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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (GASB)
State of
IOWA
Performance
measurement is statewide and is manifested in Budgeting-for-Results, which
is a part of Managing-for-Results. Budgeting-for-results has been
primarily a management-driven initiative. Some agencies use federal
measures to report state data.
The
Strategic Planning Council is charged with finding out what citizens want
the state to look like in 2010. It has 21 members comprised of citizens
and government employees, and focuses on education, business and labor,
agriculture, law enforcement, and local government.
Items of
note include:
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Enterprise
planning is one function of the Planning Council, which includes the
systematic reporting of results to citizens. The governor expresses a
desire to make public participation widespread across many areas of
government via enterprise planning.
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Agencies
report to the governor through boards comprised of persons representing
“citizen interests.”
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The
Department of Corrections is community-based with eight regions governed
by boards of judges and citizens; it is thought of as having
“significant” citizen involvement.
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Public
officials stress the importance of local control in education.
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The
Council on Human Investment is comprised of “public and private
citizens” and works with the Department of Management to promote
performance measurement. The Council uses citizen surveys as a way to
tap citizen viewpoints. There is some disagreement over whether the
survey is the appropriate mechanism.
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There is a
lack of specificity in terms of how citizens are involved. The case
study only rates the degree of involvement (e.g., hi or low).
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In the
interest of participation, transportation officials went to the public
with about 8 options and asked which they preferred. Once the preferred
option was selected, administrators asked what they, as administrators,
needed to do to accomplish the selected option. They then developed a
plan outlining the details and went back to the public. The public had
input again and the plan was taken to the commission for their input.
The plan went back to the public one last time and the commission
subsequently adopted the plan.
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Four times
a year the Department of Transportation and the Transportation
Commission hold one-day public input meetings in the 4 quadrants of the
state. They receive input via in-person comments, letters, and the
internet.
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Iowa
received a Hammer Award for its use of the internet. They are very
proud of the success they’ve had with involving citizens in the
transportation planning process, and communicating results about
education via the Annual Condition of Education Report.
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The future
of performance measurement in Iowa entails greater accountability via
increased communication with the public.
Local Governments:
Austin, TX;
Multnomah County, OR;
Portland, OR;
Prince William County,
VA;
Tucson, AZ;
Phoenix, AZ; Winston-Salem, NC;
Catawba County, NC;
Dayton,
OH;
Coral Springs, FL;
Long Beach, CA;
Ramsey County, MN
State Governments:
Arizona,
Illinois,
Iowa,
Louisiana,
Oregon,
Texas
Background Information:
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