Performance Measures and Accountability by Public Officials Topic of Nov. 2-3 Conference at R-N

Performance Measures and Accountability by Public Officials Topic of Nov. 2-3 Conference at R-N

WHO : The School of Public Affairs and Administration, at Rutgers University in Newark

WHAT: Inaugural Public Performance Measurement and Reporting Conference

WHEN: Nov. 2-3, 2007, 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

WHERE: Paul Robeson Campus Center, 2nd Floor

FEES: $95, INDIVIDUAL; STUDENTS, $25, GROUPS OF THREE OR MORE: $75

REGISTRATION: Email: ppmrn@andromeda.rutgers.edu and include name of attendee/ title(s), organization, mailing address, phone number, email address

BACKGROUND: Public performance measures hold local, state and federal governments accountable to the electorate. The conference will provide attendees with diverse case studies, academic research and lessons learned from leaders in the field.

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS: Attached; ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ONLINE AT (http://ppmrn.net/)

INFORMATION: EILEEN BURNASH, 973 353-5093, fax, 353-5907; email, eburnash@andromeda.rutgers.edu

SPEAKERS

Dr. MARC HOLZER, Dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers, Campus at Newark. Roundtable Discussion: The Increasing Momentum for Performance Measurement and Improvement

MIKE LAWSON, Executive Director, ICMA Center for Performance Measurement , "Leadership, Management and the Role of Performance Measurement"

HOWARD ROHM, Executive Director, The Balanced Scorecard Institute "Managing for Results Using the Balanced Scorecard"

MICHAEL JACOBSON, Performance Management Director, King County Executive Office "Integrating Community Indicators and Agency Performance Measures: King County's AIMs High Website"

STEVAN GORCESTER, Executive Director Washington State Transportation Improvement Board "Transportation Improvement Board Dashboard: Performance Measurement Software"

EMIL TURC AND MARCEL GUENOUN, Institut de Management Public et Gouvernance Territoriale, "Benchmark Implementation in Inter-organizational settings: A Study of Emerging Comparative Practices in French Inter-Communal Organizations"

BILL TOMES, Institute for Public Service and Policy Research University of South Carolina, "Performance Measurement Project with EMS Providers in South Carolina"

BARBARA COHN BERMAN, Vice President, Fund for the City of New York, "Citizen Participation in Performance Measurement"

MICHELLE THOMAS, Director of Innovation and Performance Management, City of Newark, New Jersey "Newark Performance Measurement Initiatives"

EVEANNA BARRY, Director of Performance Reporting, Advancing Government Accountability, "Service Efforts and Accomplishments (SEA) Reporting Program"

DR. ERIC SCORSONE, Michigan State University, "Impact of State Mandates and Administrative Discretion on local Government Benchmarking Performance"

REAGAN BURKHOLDER, Summit Collaborative Advisors, "Pitfalls and Problems of Making Comparisons Among Municipalities"

DR. KATHE CALLAHAN, DR. KATHRYN KLOBY, and CHARLOTTE KAHN, Rutgers-Newark, Monmouth University, and Boston Indicators Project, "Internal and External Perspectives: Collaborating to Strengthen the Relevance of Performance Measurement"

CHERYL HUBER, Director of Research, New Yorkers for Parks, The Arthur Ross Center for Parks and Open Spaces "2007 Report Card on Beaches"

DR. KENNETH A. SMITH, Willamette University "Evaluating Performance Reports with AGA Criteria"

THEODORE E. SHOGRY, Performance Improvement Manager, City of Albuquerque "Strategic Planning and Budgeting, Citizen Participation, and Performance Measurement"

DR. YUKO J. NAKANISHI, Nakanishi Research and Consulting, "Strategic Benchmarking: Methods and Practices"

ALICIA SCHATTEMAN, Rutgers-Newark, "Lessons to be learned: Municipal Performance Reporting in Ontario"

RON PERRY, Deputy County Auditor, King County, Washington "Performance Measurement in King County, Washington State"

CONSTANCE B. BOWENS, Baruch College, "Improving Public Higher Education Systems through Performance Management: An Examination of the Kansas Board of Regents' Performance Agreement Project"

HYUN AH CHO, Application of Expectancy Disconfirmation Model of Citizen Satisfaction to Community Policing"

DANIEL BROMBERG & SUNJOO KWAK, National Center for Public Performance , "New Jersey Municipal Performance Measurement System: Development and Implementation"

NEW JERSEY MEADOWLANDS COMMISSION, "Implementing a Strategic Plan: Goals, Indicators, Tracking

FAYTH RUFIIN, DR. ROBIN REESTRA-BRYANT, SETH GROSSMAN, Rutgers University Performance Management for Business Improvement Districts

MICHAEL MASSIAH, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Implementing Performance Budgeting at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

DR. ROBERT SCHWARTZ, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Performance Measurement System for Ontarios Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy

PAUL EPSTEIN, Epstein & Fass Associates, Auditor Roles in Government Performance Measurement

IRIS SALITERER Comparing Regions, Cities and Communities: Local Government Benchmarking in Austria as an Instrument for Improving Performance and Competitiveness

DR. NICOLE THIBODEAU, Naval Postgraduate School Strategic Performance Management with Performance Incentives