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Sometimes it feels like we don’t have enough time to take a step back and really think, ask the tough questions and work on our work. This is simply a trick that good old inertia plays on us. The inertia of the status quo is so powerful that we’ll often opt to live with a low-performing and dysfunctional situation rather …
Utah’s Historical Budget Culture by Phil Dean, Budget Director and Chief Economist Our Sister States This spring as I participated in conference calls with bond rating agencies, I was surprised at how impressed the rating agencies were that Utah not only differentiates between ongoing and one-time revenue, but that we actually budget to these revenues and track our structural balance. …