Program budgeting and the performance movement
the elusive quest for efficiency in government
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Author
Publication
2011 - Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C, District of Columbia
Language
English
Word Count
41,250 words, Guess
Page Count
165 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25353856M
- ISBN-139781589017771
- ISBN-101589017773
- OCLC Control Number699379364
- OCLC Control Numberprogrambudgeting00will
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2011003840
Classifications
- DDC352.4/8
- LCCJK468.T67 W47 2011
Description
Formal systems of comprehensive planning and performance-based management have a long if disappointing history in American government. This is illustrated dramatically by the failure of program budgeting (PPB) in the 1960s and resurrection of that management technique in a handful of agencies over the past decade. Beyond its present application, the significance of PPB lies in its relationship to the goals and assumptions of popular reforms associated with the performance movement. Program Budgeting and the Performance Movement examines PPB from its inception in the Department of Defense under Robert McNamara to its limited resurgence in recent years. It includes an in-depth case study of the adoption and effects of PPB at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The fact that program budgeting is subject to the same limitations today that led to its demise four decades ago speaks to the viability of requirements, such as those imposed by the Government Performance and Results Act, that are designed to make government more businesslike in its operations.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Public management and change series
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- Program budgeting and the performance movement: the elusive quest for efficiency in government
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