Rave Reviews

February 16, 2011

Rave Reviews For Regulatory Performance Measurement and Evaluation Facilitated by Steve Montague

Recent Canada School offerings of the course Regulatory Performance Measurement and Evaluation have been receiving rave reviews from attendees. The following table is an excerpt from the actual course evaluation report produced by the Canada School of the Public Service for the November 2010 offering of the course.

Source: Canada School of Public Service, November 30, 2010.

Future offerings of this course can be seen at http://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/cat/det-eng.asp?courseno=R003. For other course offerings by Steve Montague – and / or customized course offerings – email info@pmn.net.

Update: Our 2009 Prediction Re: Stimulus Funding Comes True

February 15, 2011

Globe and Mail November 24th The Great Infrastructure Boom That Wasn’t Tim Kiladze

Report on Business reporter Tim Kiladze noted that analysts had suggested that investors were far too optimistic about the extent to which public stimulus funding would boost the fortunes and bottom lines of the construction industry. Kiladze quotes a market analyst as follows: “Very few meaningful stimulus-related infrastructure projects were launched in 2009. In fact, somewhat ironically, some infrastructure spending was actually delayed … as [provincial, state and local] governments awaited funding from the federal stimulus coffers,” noted CIBC World Markets analyst Paul Lechem.

For the full article see:

http://investdb4.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/GAM.20101124.GIINFRASTRUCTURE1124ATL/GIStory/

For a systems explanation of why this ‘irony’ occured – predicting such a result before the fact – see the following article from August 2009. Why Cash For Clunkers Works Better Than Company Bail-Outs or Infrastructure Spending: Reach, Roles and Relationships Count in Our Results Theories

Explaining The Funding Flow ‘Success’ of Some Stimulus Strategies Over Others – Steve Montague, August 2009

February 14, 2011

In the following article Steve Montague suggests why some policy instruments get implemented more quickly and consistently than others. See: Why Cash For Clunkers Works Better Than Company Bail-Outs or Infrastructure Spending: Reach, Roles and Relationships Count in Our Results Theories.