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gram’ as part of its cost Management strategy. But the devil’s in the details. The state is certainly recognized for having fairly robust systems in place for measuring program performance, but prioritization is a tougher nut to crack. Currently missing from the equation is a truly effective process to determine how to prioritize spending on programs relative to each other.
What Virginia really needs is a budgeting process designed to generate public buy-in on how to fund first things first and last things last (if at all>. To that end, the commonwealth should follow the lead of Washington, Iowa and other states that have begun shifting to an outcomebased budgeting system in which policymakers and the public collaborativelv rank
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