The Unraveling State-Local Partnership
This is another commentary in Civic Way’s series on reconstructing American government, a more detailed look at the state-local issues presented in our last newsletter. The author, Bob Melville, is the founder of Civic Way, a nonprofit dedicated to good government, and a management consultant with over 45 years of experience improving governmental agencies across the…
Taking the Long View
This is another commentary in Civic Way’s series on reconstructing American government, in this case, state government. The author, Bob Melville, is the founder of Civic Way, a nonprofit dedicated to good government, and a management consultant with over 45 years of experience improving public agencies throughout the US. Our earlier commentary on the need to…
Modernizing State Pension Plans
This is another commentary in Civic Way’s series on reconstructing American government, more specifically state government. The author, Bob Melville, is the founder of Civic Way, a nonprofit dedicated to good government, and a management consultant with over 45 years of experience improving public agencies across the US. Our earlier commentary on the need to revamp…
Modernizing State Government
This is another commentary in Civic Way’s series on reconstructing American government, more specifically state government. The author, Bob Melville, is the founder of Civic Way, a nonprofit dedicated to good government, and a management consultant with over 45 years of experience improving public agencies across the US. Our earlier commentary on the need to revamp…
Restructuring State Government
This is part of Civic Way’s series on reconstructing American government. The author, Bob Melville, is the founder of Civic Way, a nonprofit dedicated to good government, and a management consultant with over 45 years of experience improving governmental agencies across the US. For context, we recommend our last commentary on the structural flaws of state…
The Mysterious Decay of Our 50 States
This is another commentary in Civic Way’s series on reconstructing American government. The author, Bob Melville, is the founder of Civic Way, a nonprofit dedicated to good government, and a management consultant with over 45 years of experience improving governmental agencies across the US. Our earlier commentary on the collapse of American Federalism is a useful…
State Government in the 21st Century
This newsletter signals a return to our reconstructing American government series. Previously, we urged a revamped Federalism, a new public service model, federal agency decentralization and law enforcement reform. This week, we introduce our ideas on state government (a more detailed commentary is on the way).
Saving Government for the Next Crisis
Using Federal Aid to Spur the Governmental Reform We Need This is the second of Civic Way’s series on reconstructing American government (you can read Part I here). The author, Bob Melville, is the founder of Civic Way, a nonprofit dedicated to good government, and a management consultant with over 45 years of experience improving governmental…
Our View on Linking Government Relief and Reform
Introduction In the face of dire projections about state and local government, our national leaders have resumed their familiar roles in another partisan skirmish. The Democratic House has passed a $3 trillion aid package for state and local governments, but Senate Republican leaders have expressed reservations. The truth is that many jobs—teachers, police officers, firefighters…