Research Homepage
Research activities of the center are an important aspect of our mission. We seek out and engage in applied policy research on a myriad of policy topics that affect local and state government in particular. Among the research topics that faculty have examined are economic development, information technology policy, concentrated poverty, budgeting and finance, criminal justice, and discriminatory lending practices.
Recently Completed Reports
2011 TMDL Report
This report summarizes and synthesizes recent studies that assess progress in implementing Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and describes indicators that can be used to understand progress in watershed restoration. It also overviews efforts to improve the ability of state and federal agencies to document the progress in TMDL implementation. This report offers recommendations to guide future efforts to develop and use indicators of TMDL implementation and watershed restoration progress to help foster improvements in water quality throughout the US.
This report summarizes and synthesizes recent studies that assess progress in implementing Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and describes indicators that can be used to understand progress in watershed restoration. It also overviews efforts to improve the ability of state and federal agencies to document the progress in TMDL implementation. This report offers recommendations to guide future efforts to develop and use indicators of TMDL implementation and watershed restoration progress to help foster improvements in water quality throughout the US.
EGN Executive Summaries
The Center has released Executive Summaries for a series of eight case studies it is preparing on local government collaboration in northeast Ohio. The collaborative projects addressed in the case studies were proposed by eight finalists in the Fund for Our Economic Future's (FFEF) Efficient Government Now (EGN) Round 1, which took place in 2009. Each case study focuses on a different kind of inter-governmental collaboration, and each is intended to document progress made by these collaborative projects between the fall of 2009 and the fall of 2010.
E-Government Report
Building E-Government Capacities identifies positive and negative perceptions toward regional e-government, as well as barriers to e-government adoption. The findings aim to provide focus for government efforts to make more efficient use of electronic information systems and expand public sector electronic services. The information included in the report was gathered through a survey of local government entities, inquiring about their current use of e-government technology and potential applications in the future.
Authors:John Hoornbeek Ph.D., Kerry Macomber, MPA, Melissa Phillips and Sayantani Satpathi, Graduate Research Assistants
Prepared: December 2009
Authors: John Hoornbeek, Ph.D., Evan Hansen, MS, Evan Ringquist, Ph.D., Robert Carlson, Ph.D.
Prepared: December 2008
Authors: Jera L. Oliver, Graduate Research Assistant,
With Assistance from John Hoornbeek, Ph.D.
With Assistance from John Hoornbeek, Ph.D.
Prepared: May 2007
Authors: John Logue, Ph.D. & Steve Clem
Prepared: May 2006
Authors: Michele Gilbert, Karen Mossberger, and Caroline J. Tolbert
Prepared: September 2004
Authors: David Kaplan, Ph.D. & Gail Sommers
Prepared: 2002-2004
Sustainable Infrastructure in Shrinking Cities - Options for the Future
Authors: John Hoornbeek Ph.D. and Terry Schwarz, Senior Planner
Prepared: July 2009
Authors: John Hoornbeek, Ph.D. & Holly Burnett-Hanley
Prepared: June 2008
Author: Mark Cassell, Ph.D.
Prepared: June 2006
Author: John Hoornbeek, Ph.D.
Prepared: April 2006
Author: Mark Cassell, Ph.D.
Prepared: October 2003
