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Celebrate National Women's Month With The State Budget Officers

Barrett & Greene

The 1953 membership photo of the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) shows a world in which men dominated the positions of budget officers. In 1992 18 percent of members were women, while in 2022-2023, 38 percent are. This wouldn't have been a surprise to anyone at the time.

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A Celebration of National Women’s Month with State Budget Officers

Barrett & Greene

This male-dominated 1953 photo of a National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) annual meeting would not have been a surprise to public sector leaders of the time. That was followed by two budget directors we knew well -- Kansas’s Gloria Timmer in 1996-1997 and Utah’s Lynne Koga the following year.

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Mitigating the risk of council technology investments

Open Access Government - Technology News

Still, with ever-shrinking budgets and rising service costs, there is no room for error regarding council technology investment decisions. Compounding the problems arising from a lack of government funding and demands on day-to-day spending is the fact that many councils don’t have modern IT solutions that enable informed budgeting decisions.

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Pittsburgh Learns How to Govern Its Data

GovLoop

The city was certified in March 2022. Norman’s team also worked with colleagues in Pittsburgh’s Office of Management and Budget, which helps procure IT, and other groups. “We A version of this article appeared in our guide, “Innovations 2022: Conversations That Matter. Here’s how officials did it. Get the guide.

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Community radio as an element of local cultural planning

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Also see " A comprehensive list of funding sources for arts and culture ," 2019. The station was originally owned by another nonprofit, and sold off to a different nonprofit a few years ago. I'd argue that community/local radio independent of large organizations like the University of Utah should/could be an element of that funding stream.

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First Aid for Projects

GovLoop

We had four keynote speakers and twenty training sessions based on a $40,000 budget. Three months before the event, the budget was cut to $10,000. He is the author of the “Persuasive Project Manager” (2019) and “Four Scenarios for the Future of the Federal Government” (2019). Patent and Trademark Office.

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A 21st-Century Education in Ohio Prisons

GovLoop

When Sanders became superintendent in 2019, she and ODRC leaders agreed that they needed to educate inmates for 21st-century opportunities, with 21st-century tools. It’s important for us to make sure we’re delivering education in a way that makes sense today,” she explained.