03737nam 2200613 a 450 991078977160332120200520144314.01-283-23366-597866132336600-7391-4546-0(CKB)2670000000113044(EBL)753228(OCoLC)747410588(SSID)ssj0000533787(PQKBManifestationID)12223294(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000533787(PQKBWorkID)10491697(PQKB)10018123(Au-PeEL)EBL753228(CaPaEBR)ebr10493737(CaONFJC)MIL323366(MiAaPQ)EBC753228(EXLCZ)99267000000011304420110210d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdvancing excellence and public trust in government[electronic resource] /edited by Cal Clark and Don-Terry VealLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20111 online resource (124 p.)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, 2007.0-7391-4544-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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' Qualifications10 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; IndexContributorsThis 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.Transparency in governmentUnited StatesCongressesTransparency in governmentUnited StatesStatesCongressesTransparency in governmentTransparency in governmentStates352.8/8Clark Cal1945-245941Veal Don-Terry1469761Symposium on Advancing Excellence and Public Trust in Government(2007 :Washington, D.C.)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789771603321Advancing excellence and public trust in government3693633UNINA