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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452195703321

Autore

Frederickson David G

Titolo

Measuring the performance of the hollow state [[electronic resource] /] / David G. Frederickson and H. George Frederickson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-58901-366-2

1-4356-2720-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Public management and change series

Altri autori (Persone)

FredericksonH. George

Disciplina

352.5/382439

Soggetti

Contracting out - United States - Evaluation

Subcontracting - United States

Government productivity - United States - Evaluation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-206) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: federal performance measurement -- Setting the stage: third parties, fiscal federalism, and accountability -- Performance measurement as political and administrative reform -- Performance as grants to third party service providers: the Health Resources and Services Administration -- Performance as the provision of health financial security: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -- Performance as grants to third-party research providers: the National Institutes of Health -- Measuring the health performance of sovereign tribes as third parties: the Indian Health Services -- Performance as regulation: the Food and Drug Administration -- Measuring performance and results in theory and practice -- After Government Performance and Results Act : performance measurement, performance budgeting and performance management.

Sommario/riassunto

Measuring the Performance of the Hollow State is the first in-depth look at the influence of performance measurement on the effectiveness of the federal government. To do this, the authors examine the influence of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (with consideration of the later Program Assessment Rating Tool of 2002) on federal performance measurement, agency performance, and program



outcomes. They focus a systematic examination on five agencies in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servicesùthe Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service