| At PSG, results are front and center.
Below is a sampling of specific results from several of our recent client engagements. |
State of Iowa
- Created six innovative charter agencies committed to improving results and contributing revenue to the State in exchange for greater autonomy
- Used the budgeting for outcomes process to close an approximate $350 million budget gap
- Saved Iowans more than $3 million a year by consolidating the Departments of Personnel, General Services and Information Technology into a Department of Administrative Services
- Transformed government to save Iowans $71 million for FY2002 and an additional $106 million in FY2003
State of Washington
- Closed a $2 billion budget gap by utilizing Budgeting for Outcomes
- Assisted in the development of ten key outcomes and indicators of success that set the priorities for state budgeting
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
- Increased permanency rate of adoption for foster children from 6.7 percent to nearly 20 percent by changing through Performance-Based Contracting
- DCFS received the prestigious Harvard Innovations in American Government award for Performance Based Contracting
Columbus, Ohio
- Established the “Columbus Covenant” with input from citizens affirming the city’s mission, principles of progress and goals to citizens
- Developed criteria for evaluating government responsiveness, efficiency and effectiveness to assist citizens in holding city leaders accountable for success
- Instituted performance measurement into the budgeting request process to measure the results that were important to citizens
Multnomah County (Portland, Oregon)
- Made the budgeting process transparent to citizens through comprehensive expenditure website
- Utilized Budgeting for Outcomes to align the county budget to the six key priorities for county government that were established with citizen input
University of Minnesota – Crookston
- Implemented an innovative program that ensured all students would have a laptop computer
- Developed a performance-based budget that articulates measurable outcome indicators for the university and makes the budget transparent to students and faculty
- Increased the number of students by 22 percent, which allowed the university to cut tuition by nearly 12 percent
Minneapolis Public Schools
- Achieved a five percent increase for eighth graders on the state’s reading test including a 13 percent increase for African American students and a 29 percent increase for those ninth graders taking the test for the second time
- Initiated a new approach to assessment that aligns testing to curriculum standards and gives students, families and teachers the information they need to improve
- Received a “best ever” financial rating by the district’s outside auditor
- Led the conversion to a system of community and magnet schools with extensive choice for families
Federal Student Aid
- Scored the biggest improvement ever in the GallupQ12 Survey by increasing employee satisfaction from 38th amongst federal agencies to the top five in first year of partnership with PSG
- Student loan default rates experienced record lows and collections reached record highs to achieve a positive balance sheet during a recession
Egypt: Alexandria General Organization for Sanitary Drainage (AGOSD)
- Eliminated wastewater in the streets of Alexandria that saved lives and dramatically improved the water quality and clarity of the Mediterranean Sea
- Established AGOSD as an independent economic authority with the ability to purchase services more efficiently and collect the revenues needed to improve water quality for citizens
- Developed a long term strategic plan for organizational sustainability that included: mission, vision of the future, values, critical issues and broad-based strategies
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