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We've been concerned about the disconnect that sometimes exists between stimulus oversight offices and state performance measurement efforts. On March 15th, we wrote about this a bit, and the...
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We wanted to catch you up on two important reports about the stimulus that came out of the Inspector General community in recent weeks. For a sobering account of capacity issues at the federal level...
View Article"Are you spending more time to report than to deal with programmatic...
We like transparency. We like statistics. We like up-to-date data. But even we feel pity for stimulus grantees faced with a monsoon of reporting requirements. Beginning with March 30th reports, the...
View ArticleConflicting goals, weatherization and a little about soccer
One of our very favorite Governing columns that we've written over the years was about performance measurement and girls' soccer. As we watched our daughter play, we noticed we were seeing some of the...
View ArticleWhy weatherization dollars have been delayed
Two recent reports, one from the GAO and one from the Department of Energy's Inspector General, both address the delays states have had in using stimulus dollars to get their homes weatherized due to...
View ArticleSpeeding up Weatherization: Michigan’s Solution
The GAO has documented that almost 90 percent of homes set to be weatherized are subject to historical preservation review. Whether or not they had that startling number in front of them, officials in...
View ArticleThings actually could be finer . . . in Carolina
North Carolina has encountered more than its share of obstacles in getting weatherization work finished. Most states have had problems implementing the stimulus weatherization program in a timely way....
View ArticleStimulus Watcher's Reading List
Want to keep up with the best articles, reports and commentary about the Recovery Act? You’ll enjoy this new feature. As we scour the world for interesting bits of informational gold to bring to our...
View ArticleA Hawkeye on energy savings
With nearly 20 years of experience in tracking the results of weatherization, Iowa is way ahead of other states in understanding costs and benefits. You might think that it would be easy to track...
View ArticleWeatherization Tension
It's important to make sure all states are treated equally. It's important to get the best return on investment for stimulus dollars. Can both these important things co-exist in the same world? In...
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