LEADER 03737nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910789771603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-23366-5 010 $a9786613233660 010 $a0-7391-4546-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000113044 035 $a(EBL)753228 035 $a(OCoLC)747410588 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000533787 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12223294 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000533787 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10491697 035 $a(PQKB)10018123 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL753228 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10493737 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL323366 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC753228 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000113044 100 $a20110210d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAdvancing excellence and public trust in government$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Cal Clark and Don-Terry Veal 210 $aLanham, Md. $cLexington Books$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (124 p.) 300 $aContains 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. 311 $a0-7391-4544-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a10 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 327 $aContributors 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aTransparency in government$zUnited States$vCongresses 606 $aTransparency in government$zUnited States$xStates$vCongresses 615 0$aTransparency in government 615 0$aTransparency in government$xStates 676 $a352.8/8 701 $aClark$b Cal$f1945-$0245941 701 $aVeal$b Don-Terry$01469761 712 12$aSymposium on Advancing Excellence and Public Trust in Government$f(2007 :$eWashington, D.C.) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789771603321 996 $aAdvancing excellence and public trust in government$93693633 997 $aUNINA