Accountability and Performance Update – Oct 9-15, 2023
Courtesy of the Center for Accountability & Performance, American Society for Public Administration.
World Bank (Donald Moynihan)
The existence of government analytics does not ensure its use. This chapter discusses how governments can measure the use of government analytics—or, in other words, conduct analytics on government analytics.
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Journal of Public Administration and Theory
How does contracting out affect service performance? Evidence to date is mixed. We argue that this is partially due to prior studies focusing often on whether—not how—services are contracted. Yet, how services are contracted matters.
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SubStack/Liz Farmer
Per a new GAO report on state-local spending of $350 Billion in Recovery Act monies, in some places, the money is nearly gone while other governments haven't even touched their stash. And $606 million is totally unaccounted for.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
?If public officials are to effectively address our biggest global concerns—while also managing local challenges and the interplay between the two—they’ll need to expand their skill set to include “problem-solving capabilities.” Skills, mindsets, and practices are needed in four critical areas.
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The Baltimore Banner
Baltimore’s Department of Finance is steadily chipping away at the extensive backlog of outstanding invoices it owes to goods and services suppliers, thanks to the implementation of a new software system that is gradually transforming how the city runs.
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The Economist (paywalled)
Using crime fighting tactics, like CompStat, the city takes on its rats and rubbish.
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Resource of the Week:? The Government Analytics Handbook
World Bank
This free handbook presents frontier evidence and practitioner insights on how to leverage data to make governments work better. Covering a range of microdata sources—such as administrative data and public servant surveys—as well as tools and resources for undertaking the analytics, it transforms the ability of governments to take a data-informed approach to diagnose and improve how public organizations work.