Dale J. Roenigk

Dale Roenigk joined the School of Government in 2005 and took over the directorship of the North Carolina benchmarking project in 2006. Prior to that, he worked for the State of North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services doing program evaluation and quality monitoring for mental health services. He began his career in public service working for a policy consulting firm in Washington, DC. Earlier this year, Roenigk helped to develop the County and Municipal Fiscal Analysis tool, a web-based dashboard designed to help North Carolina local governments analyze their fiscal condition. Roenigk earned a BA from Duke University and a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 Selected Publications

David Ammons and Dale Roenigk.“Benchmarking and Interorganizational Learning in Local Government.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 25, No. 1 (January 2015), pp. 309-335.

Roenigk, Dale J. 2020. Final Report on City Services for Fiscal Year 2018-2019, June 2020. Chapel Hill, NC. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government.

David N. Ammons & Dale J. Roenigk (2020) “Exploring Devolved Decision Authority in Performance Management Regimes: The Relevance of Perceived and Actual Decision Authority as Elements of Performance Management Success,” Public Performance & Management Review, 43:1, 28-52.

Rivenbark, W.C., Afonso, W. and Roenigk, D.J. (2018), “Capital spending in local government: Providing context through the lens of government-wide financial statements,” Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, Vol. 30 No. 4, pp. 402-414.

William C. Rivenbark and Dale J. Roenigk. 2011. Implementation of Financial Condition Analysis in Local Government. Public Administration Quarterly, 35 (2): 238–264.

William Rivenbark, David Ammons, and Dale Roenigk. “Benefiting from Comparative Performance Statistics in Local Government”, Popular Government, Vol. 72, No. 3, Spring/Summer 2007, pp. 34-42.

Philip Berke, Dale Roenigk, Edward Kaiser, and Raymond Burby. "Enhancing Plan Quality: Evaluating the Role of State Planning Mandates for Natural Hazard Mitigation," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol. 39, No. 1, 1996, pp. 76-96.

Dale Roenigk. "Federal Disaster Relief and Local Government Financial Condition" International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, August 1993, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 207-225.

Rivenbark, William C., Dale J. Roenigk, and Gregory S. Allison. 2010. Conceptualizing Financial Condition in Local Government. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 22 (2): 149–177.

Additional Publications

Books

Rivenbark, William, David Ammons, and Dale Roenigk. Benchmarking for Results, University of North Carolina School of Government, December 2005.

Roenigk, Dale, What Difference Does a Plan Make? Examining the Role of Local Land Use Plans and Planners in the Adoption of Nonstructural Flood Mitigation, Ph.D. Dissertation, UMI Microforms: Ann Arbor, 1997.

Burby, Raymond, Beverly Cigler, Steven French, Edward Kaiser, Jack Kartez, Dale Roenigk, Dana Weist, and Dale Whittington. Sharing Environmental Risks, Westview Press: Boulder, CO, 1991.

Articles

Rivenbark, William C., Dale J. Roenigk, and Gregory S. Allison. 2009. Communicating Financial Condition to Elected Officials in Local Government. Popular Government, 75 (1): 4–13.

Rivenbark, William and Dale Roenigk. “A ‘MAP’ Approach to Performance Management in Local Government,” Government Finance Review, June 2006, pp. 28-34.

Technical Reports

Roenigk, Dale. Final Report on City Services for Fiscal Year 2008-2009: Performance and Cost Data, University of North Carolina School of Government, February 2010.

Roenigk, Dale. Final Report on City Services for Fiscal Year 2007-2008: Performance and Cost Data, University of North Carolina School of Government, February 2009.

Roenigk, Dale. Final Report on City Services for Fiscal Year 2006-2007: Performance and Cost Data, University of North Carolina School of Government, February 2008.

Roenigk, Dale. Final Report on City Services for Fiscal Year 2005-2006: Performance and Cost Data, University of North Carolina School of Government, February 2007.

Rivenbark, William, and Dale Roenigk. Final Report on City Services for Fiscal Year 2004-2005: Performance and Cost Data, University of North Carolina School of Government, February 2006.

N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services.  “Quarterly Report on Critical Incidents, Deaths, and Use of Seclusion and Restraint in Area Authorities/County Programs”, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th Quarters, Fiscal Year 2003-2004. January – November 2004.

N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services. “Consumer Satisfaction Report for Area Programs,” 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003.

N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services. “Quarterly Report on 2002-2003 Performance Agreements with Area Programs and Counties”, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^thQuarters, Fiscal Year 2002-2003.  November 2002 - August 2003.

N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services “Client Profile Statistical Report". 2002. 38 separate reports with one for each mental health area program in the state.

N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services.  “Report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the Willie M. Program”.  1998, 1999, and 2000.

N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services. “Willie M. Services Statistical Report on Client Outcomes and System Characteristics.”  1998 and 1999, 39 separate reports with one for each mental health area program in the state.

N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services. “Willie M. Services Statistical Report on  Finances and Services.” 1998 and 1999, 39 separate reports with one for each mental health area program in the state.

Roenigk, Dale, Robert Paterson, Maureen Heraty, Edward Kaiser and Raymond Burby. Evaluation of Urban Stormwater Maintenance in North Carolina, Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina, June 1992.

Lewin, Larry, Tim Eckels, and Dale Roenigk. "Setting the Record Straight: The Provision of Uncompensated Care by Not-For-Profit Hospitals," A study commissioned by the Volunteer Trustees of Not-for-Profit Hospitals, April 1988.

Lewin, Larry, Tim Eckels, and Dale Roenigk. "Critique of the State of the Art: Research on Indigent Care," A study commissioned by the Volunteer Trustees of Not-for-Profit Hospitals and the Commonwealth Fund, August 1986.

Lewin, Larry, Tim Eckels, and Dale Roenigk. "Prescription for Change: To Preserve Functions of Academic Health Centers for the Future," Report of the Task Force of Academic Health Centers, Commonwealth Fund, 1985.

Zuvekas, Ann, Peter Fox, Jade Gong, and Dale Roenigk, “Planning for Radiology,” A report prepared for the Group Health Association of Washington, D.C., September 1985.

Lewin, Lawrence C., Ann Zuvekas, LuAnn Heinen, Dale Roenigk, “Duke University Medical Center Department of Community and Family Medicine Planning Study,” March 1985.

Derzon, Robert, J. Michael Watt, Ruth Hanft, and Dale Roenigk. "Five-Year Master Plan for University of Kansas Medical Center," A report to the University, August 1984.

Needleman, Jack, Rober Derzon, Robert, J. Michael Watt, and Dale Roenigk. "The Magnitude and Cost of Excess Hospital Capacity," A Report to the Joint Health Care Task Force, Greater Milwaukee Association of Commerce, March 1984.

Liebenson, Diane, Dale Roenigk, and Robert Derzon, “External Analysis: Targets of Opportunity; The Cuyahoga County Hospital System, February 1984.

Lewin, Larry, Tim Eckels, and Dale Roenigk. "Health Care Financing for the Medically Indigent in Florida: A Proposed System," A study for the Florida Task Force on Competition and Consumer Choices in Health Care, January 1984.

Over, A. Mead Jr., J. Michael Watt, and Dale Roenigk. "Private Sector Health Care Initiatives: Market Area Characteristics Analysis," A report for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, December 1983.

Roenigk, Dale, and Larry Bartlett. "Controlling Medicaid Costs: Second Surgical Opinion Programs," State Medicaid Information Center, Center for Policy Research, National Governors' Association, 1982.