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Public Finance
2/27/18

Retirement Experts to New Government Employees: Think for Yourself

Commentary: Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene

When politicians talk about pensions, it’s usually about the enormous weight ...
Public Finance
2/5/18

It's the Money, Stupid

Commentary: Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene

With 2017 firmly behind us and 2018 newly underway, it’s a good time to look to the ...
Government Services
1/22/18

The Costs of Shutdown: Beyond the Balance Sheet

Commentary: Peter Morrissey

As the government shutdown of 2018 moves to its first full week, we have been treated to a fun parade of articles and commentary tallying up ...
Government Services
1/11/18

How's My Program Doing? The Question That Doesn't Always Have a Good Answer

Commentary: Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene

Program evaluation offices have yet to become common throughout government -- and where ...
Public Service
12/22/17

Making Government Work For All

Commentary: Terry Gerton

Leaders at all levels of government face tremendous challenges today. One of the most significant is the growing divide among ...
Public Finance
12/12/17

Podcast: Grading the States

Podcast: William Glasgall

William Glasgall, the Volcker Alliance’s state and local program director, discusses the Alliance’s recent report, Truth and Integrity in State ...
Government Services
12/12/17

Learning from Experience for Better Government

Commentary: Shelley H. Metzenbaum

We need government. We need government to work well. More precisely, we need government to be effective, efficient, fair, ...
Public Service
11/20/17

Celebrating the Legacy of a Public Service Legend

Commentary: Donald F. Kettl

It was a treat to step away from the “you can’t make it up” headlines last week to attend the Nov. 9 symposium celebrating former ...
Public Finance
11/13/17

Truth, Integrity, and Budgeting: the Volcker Alliance Grades the States

Commentary: William Glasgall

Here we are, more than five months into fiscal 2018 for most states, and all 50 finally have enacted budgets. That it took so long to get ...

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