Advancing excellence and public trust in government [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Cal Clark and Don-Terry Veal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789771603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-23366-5; 9786613233660; 0-7391-4546-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (124 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ClarkCal <1945->; VealDon-Terry
• Disciplina: 352.8/8
• Soggetti: Transparency in government - United States; Transparency in government - United States - States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Contains presentations made at the Symposium on advancing excellence and public trust in government that was held at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., Sept. 17, 2007.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction: Advancing Excellence and Public Trust in Government; I: The Challenge; 1 The Challenge of Resurrecting the Public Trust; 2 Serving the Public to Restore the Public Trust; II: Promoting Transparency; 3 Promoting Transparency in Local Governments; 4 Bringing Transparency to Public Budgeting; 5 Using the Internet to Create Transparency for State Budgets; 6 Transparency in the Contracting Process; 7 Higher Education as Transparency Challenged; 8 Transparency and Cleaning Up Local Governments; 9 Measuring Government Performance and Officials' Qualifications; 10 A "Bottom-Up" Approach to State Transparency11 Issues in Transparency and Restoring the Public Trust; III: Performance Measures and Reform; 12 Measuring Government Performance to Promote Transparency; 13 Transparency and Measuring What Governments Do; 14 Targeted Transparency; 15 Transparency in the Broader Context of Governance and Civic Engagement; IV: Transforming General Governance; 16 Making a Difference in People's Lives to Regain the Public Trust; 17 The Need to Establish the Purpose of Government; 18 Civic Engagement and Transparency for Regaining the Public Trust; ; Index; Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: This book contains the academic presentations at a Symposium on Advancing Excellence and Public Trust in Government which focused on the role of transparency in restoring the public trust. There was certainly a very broad consensus at the Symposium that transparency in government is extremely desirable, needs to be improved, will bring reform and improvement to the public sector, and should make a major contribution to the restoration of the public trust in the United States.