2016 Top Management Challenges for State & Local GovernmentRoute Fifty recently 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 5 respondents working in Executive Of�ces say they have accurate and complete data for budget decisions.

79%Collaboration

(internal and with other government entities)

76%Data-driven

decision making

66%Acquisition

& Procurement

Just 44% say their organization has a suf�cient budget for IT modernization.

Over half are concerned about the upcoming retirement of Baby Boomers.

79% say their agency is not competitive with the private sector in hiring talent.

Developing today’s workforce requires anticipating the skills gaps, core competencies, and expertise needed for mission sustainability. Grant Thornton’s 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; it’s 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.

MethodologyRoute Fifty and 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 Thornton’s Global Public Sector helps executives and managers at all levels of government maximize their performance and ef�ciency in the face of ever tightening budgets and increased demand for services. We give clients creative, cost-effective solutions that enhance their acquisition, �nancial, human capital, information technology, and performance management.For more information, visit grantthornton.com/publicsector

As IT requirements become more complex, projects can fail due to a lack of sophisticated project management. Grant Thornton’s agile approach employs short bursts of project implementations to help organizations achieve.

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