Toward FITTER State Governments

The challenge

Traditional efforts to streamline state government face a host of obstacles: There are too many ideas and no consistent way to compare or prioritize them. Politics exert an influence that may have little to do with an idea’s merit. Previous failed projects may cast a shadow over new efforts. And even the soundest proposals can carry a cost. How can state leaders create the change that citizens and business need?

The answer

FITTER is an empirical, disciplined, results-focused approach supported by an established database of more than 2,000 improvement ideas across more than 20 categories aligned with the mission and business of state government. The approach helps government leaders focus on the ideas that carry the highest potential benefit for what they will cost, weighing implementation challenges at all levels, and ranking possible initiatives by their likely net value.

If you need to improve the performance of a specific program or agency, FITTER can make it happen. If you want a stem-to-stern overhaul of your entire government, FITTER is equal to the challenge. And to any challenge in between. Wanting to make government work better shouldn’t mean committing to a solution that’s bigger than the problem.

The process

Do you want to save money on public education so more resources find their way into the classroom? Make your human services easier for constituents to understand and use? Revamp a regulatory regime so it protects the public better but complicates business less? Your needs aren’t merely unique to you—they’re also very specific. FITTER starts with that understanding and follows a logical process to measurable outcomes.