The push to make government agencies and nonprofits more efficient and effective is not new. However, with recent economic turmoil and a renewed demand for environmental sustainability, it seems public sector organizations are scrambling to try creative and innovative ways to save money, retain employees, save the environment and still provide quality public service. This blog is meant to aggregate some of these ideas to see what works, and what really, really doesn’t.
What we need now is feedback from you — city managers, county administrators, nonprofit executive directors, frontline staff — of experiments your city, county, state or agency is undertaking to do more with less. Comment. Suggest a link. Lets share ideas to try to become, truly, more efficient and more effective.