City on the line : how Baltimore transformed its budget to beat the Great Recession and deliver outcomes / Andrew Kleine ; foreword by Peter Hutchinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kleine, Andrew, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--Maryland--Baltimore.

Budget.

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

Baltimore (Md.)--Economic conditions.

Baltimore (Md.).

Economic history.

Recessions.

Social conditions.

Maryland--Baltimore.

Physical Description:

ix, 279 pages : illustrations, map, charts ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]

Summary:

"City on the Line is about a revolution in public budgeting. Equal parts memoir, manifesto, and manual, it tells the story of a hard luck city fighting through the Great Recession, a budget director trying to lead disruptive change, and a ground-breaking effort to link strategy, budget, and data to get better results for residents"--Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction: thinking outside the black box

Outcome budgeting 101

Outcomes vs. the org chart

Budget proposals that sing

Making the magic happen

Shifting the debate

Widening the circle

The new status quo?

Outcomestat

Pressing ahead

The bottom line

Are you ready?

Appendix A: request for results : make Baltimore a cleaner, greener, and more

Sustainable city

Appendix B: excerpt from A Cleaner City Preliminary Turn the Curve Plan

Appendix C: excerpt from Citizen's Guide to the Fiscal 2013 Budget

Glossary

Index

About the author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kleine, Andrew, 1970- author. City on the line

ISBN:

9781538121870

1538121875

9781538121887

1538121883

OCLC:

1043563020