Metro's board doesn't meet frequently enough or spend enough time and energy on planning, and they can't even measure their own performance, a new government audit found.
The Government Accountability Office study of Metro’s governance practices suggests the transit agency’s board needs to conduct more frequent self-assessments and improve its strategic planning efforts to [...]

Michelle Rhee, the D.C. schools chancellor, was hot and cold on the Government Accountability Office report, delivered yesterday on Capitol Hill, on how well the clunker of a school system has done in the last two years implementing reforms.
Which is to say, she liked the part where it said she and Mayor Adrian Fenty [...]