Articles from Government Finance Review (August 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A golden opportunity: recruiting baby boomers into government: millions of baby boomers who are looking for new opportunities and challenges are considering "encore careers" in government.	Lavigna, Bob		1934
Access to retirement, medical benefits better for government workers then private sector.		Brief article	167
Beyond the basics: Miami-Dade County's results-oriented government framework.	Scher, Ray A.		2306
Building a sustainable future: 2008 Annual Conference Recap.		Conference notes	1440
Expanding the scope of performance management: while performance management is often assumed to take place on a departmental or organizational level, it can also occur on a much smaller scale.	Mucha, Michael J.		1278
Fighting fears about performance measurement.	Mucha, Michael J.	Book review	699
Finances deteriorating for most states, but not all.			485
GASB proposes to redefine its role in performance measurement: the GASB issued an exposure draft in April that proposes to clarify the board's vision of its current and future roles in regard to service efforts and accomplishments reporting.	Gauthier, Stephen J.		830
GFOA events.		Calendar	134
GFOA's new president-elect and executive board.			1509
GFOA, now more than ever.	Rust, Kenneth L.	Viewpoint essay	1074
Goal power: a well-framed goal unleashes people's instincts to do well and to contribute to something bigger than themselves.	Metzenbaum, Shelley		1008
Measuring for a purpose: trends in public-sector performance measurement and management practices.	Kinney, Anne Spray; Ruggini, John		4328
Metropolitan areas taking leadership role in reducing carbon emissions.			497
Real information, real results: the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority uses a logic model to evaluate its operations and service delivery levels, determining if its performance measures are leading to the correct results.	Roth, Frank		2125
Sarasota County's GovMax application: aligning business need with technical value.	Hanson, Robert		2276
State association events.		Calendar	248
Update provides emergency management strategies.		Brief article	102
Using 311 data to measure performance and manage city finances.	Eichenthal, David R.		2494
Utah elevates its performance: performance elevated is a management tool for improving performance and efficiency in state agencies.	Boyle, Brenda		1811
Washington focuses on muni market: much legislative, regulatory, and judicial attention has been focused on the problems municipal bond issuers are facing as a result of disruption in the capital markets.	Gaffney, Susan		1435
What gets measured sometimes gets managed.	Aaron, William		2350