performance audit about the state’s Medicaid and...