News from PPMRN - June 2010
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The First Northeast Conference on Public Administration - Call for Papers and Presentations
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Northeast Conference on Public Administration, being held October 22-23,
2010 at Rutgers University-Newark, will focus on "Public Service Under
Pressure" and will provide attendees with a diverse group of themes and
presenters, including a plenary session with world leaders titled
"Reimagining Governance in the 21st Century," sponsored by the Lincoln
Center Institute.
The conference is divided into five sub-themes,
including: Implications of the financial crisis for public
service Performance under pressure Innovation
opportunities and perils Governance challenges after the great
recession Sector-specific breakout session (public safety, nonprofits, education,
healthcare, and transportation)
Academics,
students, and practitioners are encouraged to submit their
presentation, paper, or poster about "Public Service Under Pressure."
For more information, including submission guidelines and how to
register for the conference, visit http://spaa.newark.rutgers.edu/home/conferences/necopa
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Contact Us
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Please send your comments, suggestions, story ideas, information about upcoming conferences and workshops, publications you would like to share, etc. to:
ppmrn@andromeda.rutgers.edu.
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| Job Announcement: King County, Washington Seeks Performance Management System Lead | Responsibilities
include:
Plan, develop, manage
and
evaluate strategies to effectively address countywide performance
management system needs and resources; determine system scheduling and
priorities and effectively address strategic performance management
approaches and business options for evaluation and consideration.
Oversight,
coordination and management of project direction for the Performance
Management system, resource review and allocations, analyses of
approaches to meet different department needs, and
resolution/integration of Countywide responses to development and
implementation. Serve
as the Performance Management and Performance Measurement expert and
adviser, providing the Office of Strategic Planning and Performance
Management and other department stakeholders with project direction and
plans; system needs and priorities; and resolve issues and conflicts as
they arise. Develop
guidelines and operating standards to address Performance Management
system functionalities; lead working groups through discussions and
approaches. Work with
and direct the work of selected professional consultants, ensuring that
their work conforms to directives, guidelines and operating standards
in place; negotiate applications needs and approaches. Monitor project status; support training of
county users on the Performance Management system.
Work through the agency's ABT Single Point of Contact to identify
appropriate agency resources to be assigned to the activities in the
project plan Track
project issues and ensure how and when the issue is expected to be
resolved, and who is assigned to activities related to resolving the
issue Develop and
update existing performance measures for the ABT program HCM, Finance,
and Budget System projects. Facilitate actions with business owners to monitor and resolve
Benefits Realization issues and reporting. Monitor
and support the completion of measurement actions required by metric
owners and help resolve issues or coordinate updates and adjustments to
plan. Provide the
scheduled reports on Benefits Realization for the ABT Program
Create
and modify processes and procedures to protect and improve the
integrity of the performance measurement and reporting process.
For
more information about the position including instructions on how to
apply please visit:
King County Jobs
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What is Working And What Is Not?
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Have you ever wished
you could see what others have done in similar situations?
As
part of an on-going project the Public Performance Measurement and
Reporting Network is starting this new section that will feature
real-world examples about how performance measurement
and reporting is being implemented in municipalities, counties, and
states across the country. Topics might include: successes with
performance measurement; budgetary savings realized through the use of
performance measurement data and systems; specific challenges
that have been overcome that many others may face; discussions about
legislation unique to your jurisdiction that may have helped get
performance measurement efforts started; general problems, pitfalls,
and other concerns, that your city or town is struggling with and would
benefit from dialogue with others who are in the same position or
overcome these challenges; the integration of performance measurement
into the budget process (or the failure for this to be realized); and
much more. We would like to ask that practitioners submit examples
from their municipalities, ideas, and requests, so that we can bring
this information to the larger community and foster a dialogue across
communities and provide the opportunity to bring innovations to light,
provide problem solving support and help generate new successes.
In addition to features in the newsletter, this section will provide
opportunities for discussions in our forums (where you can post any
time), and can serve as the basis for webinars, training, future
articles, and other tools for our community.
Help others
benefit from your experience and expertise. Please send us
your examples and questions. For further information about the project
please email
ppmrn@andromeda.rutgers.edu.
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Community Indicators Call for Real Stories Extended
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The deadline for
submitting proposals for
the 2010 Call for Real Stories
is July 7, 2010. Notification of selected proposals and guidelines for
development will be sent by the end of July. The deadline for the
written
first draft is September 15, 2010.
The
Community
Indicators Consortium (CIC), as part of a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation, is seeking proposals to write "Real Stories"
of communities,
organizations, and/or jurisdictions that have tried, successfully and
not so successfully, to integrate community
indicators and organizational performance measures.
The
Real Stories
project is intended to provide real life examples of the
advantages and challenges to both community indicator and organizational
performance measurement projects as a result of integrating or linking
these two types of
efforts. The published Real
Stories,
from 5-20 pages in length, will be used to advance the knowledge of
community indicators-organizational performance measures integration
and for training and other outreach material to community leaders as a
way to improve or inform decision-making and create measurable,
positive change in communities.
We are looking for proposals
from individuals and groups who are directly involved in these efforts
as well as individuals and organizations that work with community
indicator and performance measurement projects. A stipend of $2,000
will be awarded for each Real
Stories published.Three-to-five Real Stories
will be selected for publication in 2010.
For more information please visit the Community Indicators Consortium
website at http://www.communityindicators.net/communities-of-practice,ci-pm-integration,real-stories |
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