LEADER 02470nam 22005891 450 001 9910790628803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8157-2269-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001135913 035 $a(OCoLC)865840022 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10784865 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001037050 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11577104 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001037050 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11042356 035 $a(PQKB)10817339 035 $a(OCoLC)862379477 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse32279 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1492583 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10784865 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL535616 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1492583 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001135913 100 $a20130731h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGovernment by investigation $eCongress, presidents, and the search for answers, 1945-2012 /$fPaul C. Light, Governance Institute 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cGovernance Institute, Brookings Institution Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8157-2268-0 311 $a1-306-04365-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGovernment by investigation: introducing the search for answers -- Counting investigations -- Creating footprints -- Making investigations count -- Creating high-impact investigations. 330 $aPaul C. Light examines and evaluates the 100 most significant investigations of policy failures, bureaucratic mistakes, and personal misconduct undertaken by the U.S. federal government between 1945 and 2012. Launched by Congress or the president, sometimes by both at the same time, the investigations at the core of this book were driven by the search for answers about significant breakdowns in government performance. Light reveals which investigations were most effective, and why. 606 $aGovernmental investigations$zUnited States 606 $aInvestigations 615 0$aGovernmental investigations 615 0$aInvestigations. 676 $a353.4/630973 700 $aLight$b Paul Charles$0858555 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790628803321 996 $aGovernment by investigation$93708025 997 $aUNINA