WEBINAR: Performance Management: Not Just for Reporting (Thur, July 23, 1 p.m. Eastern)

Center for Accountability & Performance

Performance management at all levels of government (and nonprofit organizations) has a long but sometimes sporadic history as a tool for planning, program monitoring, decision making, and accountability. Accountability often gets the most attention, with requirements for routine reporting. But how can performance measures also be used to identify strategic directions, monitor programs, and ensure data availability for more robust analysis such as program evaluation?

Seeing Around Corners

FastCompany

An underused AI application is to generate leading indicators of issues on the horizon, empowering agency leaders to get ahead of challenges before they become full-blown crises.

AI and Foresight

Fibres

AI can scan thousands of sources, summarize weak signals, cluster trends, and draft scenarios in minutes. Yet many organizations still struggle to turn foresight into action. That’s when storytelling and human insight matter.

Louisiana’s Efficiency Push

Barrett & Greene

The author of this guest column, Jerry Luke LeBlanc, introduced the Louisiana Government Performance and Accountability Act over 29 years ago. The statute has been in continuous operation for twenty-nine years under five governors of both parties without major structural amendment. By any measure of durability, it is among the most resilient performance accountability systems in the country.

Federal Emphasis on Accountability in Grants Management

PATimes

Federal priorities are changing to emphasize greater accountability. In the process, the systems, rules and relationships that once made intergovernmental funding more stable are weakening. For practitioners, this highlights the need for better coordination, stronger internal capacity and a clearer view of federal grants as a strategic management issue rather than simply a compliance task.

Lessons from a Career in Employee Performance Management

Partnership for Public Service

Former federal executive Elizabeth Kolmstetter reflects on her career in building performance management systems for a wide range of federal agencies.

Resource of the Week:  Maryland Analytics

Here’s a dashboard of the State of Maryland’s web traffic, audience trends, and digital performance data for 121participating state agencies’ websites.