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Collins Center Products and Publications

New Report Released

Controlling the Cost of Municipal Health Insurance: Lessons from Springfield (PDF)

by Robert L. Carey (2009)

Products

Massachusetts Municipal Budgets Spreadsheet (Excel)

A collection of links to the budgets of cities and towns throughout the Commonwealth. (Email us to report missing or incorrect links.)

by Collins Center staff (last revised June 10, 2009)

Municipal Reform Recommendations Index (PDF)

Over the years, numerous organizations and public officials have made recommendations on changes that would improve the operations of municipalities in the Commonwealth. The Municipal Reform Recommendations Index is an attempt to gather these recommendations into one place and group them together in ways that are useful for discussion. The Collins Center does not take a position on the recommendations included, with the exception of the recommendations explicitly noted as Collins Center recommendations. These were generally culled from past municipal experience or from conversations with current municipal managers and experts.

by Collins Center staff (2009)

Case Study: Saving Money through Alternative Disposal of Street Sweeping Debris (PDF)

A brief description of one town's savings by changing its street sweeping debris dispsosal method.

by Collins Center staff (2009)

An Overview of Home Rule Petitions in the 185th General Court of Massachusetts (PDF)

This report provides an overview of the home rule petition activity in the Massachusetts legislature between January 2007 through December 2008.

by Collins Center staff (2009)

Prior publications by Collins Center staff

Performance Management Recommendations for the New Administration (PDF)
by Shelley Metzenbaum (2009).

Time Well Spent:
Managing Time in the Regulatory Process A Management Note from the Environmental Compliance Consortium (PDF)
by Shelley Metzenbaum and Allison Watkins (2007)

A Memo on Measurement for Environmental Managers:
Recommendations and Reference Manual (PDF)
by Shelley Metzenbaum et al. (2007)

Measure to Comply, Measure to Perform:
A Government Performance White Paper (PDF)
by Shelley Metzenbaum (2007)

Performance Accountability:
The Five Building Blocks and Six Essential Practices (PDF)
by Shelley Metzenbaum (2006)

Strategies for Using State Information: Measuring and Improving Program Performance (PDF)

by Shelley Metzenbaum (2003)

Get Results Through Performance Management (PDF)
Executive Session on Public Sector Performance Management, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government (2001)