Accountability and Performance Update – Nov 20-26, 2023
Courtesy of the Center for Accountability & Performance, American Society for Public Administration.
Barrett & Greene
Aggregate statistics may be useful as a way to communicate overall trends, but performance information is particularly useful to mangers when disaggregated - by demographics, education levels, income, or location.
Webinar: Rethinking Public Administration (Wed., Dec. 6, 1 p.m. Eastern)
National Center for Public Performance (Free)
Dr. Marc Holzer will discuss his new book, "Rethinking Public Administration" and the role of performance measurement in ensuring that?the public sector can rebuild its trust with stakeholders. He will be joined by Richard Greene and Katherine Barrett in a conversation about specific approaches such as performance leadership, performance reporting, stakeholder engagement, and "businesslike" government.
Public Administration
Despite a growing number of studies on how prior beliefs distort citizens' interpretation of performance information for service providers, little is known about whether prior beliefs matter equally across different services and types of providers. According to this study, it does.
Arnold Ventures
In?2018, Cass county, IN, launched Cass County Court and Pretrial Services (CCCPS) and shifted to using evidence-based pretrial practices, including voluntary referrals to supportive services, reduced reliance on monetary bonds as a?release condition, and a?pretrial assessment tool to inform decision making. It made a difference in overall performance.?
Stacey Barr’s YouTube Channel
How we write our goals or objectives has a fundamental effect on how easy it will be to measure, how meaningful the measure will be, and ultimately how likely the goal will be achieved. If you don't have meaningful measures, then you probably need to revisit how you've written your goals. This recipe will help.
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Resource of the Week: Explore the Federal Government’s Strategic Portfolio
U.S. Office of Management & Budget
Here’s an interactive, visual tool to explore federal agencies’ 98 strategic goals, 351 strategic objectives and 90 agency-level priority goals to see how they interrelate by policy areas or agencies.