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Government Services
8/2/18

Expiration Dates in Government: How to Know When to Ditch a Regulation

Commentary: Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene

Regulatory review can be an important management tool for government efficiency ...
Public Service Education
8/2/18

What’s Wrong with Public Policy Education

Commentary: Francis Fukuyama

Public policy education is ripe for an overhaul. Rethinking how it should be done has been one of my major preoccupations over the past decade ...
Government Services
7/10/18

Supreme Court won't fix gerrymandering soon, so it's up to voters

Commentary: Thomas W. Ross

Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court tell us that we should not count on the courts to fix the problem of partisan gerrymandering.
Government Services
6/22/18

With Supreme Court punting on gerrymandering, states must act

Commentary: Thomas W. Ross

The onus for action is on the states to stop gerrymandering for political purposes and to end its destructive impact on our democracy ...
Public Service
5/29/18

Is 'Innovocracy' Hurting the Public Sector?

Commentary: Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene

Tom Shack took over the Massachusetts comptroller’s office and recognized a big issue.
Public Finance
4/24/18

Why the Muni Market Should Embrace Florida's Digital Data Revolution

Commentary: Marc Joffe, William Glasgall

One reason for the reduced reliance on accounting ratio analysis in the municipal bond market is the relative lack of availability of standardized data ...
Government Services
4/2/18

In Government Procurement, Buying Local Is Popular. But Is It Beneficial?

Commentary: Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene

Rita Ferguson is president and co-founder of a 37-year-old specialty concrete company, G&F ...
Public Finance
3/8/18

California's Budget Grades Show Conflict Between Today’s Costs, Yesterday’s Promises

Commentary: William Glasgall

After California’s sale of $2.2 billion in general obligation debt on Tuesday, the lean days of a decade ago, when the Golden State paid ...
Financial Regulation
3/2/18

Core Principles for Getting Financial Reform Right

Commentary: Gaurav Vasisht

Almost eight years after passage of the landmark Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, an examination of post-crisis ...

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