It?s been one year since Gov. Martin O?Malley took office. And, as with all newly elected officials, public scrutiny has been magnified during the former Baltimore mayor?s first 12 months in Annapolis, especially when it comes to campaign promises kept and campaign promises ignored. So how is O?Malley doing? Here?s a breakdown of some of the hot topics and how the governor ? at the end of Year 1 ? has performed on them:
» Making government work: O?Malley began StateStat, a program of detailed, frequent accountability measures, rather than current annual review. The program started at the three most troubled agencies ? Public Safety and Corrections, Juvenile Services, and Human Resources. The program is modeled after CitiStat in Baltimore, and the 2006 campaign promised to post the measurements on the Internet. Those postings were just put up on a new Web site Friday ? statestat.maryland.gov.
