Partners
From its first days, the Government Performance Project (GPP) has distinguished itself from other studies of government through its effort to integrate the research skills of academics and journalists. The academics ensure rigor and balance in the research program while the journalists provide context for the data. The Pew Center on the States was privileged to be joined by five such strong partners in the 2008 effort:
Governing Magazine, www.GOVERNING.com
Governing has published the Government Performance Project since the first “Grading the States” issue in February 1999, and two Governing reporters participated in this year’s team of journalists. Past GPP reports have garnered praise from readers and honors from independent organizations, including a Folio: Editorial Excellence Award and the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation Journalism Award. One issue of the report card in Governing was named a finalist for the National Magazine Award, the highest honor in the field.
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Dr. Katherine Willoughby, Georgia State University
Dr. Willoughby led the GPP’s evaluation of the Money component this year and in 2005. She was joined by graduate assistants including Sarah Arnett, David Guo, Tanya Smilley, Andrea Klug, Seong Soo Oh, and David Trice. She recently coauthored a book, Policy and Politics in State Budgeting, and has conducted numerous other studies on state and local government budgeting and management practices, with dozens of articles published in leading journals and texts. Among other activities, she has collaborated with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) to study state government performance measurement applications and reforms and helped develop an assessment tool for local government managers.
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Dr. Sally Selden, Lynchburg College
Dr. Selden led the GPP’s evaluation of the People component and has participated in the GPP since 1998. She was joined in her research by graduate assistants Marni Fogelson-Teel, Joe Orenstein, Colin Turcotte, and Robert Wooters. Her research in the field focuses on public management, human resource management, and nonprofit management effectiveness, about which she has written extensively in such publications as American Journal of Political Science, Review of Public Personnel Administration and Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. In addition, she serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and Journal of Public Affairs Education, the Academic Advisory Boards of the Partnership for Public Service, and on the Human Resource Management Executive Committee of the American Society of Public Administration.
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Dr. Michael Pagano, University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Pagano led the GPP’s evaluation of the Infrastructure component this year and in 2005. He was joined by graduate assistants Wan-Ling Huang, Benedict Jimenez, Kamna Lal, and Kristina Wallig. With 25 years of experience in the field, he has published more than 50 articles on urban finance, capital budgeting, federalism, transportation policy, infrastructure, urban development and fiscal policy, and he serves as co-editor of Urban Affairs Review. He is co-editor of a forthcoming book, The Dynamics of Federalism in National and Supranational Political Systems and coauthor of several books on urban land use and infrastructure policy.
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Dr. Philip Joyce, The George Washington University
Dr. Joyce led the GPP’s evaluation of the Information component for the 2005 report card and has participated in the GPP since 1998. He was joined by graduate assistants Victoria Bruce, MacKenzie Hawkey, Saurabh Lall, Alice Levy, Katie Logisz, and Robin McLaughry. The author of more than 40 articles and book chapters, he is also the coauthor of two recent books—Government Performance: Why Management Matters and Public Budgeting Systems, 7th Edition. Dr. Joyce is associate editor of Public Budgeting and Finance and is a past president of the American Association for Budget and Program Analysis. In addition, he spent 12 years working in the public sector, including four years with the Illinois Bureau of the Budget and five years with the U.S. Congressional Budget Office.
