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March 26, 2008
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January 30, 2008
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State Budgeting at a Crossroad
Executive Summary
by Bruce A. Wallin, Ph.D., Dept. of Political Science, Northeastern University
As the states budgeted for the 2007-2008 fiscal year, they faced a rapidly changing fiscal environment. One need only look at the titles of reports released in late 2006 to see how in flux that environment was. In September the Rockefeller Institute Revenue Report was entitled “State Revenue Shows Broad Growth.” An October Council of State Governments publication trumpeted, “Back in the Black – Expanding Economy Helps States Build Reserves.” The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities saw it differently by November with its report “State Budgets on the Edge.” But in December Executive Director Ray Scheppach stated in a National Governors Association/National Association of State Budget Officers report, “It’s a good time to be a Governor.” The same month the Rockefeller Institute revenue report warned “State Tax Revenue Showing Signs of Slowdown.” Perhaps John Petersen had it right in his article “Seat-Belt Budgeting.”
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What is Good Governance?
by W. David Patton, Ph.D., CPPA Director
The term governance is increasingly used for a variety of concepts that generally have to do with government administration and decision making, but the concept of governance has a broader, more complex meaning. In this article we define governance and explore the standards for good governance: 1) good governance involves the use of legitimate power and authority. 2) good governance must be conducted with the administrative values of participation, transparency, responsiveness, equity, effectiveness, efficiency, and strategic vision. 3) good governance must be responsive to the governed through substantive and procedural accountability measures.
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Leadership Requires Political Thinking
by Ken Embley, CPPA Outreach Director
Picture this — you and other members of your management team are in a meeting with the consultants and the “big cheese.” All of you know something is going on and sure enough, they are announcing a change in procedure that will profoundly affect everyone. Your peers are all looking cross-eyed at one another and the body language tells it all. You just know the staff is going to hate the change.
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More on Stadium Funding
A Response from a Reader
by Jim Oshust
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