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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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WANT TO WRITE SO THAT OTHERS CAN USE WHAT YOU’VE WRITTEN? HERE’s YOUR CHANCE!

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WANT TO WRITE SO THAT OTHERS CAN USE WHAT YOU’VE WRITTEN? HERE’s YOUR CHANCE!

In 1799 when Napoleon was bearing down on Egypt a stone slab was discovered that came to be called the Rosetta Stone. It bore text in...

"Disaggregate to Manage"

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"Disaggregate to Manage"

Our late friend and colleague Harry Hatry long insisted that data is far more valuable when it’s disaggregated. In a January 2022 paper...

Government Management: Why don’t people care?

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Government Management: Why don’t people care?

We are puzzled and frustrated with the ignorance of many people about the importance of state and local government management. They tend...

Fatigue in the Public Sector Workplace: Risks and Solutions

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Fatigue in the Public Sector Workplace: Risks and Solutions

Last summer, we wrote a report for UKG about the increasingly onerous issue of state and local employees who -- for a variety of reasons...

Economic Development Spending: Let’s Find Out if It’s Effective

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Economic Development Spending: Let’s Find Out if It’s Effective

In the June issue of Government Finance Review, we have a column titled “Are Tax Incentives Good for Cities and States?” Though the...

Hide and Seek: A Researcher’s Quest for Contact Information

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Hide and Seek: A Researcher’s Quest for Contact Information

Leaders in state and local governments persistently claim that they want to be more transparent, and we believe that this is a sincere...

On the Road to a More Diverse Workforce

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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...

Nine New Governors and a Generational Shift

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Nine New Governors and a Generational Shift

Out of the 36 gubernatorial elections last November, 26 resulted in the return of an incumbent while only one, Nevada’s Steve Sisolak,...

Let’s Talk Performance!

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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...

Ensuring that Essential Goods and Services Are Available in Times of Crisis

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Ensuring that Essential Goods and Services Are Available in Times of Crisis

by Stephen B. Gordon, lead coordinator of the Continuity of Supply Initiative (CoSI) For the past two and a half years, times have not...

Please Recommend a Book

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Please Recommend a Book

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...

FIGHTING FRAUD: ADVICE FOR SMALLER CITIES

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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...

The Non-Tech Problems with Public Sector Apps

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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...

The Fight for Independent Oversight

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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...

Lagging Inspections: Will We Never Learn?

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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...

Getting Feedback From Residents: A New Survey

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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...

New, Up-to-date GUIDE TO BUDGET RESOURCES

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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...

Why hide from data?

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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....

Bringing Context to Quality of Life Ratings

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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...

Engaging the Public on Climate Action

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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...

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