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City of Boulder, CO Integrates PBB into Budget as the "Framework within which all Budget Decisions are Made!"

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

"Now integrated into its seventh consecutive year of budget development, PBB is the framework within which all budget decisions are made." The City of Boulder, Colorado is one of the fiercest proponents of priority based budgeting (PBB) in the nation. Boulder has recently published their 2017 Recommended Budget.

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How NTSB Leans on Microsegmentation to Improve Its Security Posture

FedTech Magazine

Federal agencies have reported an average of about 30,000 cyber incidents annually for the past five years, according to data from the White House Office of Management and Budget.

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4 Things You'll Learn About Data, Leadership + Budgeting at the CPBB 2016 (Un)Conference!

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

The Center for Priority Based Budgeting 2016 "Prioritized World" (Un)Conference is just over a month away. Last year NRC engaged at our 2015 conference (and is a sponsor of the 2016 conference). "When analyzed, interpreted and explained well, data is the best tool to distinguish problems and actuate lasting change."

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Salt Lake City Capital Improvement Program process allows for citizen initiated projects

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It made it very easy to come up with the budget.) That was a mistake. So the Salt Lake City Capital Improvement Program process: 1. Is annual, not multi-year. Is public. I was lucky in that the application I'm submitting had a cost category and percentage schedule outlined in a 2013 city memo.

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Strathcona County Blazing A PBB Trail in Alberta, Canada

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

" This approach ensures every decision council makes is viewed through a priority lens. " - Mayor Roxanne Carr Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada, is leading the way in priority based business planning and budgeting. Heading into county budget 2017 Today, council begins its formal budget discussions.

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Post columnist Colbert King says the DC Council needs to do more oversight

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And in " Outline for a proposed Ward-focused (DC) Councilmember campaign platform and agenda " (2015), I suggest more tools for ward-specific oversight. Organizations like the MRSC or IBO provide a lot of deep research which is almost uniformly lacking when it comes to DC policy development and program practice.

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Funny of course, because this is driven by the financial pressures faced by WMATA foremost (" Facing massive budget shortfall, Metro releases budget proposal that slashes service and increases fares ") but also other area transit providers, who've lost lots of riders in response to work from home. And financing.