Mark Friedman (FPSI)
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Mark Friedman is the Director of the Fiscal Policy Studies Institute in Santa Fe
, New Mexico
, best known for his international work on Results-Based Accountability (RBA), also known in the UK and Australia as Outcomes-Based Accountability TM (OBA), a framework for turning data into action. He is also the author of the book Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough: How to Produce Measurable Improvements for Customers and Communities. The RBA approach has been applied to improve services in over 40 US states and countries including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK.
Senior High School in Pennsylvania
, Friedman studied for a BA in mathematics at Lehigh University
in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
.
Department of Human Resources, where he became the Chief Financial Officer. He left to work as a Senior Associate at the Center for the Study of Social Policy, a small not for profit "think tank" based in Washington D.C. in 1991. Friedman left to found the Fiscal Policy Studies Institute in 1996.
by Mark Friedman in 1996 to support improvements to the well-being of citizens. The FPSI has worked with public and private sector organisations around the world and proposed a new way of thinking about outcome based services for children that underpinned UK legislation in the Children Act 2004
. The Results Based Accountability approach is the model favoured by the New Zealand Ministry of Social Development, and has been used for a wide range of projects such as the regeneration of the harbour area of Rotterdam
in the Netherlands.
, New Mexico
with his wife Terry, who works as a creative writing coach. Mark has three children from a previous marriage, Megan, Jule, and Aaron, and six grandchildren, Mikayla, Carson, Taylor, Bolton, Zach and Tashi. A keen musician and artist, Marks spare time interests include composing electronic music
using a MIDI sequencer
, painting and generating unusual fractal
designs using specialist computer applications.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
, New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
, best known for his international work on Results-Based Accountability (RBA), also known in the UK and Australia as Outcomes-Based Accountability TM (OBA), a framework for turning data into action. He is also the author of the book Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough: How to Produce Measurable Improvements for Customers and Communities. The RBA approach has been applied to improve services in over 40 US states and countries including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK.
Education
After graduating from Marple-NewtownMarple Newtown School District
Marple Newtown School District is the school district for Newtown Township and Marple Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The student demographic is about 86% Caucasian, 11% Asian, 2% Black, and 1% Hispanic with 51% being male and 49% being female. The entire district has around 3,500...
Senior High School in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, Friedman studied for a BA in mathematics at Lehigh University
Lehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...
in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...
.
Career
Initially working for a year between 1970 and 1971 as a high school mathematics teacher in the Centennial School District of Warminster, Pennsylvania Friedman described it as the hardest job he ever did, and moved on to spend 19 years in the MarylandMaryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
Department of Human Resources, where he became the Chief Financial Officer. He left to work as a Senior Associate at the Center for the Study of Social Policy, a small not for profit "think tank" based in Washington D.C. in 1991. Friedman left to found the Fiscal Policy Studies Institute in 1996.
Fiscal Policy Studies Institute
The Fiscal Policy Studies Institute (FPSI) was founded in Santa FeSanta Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
by Mark Friedman in 1996 to support improvements to the well-being of citizens. The FPSI has worked with public and private sector organisations around the world and proposed a new way of thinking about outcome based services for children that underpinned UK legislation in the Children Act 2004
Children Act 2004
The Children Act 2004 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The Act amended the Children Act 1989, largely in consequence of the Victoria Climbié inquiry....
. The Results Based Accountability approach is the model favoured by the New Zealand Ministry of Social Development, and has been used for a wide range of projects such as the regeneration of the harbour area of Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
in the Netherlands.
Private Life
Mark Friedman lives in Santa FeSanta Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
, New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
with his wife Terry, who works as a creative writing coach. Mark has three children from a previous marriage, Megan, Jule, and Aaron, and six grandchildren, Mikayla, Carson, Taylor, Bolton, Zach and Tashi. A keen musician and artist, Marks spare time interests include composing electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
using a MIDI sequencer
Cakewalk (sequencer)
Cakewalk was a MIDI sequencer developed by Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. originally for DOS, starting with version Cakewalk 1.0 in 1987, and beginning in 1991, for Windows 3.0. Cakewalk for DOS, up until version 4.0, required an MPU-401 MIDI interface card operating in intelligent mode, while later...
, painting and generating unusual fractal
Fractal
A fractal has been defined as "a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is a reduced-size copy of the whole," a property called self-similarity...
designs using specialist computer applications.
Published work
- Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough, Trafford Publishing (2005) ISBN 1412063973
- The Cosmology of Financing: Financing Reform of Family and Children's Services: An Approach to the Systematic Consideration of Financing Options, Center for the Study of Social Policy, June, 1994.
- The Foster Care and Adoption Simplification Act: An Alternative to the Proposed Child Protection Block Grant, Center for the Study of Social Policy, May, 1995
- From Outcomes to Budgets: An Approach to Outcome (or Result) Based Budgeting for Family and Children's Services, Center for the Study of Social Policy, July 1995
- Trading Outcome Accountability for Fund Flexibility: Negotiating New State Local Deals for (Core) Family and Children's Service Dollars, Center for the Study of Social Policy, December, 1995.
- A Strategy Map for Results -Based Budgeting : Moving from Theory to Practice, The Finance Project, Washington D.C., September, 1996.
- Organizing by Outcomes, A Different Organization Chart for State/Local Partnerships, Fiscal Policy Studies Institute, January 1997
- A Guide to Developing and Using Performance Measures - In Results -Based Budgeting, The Finance Project, Washington, D.C., May, 1997.
- A Guide to Developing and Using Family and Children's Budgets , The Finance Project, Washington, D.C., August, 1998.
- Reforming Finance, Financing Reform for Family and Children's Services, The Foundation Consortium, January, 2000
- Results Accountability for California Proposition 10 Commissions: A Planning Guide for Improving the Well-Being of Young Children and Their Families, UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, March, 2000.