Why Performance Pay Is Just the Beginning to Improving Government

Plenty more could be done to transform public workforces into meritocracies.

State and local governments also should have the ability to raise salaries for workers in high-demand fields. When Google and Facebook moved in near an important state data center, North Carolina responded in 2014 by putting $7.5 million into a fund to retain not only state employees those companies might want to hire but also other workers with in-demand skills such as nurses. Such a program could also be used to attract teachers in subject areas where there is a shortage, such as math, science and special education.

by Charles Chieppo

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