Citizen-Driven Government Performance

Case Studies

The cases featured on this website are narratives of citizen-driven initiatives that involve citizens in the measurement of government performance. Each case is presented in three formats:

• Montclair, New Jersey
• Iowa, Citizen Initiated Performance Assessment
• New York City, Straphanger's Campaign
• Fund for the City of New York
• Dayton, Ohio
• Governmental Accounting Standards Board
• Hartford, Connecticut
• Syracuse, New York
• Worcester, Massachusetts
• New York City, Inside Schools
• Clean Air Council, Pennsylvania
• Sustainable Seattle
• Neighborhood Parks, San Francisco

DAYTON, OHIO

The Dayton project had two overarching objectives. The first was to facilitate the selection of Quality of Life indicators by seven Priority boards, ensure the initial production of the indicators and institutionalize their annual publication within the city of Dayton Planning Department. The second was to engage in a Priority Board reform process and development of a set of citizen participation indicators to assess the degree of citizen participation in the life of neighborhoods and Priority Boards.

• Case in Brief
• Detailed Case
• Program Evaluation Teaching Notes
• Dayton Strategic Planning and Management Teaching Notes

City of Dayton Home Page - Citizen Participation

• Report on FROC Priority Board
• Report on Northwest Priority Board
• Report on Southwest Priority Board
• Report on Northeast Priority Board
• Report on Southeast Priority Board