Federalist No. 71: Can the Federal Government Be Held Accountable for Performance?

Federalist No. 71: Can the Federal Government Be Held Accountable for Performance?

Federalist No. 71 and Federalist No. 76 focus on the level of authority in the executive. This essay reviews the recent history of efforts to measure government performance as a way to control executive performance and then proceeds to a discussion of the weakness in past approaches. The author uses...

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Veröffentlicht in:Public administration review 2011-12, Vol.71 (s1), p.s128-s134
1. Verfasser: Radin, Beryl A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accountability
Bush, George H W
Central government
Evaluation
Executive branch
Federal budgets
Federal Government
Federal government structure
Federalism
Government
Government budgets
Government performance
Management
Performance metrics
Political authority
Political leadership
Presidents
Public Administration
Rating
U.S.A
United States Senate
Zero based budgeting
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Zusammenfassung:Federalist No. 71 and Federalist No. 76 focus on the level of authority in the executive. This essay reviews the recent history of efforts to measure government performance as a way to control executive performance and then proceeds to a discussion of the weakness in past approaches. The author uses the Government Performance and Results Act and the George W. Bush administration's Program Assessment Rating Tool as examples in making the case.
ISSN:0033-3352
1540-6210
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02472.x