2014 Books Budgeting 
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
AUGUST 10, 2023
When I went to college there was a book "famous" in economics called Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics , about the manipulation of data. In reporting on transit ridership, I am bothered when they don't report ridership by bus line or day of the week, but "by the year." For years they haven't been reporting data by bus line--there are six.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MAY 9, 2023
They were called Citizen Summits and were designed, theoretically, to get citizen insights into city policy and budget. Note that William Bratton's latest book is very good (" Bill Bratton Explains His Ideas of Good Policing ," New York Times ). They got more publicity, including in the planning press, than they deserved.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
As bathrooms became more prevalent in housing and as local government budgets declined and demands increased, provision of public restrooms was one of the first services to be eliminated. This is common for many cities--no public restrooms. Early on cities had public restrooms and baths because much of housing did not.
Grant Writing Made Easy
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
When I got my job in 2014, there were 208 tenure-track Spanish positions advertised ; in 2022 there were only 44. I didn’t expect to be hired so quickly, and in February, I started working as a Development Director with an organization with an operating budget of over $1 million dollars. Plus, it was a toxic, dangerous workplace.)
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
What this should mean is that schools should get additional funding, from the local government separate from the school system, or the school system's budget should include support, for these functions. I found this bookmark, promoting volunteering in the schools, in a book at a Library book sale. Special Funding.
PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting
JUNE 27, 2016
To date, Council and Administration have developed a strategic plan and completed a 4E (efficient, effective, equitable and economical) review of business plan and budget processes. Congratulations to Strathcona County for their uniquely innovative and inspiring approach to implementing Priority Based Budgeting.
Barrett & Greene
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The following new suggestions of books, reports, articles and presentations about performance management come from David Ammons, Maria Aristigueta, Marc Holzer, Michael Jacobson, Andrew Kleine, and Aaron P. Office of Management and Budget, with a longtime commitment to improve government performance. Poister, Maria P.
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