New Jersey Reform Efforts Can Help Virginia — By Michael W. Thompson
As Virginia continues with its Governor-inspired effort to modernize state government through the Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring, it might be helpful to learn what is happening along these lines in another state close by – New Jersey. Read It Here!
August 2010
Privatizing Government Services for Better Efficiency — By Michael W. Thompson
Economic hard times make all of us review our spending and how to cut costs. That is true at home, at church, in our businesses and in government. Government tends to be the last of these groupings to seriously look at truly restructuring how it delivers services and how it spends taxpayers’ money. But across the United States federal, state, and local governments have have all turned -- successfully -- to privatization as a means of providing better government services more efficiently. In these keynote remarks before the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, Jefferson Institute President Mike Thompson provides an overview of the privatization debate and its use (and non-use) in Virginia and Fairfax County. Click Here to Read the Keynote Remarks!
April 2010
State Budget Reflects Current Times — By Michael W. Thompson The General Assembly produced a final budget that sets the stage for the next step. That next step should be reforming the way government works so that priorities are focused ... and those things of less importance, or not the role of government, are dramatically reduced or eliminated altogether. Read It Here!
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