Budgeting for Outcomes: Better Results for the Price of Government

· ICMA Publishing
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Governments
are facing a permanent fiscal crisis. The costs of running governments are
rising, especially the costs to educate, incarcerate, and medicate.
Consequently, government is broke. Traditional budgeting only makes matters
worse. The focus (and the acrimony) settles on the small percentages to cut,
but the great majority of spending escapes examination. Budgeting
for Outcomes: Better Results for the Price of Government
changes this equation. It asks different questions—and gets
very different answers. This e-book explains how local governments can create
a budget designed to give residents the results they really want and need—at
a price they are willing to pay.



Governments are facing a permanent fiscal crisis. The costs of running governments are rising, especially the costs to educate, incarcerate, and medicate. Consequently, government is broke. Traditional budgeting only makes matters worse. The focus (and the acrimony) settles on the small per...

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David Osborne, a senior partner in Public Strategies Group, a consulting firm whose mission is transforming governance. Osborne has co-authored several earlier books; among them are Reinventing Government, Banishing Bureaucracy, Reinventor’s Fieldbook, and The Price of Government: Getting the Results We Need in an Age of Permanent Fiscal Crisis. Osborne has advised and consulted with public organizations at all levels in the United States and worldwide.
David Osborne, a senior partner in Public Strategies Group, a consulting firm whose mission is transforming governance. Osborne has co-authored several earlier books; among them are Reinventing Government, Banishing Bureaucracy, Reinventor’s Fieldbook, and The Price of Government: Getting the Re...

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