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Bill Foster: “I therefore offer my suggestion to the committee that we create and formalize a new system of scoring and tracking the…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2009
I therefore offer my suggestion to the committee that we create and formalize a new system of scoring and tracking the long-term success and budgetary impact of our investments.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Proposes a system to evaluate long-term impacts of budgetary investments.

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