Teaching Cases
These case studies, developed by the KSG Case Study Program, describe innovations in the United States. Drawing on winners of the Innovations in American Government Awards Program, these cases are prepared for use in classroom discussion. They can be purchased at the KSG Case Study Program site.
Our teaching cases are broken down into the following categories:
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ADAPTING NEW TECHNOLOGY |
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Code |
Title |
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1275.9 |
CD-ROM Case: The New York City Transit Authority Station Manager Program |
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C16-91-1038.0 |
The Electronic Benefit System in Ramsey County, Minnesota |
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C16-90-996.0 |
The Minnesota Knowledge System Center (No Number) - St. Louis County Police Department |
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C16-93-1228.0 |
Community Voice Mail for the "Phoneless": Starting up in Seattle and Minnesota |
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C16-91-1035.0, 1036.0, 1037.0 |
Court Reporting in Kentucky, Parts A-C |
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C16-89-854.0 |
Wastewater Wars |
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CONSENSUS-BUILDING AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE |
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Code |
Title |
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C16-92-1157.0 |
Wichita Confronts Contamination: Seeking Alternatives to Superfund (A) |
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C16-91-1047.0 |
Solving Seattle's Solid Waste Crises |
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C16-90-991.0 |
The Executive Branch and the Legislature: Opening the Lines of Communication in Minnesota |
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C16-89-877.0 |
"Integration Incentives" in Suburban Cleveland |
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C16-91-1031.0 |
Blip on the Screen--or Wave of the Future? "Electronic Democracy" in Santa Monica |
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C16-89-928.0 |
Building the Baltic |
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C16-91-1043.0 |
Moderately Priced Dwelling Units in Montgomery County, Maryland |
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LEADERSHIP |
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Code |
Title |
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C16-87-793.0 |
Ellen Schall and the Department of Juvenile Justice |
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C16-93-1218.0 |
Shifting the Terms of Debate: Mayor Norm Rice & the Greater Seattle Growth Quagmire |
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C16-88-870.0 |
Jean Ekins and the Family Learning Center |
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C15-89-875.0 |
Taking Charge: Rose Washington and Spofford Juvenile Detention Center |
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MEDIA RELATIONS |
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Code |
Title |
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C16-91-1058.0 |
"Please Be Patient": The Seattle Solid Waste Utility Meets the Press |
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C16-92-1135.0 |
Managing a Press "Feeding Frenzy": Gregory Coler and the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services |
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NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT |
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Code |
Title |
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C16-94-1243.0 |
Mountain Habitat for Humanity and the West Virginia Housing Development Fund: The Prospect of Partnership |
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C16-93-1218.0 |
Reproducing an Innovation in Tennessee: Dr. Barbara Levin and the Monroe Maternity Center, Inc. |
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C16-93-1221.0 |
Friends of the Family: Public/Private/Community Broker |
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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE CHANGE |
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Code |
Title |
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C16-88-856.0 |
Finding Black Parents: One Church, One Child |
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1849.0 |
Starting Small, Reaching High: The Parents as Teachers National Center’s Quest for Growth with Quality (A) |
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1850.0 |
Starting Small, Reaching High: The Parents as Teachers National Center’s Quest for Growth with Quality (B) |
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C16-90-938.0 |
Fighting Fear in Baltimore County |
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PROGRAM TRANSFER |
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Code |
Title |
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C16-92-1119.0 |
Replicating Innovation: Judy Lenthall and SRO Housing Construction in San Diego |
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C16-91-1029.0 |
Spreading the Gospel: The Origin and Growth of the DARE Program |
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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION |
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Code |
Title |
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C16-92-1076.0 |
The Ladder and the Scale: Commitment and Accountability at Project Match |
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C16-87-784.0 |
Plastic in the Public Sector |
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RE-ENGINEERING/RESTRUCTURING GOVERNMENT AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT |
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Code |
Title |
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C102-97-1371.0 |
Regulatory Reform at OSHA |
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C16-93-1185.0 |
Welfare System that Works for Everyone: The Montgomery County, Indiana, Department of Public Welfare |
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C16-91-1025.0 |
XPORT: A Public Sector Trading Company |
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C16-91-1077.0 |
Providing Obstetrical Services for Indigent Women in Montgomery County, Maryland |
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C16-93-1197.0 |
Preventing Pollution in Massachusetts: The Blackstone Project |
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C16-92-1153.0 |
Profit Sharing for the Public Sector: The Shared Savings Program in Pittsburg, California |
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C16-88-826.0 |
Introducing Marketplace Dynamics in Minnesota State Government |
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C16-92-1155.0 |
Meeting for a Need: Jerry Abramson and CityWork in Louisville, Kentucky |
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C15-88-818.0 |
Patrol Allocation in Portland, Oregon: PCAM in the Bureau |
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C16-87-737.0 |
Striving Toward Excellence in the State of Minnesota |
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C18-95-1275.0 |
Managing the Underground City: The New York City Transit Authority Reclaims its Subway Stations |
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C16-91-1066.0 |
Groundwater Regulation in Arizona |
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C15-88-820.0 |
Boston Power Patrol |
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C15-87-744.0 |
Denise Fleury and the Minnesota Office of State Claims |
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C16-93-1192.0 |
Fighting Graffiti in Philadelphia |
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C18-95-1269.0 |
Organizing Competition in Indianapolis: Mayor Stephen Goldsmith & the Quest for Lower Costs |
For all other Ash publications, see the Government Innovators Network, and the papers, descriptive case study, and Ash-sponsored faculty research sections of this site.
