California

 Amid growing concerns among Americans about job stability, health care and education, there is a new demand for government to work better and cost less. Innovative solutions, particularly at the state level, are driving reform and progress.

California faces fiscal problems that budget writers in most states would find difficult to grasp, let alone solve. But the state has taken steps toward a more performance-driven approach in areas such as infrastructure management and could put itself in a better position to weather its immense challenges by extending this approach elsewhere.

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