Fixing Government Possible With Relentless Focus on Results

PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Four governors believe a new book by John M. Bernard, Government That Works, The Results Revolution in the States, provides a comprehensive blueprint for fixing much of what is wrong with government today.

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"States that are putting hard, fact-driven and transparent results as the centerpiece of their operations are redefining what modern government can accomplish," says Bernard.

"Government That Works is a revealing glimpse inside the workings of seven state governments where bureaucratic processes are being torn apart using best-practice business management disciplines."

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R), one of two governors who authored forewords to the book, said, "Government That Works gives us a firsthand look at some of the bold, creative changes sweeping America. It's more than a good read. It's a blueprint for success at every level of government."

The book includes detailed stories of the methods used to make improvements such as:

• New Mexico's reduced average customer wait times in its Carlsbad Motor Vehicles Division office from 96 minutes to three.
• Colorado's 40 percent reduction between 2009 and 2013 of unintended teenage pregnancy.
• Washington's 31 percent reduction in traffic fatalities between 2005 and 2012.

Governor John Hickenlooper (D), who serves as chair of the National Governors Association (NGA) wrote, "Government That Works showcases the critical shift underway in state government and the inspiring results being achieved." Hickenlooper's NGA 2015 chair's initiative is titled Delivering Results, and the book serves as a compilation of best practices in support of his effort.

Governor Martin O'Malley wrote in his foreword to the book, "It is not a question of whether we are moving our states left or right, but whether we are moving our states forward or back. In this search for answers, John Bernard's Government That Works, The Results Revolution in the States, offers an important path towards a better future for our states."

"As a governor nothing is more important to me than delivering results," said Oregon Governor John A. Kitzhaber, M.D. "Government That Works is full of practical and proven methods that show how to do exactly that."

Bernard, authored the best-selling book Business at the Speed of Now (Wiley 2012), and is chairman of Mass Ingenuity, a Portland, Oregon-based consulting firm. In addition he is the founder and chairman of Results America, an organization intended to support results-driven state government.

Government That Works
The Results Revolution in the States

List $24.95
Trade hardcover 360 pages
ISBN 978-0-9907265-1-7
Published by Results America
February 20, 2015

For more information visit www.massingenuity.com or www.resultsamerica.org

About the Author

John Bernard currently consults with state government leaders on the transformation to results-driven government. Bernard has authored two books on designing state-of-the-art management systems, the best-selling Business at the Speed of Now (Wiley, 2012) and Government That Works, The Results Revolution in the States (Results America, 2015).

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