[ABFM] Public Performance Measurement and Reporting Network

[Gerald J. Miller]

Announcing the new Public Performance Measurement and Reporting Network

ABFM Chair Robert Eger and Immediate Past Chair John Bartle invite you to join 
the new Public Performance Measurement and Reporting Network that is being 
launched by the National Center for Public Performance at Rutgers University in 
Newark, New Jersey, in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. ?
Offered to all ASPA members, especially those in ABFM, free membership in the 
Network will provide extensive resources for public sector performance 
measurement and reporting.  The website provides access to performance measures, 
performance reporting models, case studies, government documents, articles, 
books, conferences and other resources. A listserv, e-newsletter and 
national/regional conferences will connect members of the network and encourage 
queries and ongoing dialogue. Government's stakeholders, in particular managers, citizens and elected 
officials, as well as academics, non-profit organizations and students of 
government, will find the Network to be a substantial, timely and dynamic 
resource, says Marc Holzer, Dean, School of Public Affairs and Administration at 
Rutgers. ? The National Center has advocated performance measurement and 
reporting for three decades, as the means to more efficient, effective and 
participatory government. This Network links to all of the Nat
ional Center's work in this area: the journal Public Performance and Management 
Review, a Performance Measurement System for Municipalities, books, articles, 
reports, an Online Public Performance Measurement Certificate, conference 
proceedings, and other information and data sources added at your suggestion. 

Please visit www.ppmrn.net to register for a free membership.  Note: Free 
membership is not simply an introductory offer. There will never be a charge for 
membership in the Network.   Moreover, the Network and the National Center will not solicit ABFM members as a 
consequence of registration.  Members can even decline on the registration page 
to have the newsletter emailed to them monthly.  Dean Holzer assures ABFM that 
members will not be solicited any further, although he says he would hope ABFM 
members would want to participate in any conferences, events, and webinars the 
Network sponsors.  “As long as they continue to check the site regularly, they 
will be able to find all information and access our archived newsletters on 
their own,” Dean Holzer stated.