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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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PERFORMANCE READER’S GUIDE (Part 3)

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PERFORMANCE READER’S GUIDE (Part 3)

As we approach the last several weeks of December, our plan is to take a full vacation starting on December 14, continuing through New...

SEVEN REASONS FOR THANKS ON THURSDAY

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SEVEN REASONS FOR THANKS ON THURSDAY

Thanksgiving is just a few days away and we thought this was an appropriate time to dig into some of the state and local government news...

RX FOR PERFORMANCE PITFALLS

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RX FOR PERFORMANCE PITFALLS

Last week’s B&G Report included the second in a series of lists, compiled by experts, about managing performance. The first such list,...

HOW TO IMPROVE GOVERNMENT COVERAGE

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HOW TO IMPROVE GOVERNMENT COVERAGE

Over the years, we’ve written a great deal about ways in which government officials can improve their relationship with the press. We...

LOOKING BEHIND THE HEADLINES

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LOOKING BEHIND THE HEADLINES

We recently came across an online report by a local NPR station that began with a headline that stated that, “Philadelphia and Wilmington...

ARE BEST PRACTICES REALLY THE BEST?

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ARE BEST PRACTICES REALLY THE BEST?

Just the other day, we were editing a Guest Column for this website (we won’t bother to mention the name of the author) and discovered...

WHAT DO – OR DON’T – THE FEDS DO?

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WHAT DO – OR DON’T – THE FEDS DO?

Over the course of time, we’ve written repeatedly about the confusion many Americans have about which level of government provides which...

AN OPEN LETTER TO ELECTED OFFICIALS

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AN OPEN LETTER TO ELECTED OFFICIALS

Good day, Last week we were talking to an inquisitive person who is rising in the local public sector world. The conversation turned to...

POTHOLES ON THE AI ROAD

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POTHOLES ON THE AI ROAD

We’re not scared of AI. It doesn’t take much historical memory to know that pretty much any new technology brings out fear and...

GOVERNMENT INTERNET FRUSTRATIONS

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GOVERNMENT INTERNET FRUSTRATIONS

We get a great deal of information from the Internet for our work, and there’s little question that the easy access to tons of reports,...

NINE TIPS FOR IMPROVING MEETINGS

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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...

THE TWELVE BIG LIES ABOUT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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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...

TOO MUCH DATA – TOO LITTLE TIME

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TOO MUCH DATA – TOO LITTLE TIME

Typically, when we hear about a city or state choosing not to gather more potentially useful data because it’s too time consuming, we...

Budget Lessons from the States for the Feds:How to Radically Change Expectations about the Federal

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Budget Lessons from the States for the Feds:How to Radically Change Expectations about the Federal

by Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux, Senior Visiting Scholar, University of Georgia; Board Member of the Concord Coalition; Former Member of...

Bridging the Academic/Practitioner Gap: Public Finance Journal

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Bridging the Academic/Practitioner Gap: Public Finance Journal

by Craig S Maher, Director School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska, Omaha and co-editor of the Public Finance Journal...

When the Vision Meets the Real World

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When the Vision Meets the Real World

We’ve just been reading a splendid book by Erik Larson, titled “The Splendid and the Vile,” that tells the tale of Winston Churchill in...

Attack on Auditor Independence in Iowa

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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

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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...

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

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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...

What's Next for Evidence-Based Policy Making?

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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...

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