From Red Tape to Results
Title | From Red Tape to Results PDF eBook |
Author | National Performance Review (U.S.) |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Administrative agencies |
ISBN | 0788106937 |
Creating a Government that Works Better & Costs Less
Title | Creating a Government that Works Better & Costs Less PDF eBook |
Author | National Performance Review (U.S.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Administrative agencies |
ISBN |
Common Sense Government
Title | Common Sense Government PDF eBook |
Author | Al Gore |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 167 |
Release | 1998-12 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0788139088 |
The Tides of Reform
Title | The Tides of Reform PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Charles Light |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1997-01-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780300076578 |
During the past fifty years, the Congresses and presidents of the United States have made many efforts to improve the performance of the federal government. In this book, a leading expert in public management examines the most important reform statutes passed and concludes that the problem is not too little reform but too much. Paul Light explains that Congress and the presidency have never decided whether they trust government and its employees to do their jobs well, and so they have moved back and forth over the decades between four reform philosophies: scientific management, war on waste, watchful eye, and liberation management. These four philosophies, argues Light, operate with different goals, implementation strategies, and impacts. Yet reform initiatives draw on one or another of them almost at random, often canceling out the potential benefits of a particular statute by passing a contradictory statute soon afterward. Light shows that as the public has become increasingly distrustful of government, the reform agenda has favored the war on waste and watchful eye. He analyzes the consequences of these changes for the overall performance of government and offers policy recommendations for future reform approaches.
Risk Assessment in the Federal Government
Title | Risk Assessment in the Federal Government PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 1983-02-01 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309033497 |
The regulation of potentially hazardous substances has become a controversial issue. This volume evaluates past efforts to develop and use risk assessment guidelines, reviews the experience of regulatory agencies with different administrative arrangements for risk assessment, and evaluates various proposals to modify procedures. The book's conclusions and recommendations can be applied across the entire field of environmental health.
Reinvention's Next Steps
Title | Reinvention's Next Steps PDF eBook |
Author | National Performance Review (U.S.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Administrative agencies |
ISBN |
Politics, Position, and Power
Title | Politics, Position, and Power PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Seidman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
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