GSA Struggles to Right the Ship
By Matthew Weigelt | March 6, 2006

To woo agencies back, GSA must show value in using its contract vehicles, said Carl DeMaio , president of the Performance Institute.

Feds Train to Achieve Six Sigma Results
By Sara Michael | October 3, 2005

Carl DeMaio, president of The Performance Institute, said Six Sigma's success in the private sector is a good indicator that the federal government will.

Payband Balancing Act
By Brittany R. Ballenstedt | June 2007

Jon Desenberg, consulting director for performance management at the Performance Institute, a group based in Washington, D.C., and San Diego, said his organization is working on a set of recommendations for the next presidential administration, one of which advises the government to de-emphasize the link between performance and pay.

"I think there's a lot of merit in really understanding what engages people," Desenberg said. "That ties to how they are engaged to their work, what helps them get promoted, and most importantly, what helps them get better and more interesting assignments. Pay is not the issue."

OMB to Push Performance Pay Government Wide in '05
By Tim Kauffman | January 3, 2005

Civil service reform took a big step forward with the personnel management reforms Congress approved for senior executives, said Carl DeMaio, president of the Arlington, Va.-based Performance Institute, a nonpartisan think tank dedicated to improving government results.

San Diego Playing a Blame Game;
As multiple probes of the pension crisis go forward, finger-pointing is rampant. Some observers fear that bankruptcy is possible
By E. Scott Reckard | May 1, 2005

The city has been in an utter state of paralysis for more than a year," said Carl DeMaio, president of the Performance Institute in San Diego, a nonpartisan think tank. He said his group began advising the city on how to deal with state budget cuts last year, and gradually realized the problems were far worse than described at that time.

If we don't take immediate action, the city of San Diego will be forced into bankruptcy," he said.

Fall From Frugality Puts San Diego on Fiscal Brink
By Tony Perry | August 1, 2004

We found that the emperor has no clothes," said Carl DeMaio, executive director of the San Diego-based Performance Institute, a Libertarian think tank, studying the city's budget and budgeting process.

Fiscal Chicanery City 's Budget Practices Alarm Wall Street
Editoral Page | April 10, 2004

In a report last month, Carl DeMaio, president of The Performance Institute, a San Diego-based think tank, aptly described the sales tax accrual as "phantom" revenue.Now that Moody's Investors Service has raised the same alarm, perhaps City Hall will begin to listen.

Six-figure Salaries Soar in City Work Force
Carl DeMaio | March 12, 2006

"Have you heard about the fire captain in the city of San Diego who made $242,138 in one year? How about the city lifeguard who made $138,787? It's all true - and if you thought the city of San Diego's pensions were generous, wait until you see how much some city workers are being paid."