[tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] Introduction Until a few years ago, the automobile insurance companies serving the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts were suffering under a deluge of claims for auto theft, reported accidents, and personal injury claims, and passing on their costs to the city’s drivers, good and bad. […]
[tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] Introduction School district superintendents and school committee members across Massachusetts are reporting budget distress. Even though Chapter 70 spending was increased by $217 million for FY2007, non-discretionary spending and contracted yearly raises will once again mean increases in budgets that will significantly exceed revenue […]
Introduction Benchmarking has long been used in the private sector as an effective tool to support operational change, improve processes, increase efficiency, and cut costs. In the private sector, benchmarking is used to gain a competitive edge. It gives companies a means of seeking insight from outside typical industry models and offers them the promise […]
Chris A. Beecroft, JR. is the ADR Commisoner of the Eigth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada. Introduction The Massachusetts court system suffers from some of the same problems as that of Nevada, for example, its inability to dispense quality justice to civil litigants by getting cases to trial expeditiously and economically. In an […]
[tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] Massachusetts Human Resources Division Problem Statement In 2003, the Commonwealth was experiencing one of its worst fiscal crises, and cutbacks were made throughout state government. The state Human Resources Division (HRD) had to absorb severe reductions, with budget cuts of over 45 percent and […]
[tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance Problem Statement The Commonwealth has historically been very generous in the amount of services and support afforded to homeless families. In fiscal year 2004, Massachusetts spent over $70 million in the Emergency Assistance (EA) family sheltering program, administered by […]
Improved Solutions for Urban Systems (ISUS) [tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] An academic and vocational charter school in Dayton, Ohio Problem Statement Of the 4.5 million children in the eighth grade today, 1.5 million will drop out before graduating from high school. Another million will graduate, but with skills […]
InnerCity Entrepreneurs (ICE) An initiative of the Entrepreneurial Management Institute and the Department of Sociology at Boston University [tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] Problem Statement Over the past decade, microenterprise and other small business programs have done a credible job assisting the start-up of inner city businesses. However, 85 […]
[tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] Springfield’s Technical Assistance Program (TAP) An initiative of the City of Springfield and the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield Problem Statement The ethnic demographic of the City of Springfield has been changing over the past 10 years with a growing number of […]
[tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] Outdated, irrelevant government regulations routinely clog the gears of industry and government, unnecessarily consuming both capital and manpower. Recognizing this, Director Beth Lindstrom of the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) has implemented a comprehensive 10-month review of every regulation promulgated […]