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Effective management in troubled times: members of the Florida Benchmarking Consortium have joined forces to develop common performance measures for their highest-priority local government services..([PM.sup.2] Connections: PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT & MANAGEMENT)

Government Finance Review

| December 01, 2008 | Becker, John | COPYRIGHT 2008 Government Finance Officers Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"In order to improve something, you have to change it. In order to change something, you have to understand it. In order to understand something, you have to measure it." (1)

Local government leaders agonize over how to balance their budgets, wishing they had more--or perhaps better--data about the efficiency, quality, and effectiveness of the services they provide. Many finance officers, city council members, county board members, and citizens wonder how the service performance of their jurisdictions actually compares to that of other local governments. Well, collaborative leadership groups such as the Florida Benchmarking Consortium (FBC) can help provide the ...

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