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Public Finance
2/16/18

California’s Fiscal Outlook: Jerry Brown’s Final Budget and the Challenges Ahead

News: Event Coverage

The Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley and the Volcker Alliance have convened ...
Public Finance
2/5/18

It's the Money, Stupid

Commentary: Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene

With 2017 firmly behind us and 2018 newly underway, it’s a good time to look to the ...
Public Finance
1/30/18

Volcker Alliance Releases 50 Individual State Budget Report Cards

Press Releases

The Volcker Alliance released report cards grading and evaluating key budgeting and transparency practices in each of the fifty US states. Following ...
Government Services
1/22/18

The Costs of Shutdown: Beyond the Balance Sheet

Commentary: Peter Morrissey

As the government shutdown of 2018 moves to its first full week, we have been treated to a fun parade of articles and commentary tallying up ...
Government Services
1/11/18

How's My Program Doing? The Question That Doesn't Always Have a Good Answer

Commentary: Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene

Program evaluation offices have yet to become common throughout government -- and where ...
Public Service
12/22/17

Making Government Work For All

Commentary: Terry Gerton

Leaders at all levels of government face tremendous challenges today. One of the most significant is the growing divide among ...
Public Finance
12/12/17

Podcast: Grading the States

Podcast: William Glasgall

William Glasgall, the Volcker Alliance’s state and local program director, discusses the Alliance’s recent report, Truth and Integrity in State ...
Government Services
12/12/17

Learning from Experience for Better Government

Commentary: Shelley H. Metzenbaum

We need government. We need government to work well. More precisely, we need government to be effective, efficient, fair, ...
Public Service
12/6/17

Stephanie Miner and Antonio Weiss Join the Volcker Alliance

Press Releases

The Volcker Alliance announced that Stephanie A. Miner, Mayor of Syracuse, and Antonio Weiss, a senior fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center ...

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