Smarter Government Workbook: A 14-Week Implementation Guide to Governing for Results

In Smarter Government: How to Govern for Results in the Information Age, former governor Martin O’Malley draws on his deep experience in implementing performance measurement and management, or “Stat” systems, at the city and state levels in Baltimore and Maryland. And the results speak for themselves: the biggest crime reduction in any big city in America; a reversal of a 300-year decline in the health of the Chesapeake Bay; and schools ranked #1 for five year...