Show Government Handling Money Well According to a Recent Survey By Jake Nelson Feature Editor A recent survey in the USA Today shows that most states handle the taxpayers money well but there are Me some that dont The survey was run to see how efficient states were in collecting taxes and delivering services During its it's two year run the survey survey sur sur- vey found the following Thirty-nine Thirty states did well on monetary management They made good investments spent sparingly and saved consistently Twenty-six Twenty states scored well on workforce issues Only 17 states scored well on information technology Most states needed to upgrade and make better use of their computers Richard Greene of Governing magazine produced this survey in conjunction with the Maxwell School of Citizenship Public Affairs at Syracuse University Greene explained The public perception is that government works badly The truth is that by and large they do a pretty decent job Patricia Ingraham a Maxwell School professor added This stuff is important they've got to pay attention to it Virginia Missouri Utah and Washington scored the highest in inthe inthe the survey and Alabama scored the lowest |