THE PUBLIC SECTOR TOWER OF BABEL
We were involved in a meeting the other day, in which a couple of participants were talking about agile government. We hear that term...
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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.
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GENERATION Z: ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL
In conversations that we’ve had lately with people in human resources and elsewhere in government, we’ve found ourselves repeatedly...
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NINE TIPS FOR IMPROVING MEETINGS
Over more than 30 years of covering state and local government, we can’t recall ever talking to a public sector manager who loved going...
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THE GRAVEYARD OF GOOD IDEAS
A couple of weeks ago, we wrote a B&G report titled “Is Speedy Government Good Government?” in which we made the case that the pressure...
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THE TWELVE BIG LIES ABOUT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
There are all kinds of variations on the theme of the three big lies that people tell in the normal course of day-to-day life. One of our...
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IS SPEEDY GOVERNMENT GOOD GOVERNMENT?
Not to be overly blunt, but we’ve grown sick and tired of hearing people complaining about how long it takes state and local governments...
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EMPLOYEE SURVEYS' TWO-EDGED SWORD
Employee surveys can provide extremely valuable information for supervisors, managers and HR officials in cities, counties, and states...
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REBRANDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Over the years, we’ve chatted with high school and college students about the potential of careers working for state and local...
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Measuring & Managing Business Tax Incentives
by Dr. Ellen Harpel, Founder of Smart Incentives and Randall Bauer, Director, PFM Group Consulting Randall Bauer Ellen Harpel As...
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The Sisyphus Files – Repeated Issues in Performance Audits
Episode Two: Inappropriate Computer Access - We don’t recall any performance auditors complaining to us about the frustration they must...
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Building Human Services Relationships
Public sector human services professionals tend to go into their field to spend time with lower-income families who are in need of...
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WANT TO GET YOUR STORY OUT? SIX TIPS FOR STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS
Over the course of years, we’ve given speeches about a variety of topics -- ranging from human resources to performance management to...
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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...
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