Saturday, September 09, 2006
New Jersey's governor Corzine released his economic strategy last week. Read more. The plan, not surprisingly, ends with a focus on metrics. Although these metrics are not set out, the plan points out:
To ensure that every action step identified in this strategy is contributing to the state's economic growth, additional metrics will be developed for each action step. Each department, authority, or commission responsible for the implementation of the action steps will develop these metrics in collaboration with the Office of Economic Growth.
To ensure full disclosure and accountability to the residents and businesses in the state, the Office of Economic Growth will release all metrics publicly each year.
You can download the plan here.
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New Jersey's new economic strategy
