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Cleveland’s new strategic plan focuses on making city government work better

American City & Country

The mayor’s purpose that day was to introduce his new 10-year operational strategic plan to an audience of some 500 employees—a plan intended to modernize the way government works, make services more accessible, empower the city workforce and improve the city’s financial outlook.

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From good to great: How benchmarking drives continuous improvement

Open Access Government - Technology News

Instead of relying on assumptions, companies can establish realistic performance standards based on industry benchmarks, leading to more effective strategic planning and decision-making. Setting realistic goals and performance standards Benchmarking provides concrete data that helps businesses set achievable goals.

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Strathcona County Updating Priority-Based Strategic Plan

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

"Some recommended updates to the strategic plan include revising prioritized strategic goal ranking, adding outcome statements for strategic goals, and integration of priority-based budgeting references." Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada, is leading the way in priority based business planning and budgeting.

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Singapore’s EVe harnesses the power of data with help from NTT DATA, AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

LTA has set up EV-Electric Charging Pte Ltd (EVe) to manage the deployment of up to 12,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging points distributed across 2,000 Housing Development Board (HDB) carparks. The platform allows EVe to make well-informed decisions, optimize resources, and strategically plan for future growth.

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The Challenge of Performance Management in Community Development

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Performance management systems help operationalize organizational strategic plans by tracking progress toward meeting expectations and making subsequent decisions to continuously improve performance. Over the last few decades, these systems have become ubiquitous in almost every aspect of local government management.

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Generating program-defining insights in seconds for child, adult, senior, and military services

AWS Public Sector Blog

Working through the grant application process helped us map out our data management strategy and crystalize strategic plans for the organization. Housing data this way allows us to analyze it by demographic as well as program or service. Collaborating with AWS to create a personalized data strategy.

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How the Tri-COG Land Bank is Transforming Vacant Properties in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Center for Community Progress

I went house-to-house with a clipboard documenting the conditions of vacant properties that dotted its beautiful brick streets. Community Progress has supported TCLB from the land bank’s inception and was recently engaged to lead the development of its 2023-27 Strategic Plan.