B&G Report

Attack on Auditor Independence in Iowa

Last night, the Iowa Senate quickly passed a bill that effectively limits the State Auditor’s independent oversight by restricting his...

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...

The Sisyphus Files – Repeated Issues in Performance Audits

Episode One: Data Quality - Over the course of years, as we’ve closely followed the work of state and local performance auditors, a...

Problems with Performance Reporting: A Vermont Critique

We’ve been watching city, state and county efforts at performance reporting for many years, and we know it’s hard to do. We applaud the...

The Persistent Problem of Poor Data Quality

Back in 2015, we wrote a major feature for Governing magazine titled “The Causes, Cost and Consequence of Bad Government Data.” As far as...