When the Mayor Wants the Metric Changed
Choose the defensible public-sector move when a senior office wants to replace an unfavorable outcome metric with a favorable activity count.
When the Mayor Wants the Metric Changed in public-sector work is not a private preference exercise. The mechanism is legitimacy under constraint: the team must connect public purpose, authority, evidence, equity, cost, and follow-up before action hardens into a public promise. GAO Green Book monitoring and OECD open government accountability helps because it makes the decision basis visible enough for another person to inspect. When the rationale is explicit, the agency can move faster without pretending risk has disappeared. When it is hidden, speed creates rework, appeals, mistrust, and audit exposure. The practical test is simple: can a resident, sponsor,…
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