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Is California's government immune to reform?
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger promised to take apart his state's cumbersome bureaucracy. He is leaving with the job undone, but there is momentum to try again.more -
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State Purchasers Leverage a Bad Economy to Get Good Prices
By spending less on mundane things like tires, road salt and computer monitors, some states are hoping to have more money left over to spend on things taxpayers care about, such as schools and police officers. more
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May 10, 2010
States Buying Smarter
This May 2010 report and issue brief explored the purchasing and contracting practices in Minnesota and Virginia.
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Iowa Governor Touts 4-Day Workweek
TODAY'S TAKE: Iowa Gov. Chet Culver (D) is touting Utah's first-in-the-nation move to a four-day workweek for most executive-branch state workers, and he is pushing the proposal as a way to cut costs in his own state. Hawaii and Washington State have also tried the idea.more -
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'Political Downsizing': Coming to States?
TODAY'S TAKE: In western New York State, voters frustrated with their economic situation on the local level are choosing to reduce the number of seats on their town councils. In continuing tough times, will so-called 'political downsizing' spread to statehouses?more -
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Tuesday's Winners Now Must Govern
TODAY'S TAKE: Republicans who won gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday (Nov. 3) already are turning their attention to the very different challenge of governing during the Great Recession.more -
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Weekly Wrap: Frustration Mounts
In some of the states hit hardest by the recession, frustration among voters and in the media over the way state government works - or doesn't work - seems to be boiling over.more -
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Mass. Health Connector, Other Innovations Honored
As the Obama administration and Congress debate the details of a national health care plan, the state that paved the way for universal coverage was honored in Washington, D.C. more
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September 14, 2009
Human Capital Trends and Innovations
This September 2009 report identified a number of creative management practices that states are using to increase employee productivity and meet agency goals.
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Weekly Wrap: Doing the Math on State Jobs
State and local governments are not gaining employees recently; officials worry about revenue loss from tax breaks; Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell discovers 40 pounds of fat to cut.more
