Reports
In the report, Professor Behn moves away from the conventional tenet of public administration to "make the managers manage." Instead, he offers an approach that encompasses eleven "better practices" that he has observed in use by successful public manage
This report examines the use of market-based regulatory tools by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other federal and state regulatory agencies. These regulatory tools, including emissions trading programs and marketable permits and emission...
One of President Bush’s five management initiatives is competitive sourcing. The administration has established a goal that the federal government should competitively source 50% of all non-inherently governmental positions by 2005. To achieve this...
This report provides a resource for policy makers in federal agencies and the Congress who are looking for answers that can help organizations for which they are responsible.
In recent years, many government agencies have sought new project delivery methods. Because of the many drawbacks to the traditional competitive bidding process, new procurement and project delivery methods have been sought. This project examines...
This project describes the many human resource innovations that have taken place in the Internal Revenue Service over the past five years. Organizational human resource innovations include splitting the personnel function in IRS into three parts: the...
This study addresses the history, implementation, management, institutionalization and evaluation of the world’s largest employment mediation program, the United States Postal Service’s REDRESS (Resolve Employment Disputes, Reach Equitable Solutions...
This project proposes to find and track current government use of performance measures for monitoring e-government performance at the local, state and federal levels. This information can then be used by other jurisdictions to aid in their own...
This report examines the implementation of welfare reform in the United States, specifically in New York City. In the future, many local governments will be faced with the challenge and opportunities presented by the presence of former welfare...
One of the most dramatic changes in U.S. policy in decades, largely undocumented, is the gradual shift from funding individual projects to funding science centers. This study includes historical analysis of the evolution of science centers, focusing...