Program Budgeting and the Performance Movement : the Elusive Quest for Efficiency in Government.
William F. West examines the checkered history of program budgeting (PPB) as a means of rationalizing the allocation of resources within and across government agencies. The book includes an in-depth study of the adoption and effects of PPB at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. West...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington :
Georgetown University Press,
2011.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781589017917 1589017919 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Lessons Not Learned; 2 A Brief History of Planning, Programming, Budgeting Systems; 3 The Survival and Evolution of Program Budgeting at the Department of Defense; 4 NOAA's Adoption of PPB and Matrix Management; 5 Evaluating NOAA's Management Initiatives; 6 PPB and the Holy Grail of Performance Management; 7 Administrative Doctrine and Administrative Reality; Appendix; References; Index.