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DeSeve identifies seven primary lessons from implementation of the Recovery Act.
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Congress is considering expanding the transparency provisions first developed for the Recovery Act to all federal...
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Indiana's school system bowed out of Round Two of Race to the Top in late April. Why would a state walk away from a potentially huge education bonanza? We looked into the issue, and here’s what we found.
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Authors Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene provide readers with recovery act lessons learned to duplicate proven approaches.
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We recommend that you listen to Maryland Morning's excellent report on the Recovery Act's renewable energy impact in Maryland as well as the program delays that have slowed the start of green collar jobs like solar panel installation. Maryland Morning...
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We can’t resist pointing out a management tactic in New Hampshire that we spotted in the CSG report we discussed yesterday:
One key procedural change at the state agency level that may have had an impact on greasing the wheels involved a simple piece...
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Since 1998, academics from across the world have competed to prepare insightful and practical research reports and case studies to assist public sector executives at all levels of government to more effectively respond to their mission and management challenges.
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For people concerned with the Recovery Act, the principal website, Recovery.gov is pretty much the world’s capital for information. With that in mind, we’re eagerly waiting to see whether Edward Tufte, a new member of the advisory panel for the Recovery,...
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This week, the Council of Economic Advisers released its third quarterly report (for Q1 2010) on the impact of the federal stimulus with respect to jobs created or saved. The headline numbers: ARRA stimulated between 2.2 and 2.8 million jobs.
NPR's...
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Is the stimulus pushing states to sacrifice quality for speed?
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In upcoming weeks, we’ll be talking with local and state auditors about their observations about the Recovery Act and how it’s affecting their work. If you’re curious to see some examples of how local auditors are approaching the challenges of monitoring...
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As we talk to people about the reporting requirements for the stimulus act, we hear two significant complaints:
1) Important information is missing
2) The task of supplying the information already there is onerous.
It's a tricky balance, to be sure. ...
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