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Budgeting for Outcomes--Getting the Results You Need in an Age of Permanent Fiscal Crisis NEW!
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Presenter: David Osborne is the author or co-author of five books: The Price of Government: Getting the Results We Need in an Age of Permanent Fiscal Crisis (2004); The Reinventor's Fieldbook: Tools for Transforming Your Government (2000), Banishing Bureaucracy: The Five Strategies For Reinventing Government (1997), Reinventing Government (1992), and Laboratories of Democracy (1988). He has also authored numerous articles for the Washington Post, the Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, Harpers, Inc., Governing, and other publications.

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

CPE Credits: 4

  • 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

  • 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. Central Standard Time

  • 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mountain Standard Time

  • 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Pacific Standard Time

  • 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Alaska Time

In government, as in most realms of life, we find it safer and easier to do what we have always done, simply because we have always done it. Only on rare occasions do we step back to gain a broader perspective, erase all our pre-conceived ideas and routine behaviors, and take a fresh look at how to make the most of our limited time and resources.

This satellite teleconference will help public leaders do just that each and every budget year. Specifically the training will focus on the following six steps.

  1. SET THE PRICE OF GOVERNMENT: Decide up front how much citizens are willing to spend. Get political agreement on a revenue forecast and any tax or fee increases.
  2. SET THE PRIORITIES OF GOVERNMENT: Define the out-comes that matter most to citizens, along with indicators to measure progress. By outcomes we mean results such as improved education levels, better health, and lower crime rates.
  3. SET THE PRICE OF EACH PRIORITY: Take 10 percent off the top for overhead and divide the rest of the revenue among the priority outcomes.
  4. DEVELOP A PURCHASING PLAN FOR EACH PRIORITY: Create “results teams” (steering organizations) to act as purchasing agents for the citizens. Ask each one to decide which strategies have the most impact on their desired outcomes.
  5. SOLICIT OFFERS TO DELIVER THE DESIRED RESULTS: Have the results teams issue “requests for results” to all comers, public and private.
  6. NEGOTIATE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS WITH THE CHOSEN PROVIDERS: These should spell out the expected out-puts and outcomes, how they will be measured, the consequences for performance, and the flexibilities granted to help the provider maximize performance.
Registration Fees
Active Member $165
Associate Member/Public-Sector Nonmbr. $185
Private-Sector Nonmbr. $205

If you have any questions please email GFOA at training@gfoa.org

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