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2016TopManagementChallenges forState & LocalGovernmentRoute Fiftyrecently conducted a survey of state and local government

employees. In this study underwritten by Grant Thornton, more than

900 leaders identify the top challenges facing their organizations:

Human Capital & Workforce Issues

Budget Planning Process

Respondents also report challenges in other areas:

IT & Technology Management

indicate this area

is a challenge.

say it is the top

challenge.

Only 2 out of 5respondents working in

Executive Offices say they

have accurate and

complete data for

budget decisions.

79%Collaboration(internal and with other government entities)

76%Data-drivendecision making

66%Acquisition& Procurement

Just 44% say their

organization has a sufficient

budget for IT modernization.

Over halfare concernedabout the upcoming retirement

of Baby Boomers.

79%say their agency is not

competitive with the privatesector in hiring talent.

Developing todays workforce requires anticipating the skills gaps, core competencies, and expertise needed for

mission sustainability. Grant Thorntons analytics solutions can help uncover and address human capital challenges.

Successful budgeting involves aligning limited resources

to important strategic objectives. Grant Thornton helps

organizations integrate budget and performance information

for efficient but effective decision making.

Collaboration within and across government is no longer a luxury; its essential to success. Grant Thornton assists public sector organizations

by bridging data across silos to improve its accessibility and reliability, helping leaders to make informed decisions with greater results.

Methodology

Route Fiftyand Government Business Council

released a survey on October 20, 2015 to Route

Fifty subscribers and other state and local

government leaders. 928 respondents

participated in the survey, 16% of whom are state

employees and 84% are local, county, municipal

or township employees.View the survey results

Grant Thorntons Global Public Sector helps executives and

managers at all levels of government maximize their performance and

efficiency in the face of ever tightening budgets and increased

demand for services. We give clients creative, cost-effective solutions

that enhance their acquisition, financial, human capital, information

technology, and performance management.

For more information, visitgrantthornton.com/publicsector

As IT requirements become more complex, projects can fail due

to a lack of sophisticated project management. Grant Thorntons

agile approach employs short bursts of project implementations

to help organizations achieve.

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