Creating Modern Governmental Agencies – Best Practices from the USA
“We can’t ignore facts. We can’t ignore data.” – Barack Obama, former President of the United States
Posts Tagged ‘Performance in USA’
A Librarian’s Success Tool – The Balanced Scorecard
How do you measure your library’s success? Is it circulation numbers? Or the number of searches on your electronic databases? In a recent customer survey, EBSCO Publishing found that over 60% of its customers had no formal way of tracking organizational success
The ride for performance – Portland Streetcar
Public transportation is one of the key challenges each city needs to address, in order to provide the proper infrastructure for its citizens.
The City of Portland, Oregon, is one of the urbs that strives for improved performance in this area. Portland Streetcar is a city venture into transit services, as the city works with 2 transportation partners: Portland Streetcar Incorporated (PSI), a private nonprofit corporation, and TriMet, the public transportation agency for the Portland metropolitan area.
The State of Texas: Fostering Transparency for Government Performance
The role of the government has been evolving over the last several years. Gone are the days when agencies simply served as administrative bodies that did little more than set and enforce regulations, collect, process and store information.
Performance Management in the U.S. Department of Justice
In 2010, the United States government passed the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, which sought to bring great improvements to their justice department.
