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Utah is the best managed state in the nation. Again.

So says Governing Magazine's 2008 Grading the States: a Management Report Card. Utah is on page 88.

From the report:

Utah manages itself with savvy business acumen. Financial decisions are made wisely, with an eye toward return on investment and long-term performance in all facets of state government.

Re: the Corrections Audit:

Recently,a performance audit turned up hints of favoritism among managers in the Department of Corrections. That wasn’t good news, but it showed that Utah had the tools in place to uncover the situation. In many states, the top executive leadership wouldn’t even have known the problem existed.

One more little nugget:

. . . Similarly, Utah has a good idea of what its infrastructure requires in the way of maintenance. And unlike most states, Utah actually budgets for it each year . . . .

Etcetera. Utah's report card is on page 88. Information on categories, criteria, and how they grade is on pages 26 to 34.

The three top contenders were Utah, Virginia, and Washington State. We had three A's (Money, Infrastructure, and Information) and one B+ (Human Resources). Virginia had two A's, an A-, and a B+. Washington had one A, two A-'s, and one B+.

Congrats and thank you to the dedicated state employees and public servants who work so hard for the people of this state.

Click here for more information on the Pew Center on the States' Government Information Project.

3 Comments:

 Cameron said...

Congrats Utah.

3/03/2008 7:33 AM  

 SJ said...

Hey Michael, great blog. So far, really cool.

3/03/2008 9:58 AM  

 Mark said...

Are there any credible national sources that rate the states' legislatures? I'd be interested where ours stood.

3/03/2008 10:29 AM  

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