Kill the Penny
Editorial from the Chicago Tribune They cost too much to make. They weigh down your pockets. Retailers hate counting them. As a unit of value, they’re practically worthless. Why, oh why, can’t America...
View ArticlePerformance Budgeting
By PSG and the Bush Foundation in “Beyond the Bottom Line” The budget is the single most powerful lever for focus and system change in government. But we rarely take advantage of that potential because...
View ArticleWhy you should care about tax expenditures.
Excerpt taken from By ERIC SCHURENBERG, The Fiscal Times; Steven Dornfeld Minn Post; When hungry, I prefer a snack that is 98 percent fat free to one that is 2 percent solid cholesterol. And if...
View ArticlePay for Performance Bonds
By Stacy Becker, Citizen’s League, March-April Journal 2012 @ bit.ly/ye0Ovw If you’re even a teensy bit familiar with government budgeting, you know it has some serious shortcomings. But there’s an...
View ArticleCivicSponsor Your Neighborhood Project
CivicSponsor wants to change the traditional way we fund our public spaces. Here, its three co-founders outline how their new venture aims to help citizens and public servants think outside the...
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