The local government management consultants employed by The Budget Experts work with local government managers and elected officials on creating high performance organizations. We achieve this goal through management consulting studies, operational efficiency studies, assisting with budget and policy development, creating or improving performance management systems, developing performance metrics, and improving local government business processes. We feel that local government excellence can be achieved through improved government efficiency and performance, which will in turn eliminate the negative stereotypes citizens may have about local government employees’ ability to deliver cost effective and efficient local government services. We have taken the traditional performance audit and local government management and operational efficiency studies industry to the next level through the introduction of the Local Government Performance Rating process and the APPLE Management System (Accountable Program Performance for Leadership Excellence).