Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.
GAO Documents
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trademarks
Languages : en
Pages : 1452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trademarks
Languages : en
Pages : 1452
Book Description
Manpower Utilization and Personnel Management in the Federal Government
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Manpower Utilization and Departmental Personnel Management
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Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Examines the growing increase in the ratio of higher to lower grade employees in the Federal Government. Focuses on the Interior Dept and International Cooperation Administration.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Examines the growing increase in the ratio of higher to lower grade employees in the Federal Government. Focuses on the Interior Dept and International Cooperation Administration.
Process Benchmarking in the Water Industry
Author: Renato Parena
Publisher: IWA Publishing
ISBN: 9781843390107
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Free market mechanisms increasingly influence former monopoly sectors such as water and wastewater services with requirements for more transparency and efficiency. Small and large-scale consumers alike demand greater insight into how drinking water tariffs are structured and into the level of service. Public and private shareholders require guarantees on water supply at a reasonable price, with the requisite quality (both of service and product) and reliability together with careful eco-management. Developing sound policies requires information on key industry issues such as water resources, public health, water services, the environment and the cost of providing the level of the service demanded by customers and regulators. Similarly, informed decision-making on issues of ownership, industry structure, competition policy and effective regulation requires accurate analysis of performance across the industry throughout the world. In many sectors of industry Performance Indicators and Benchmarking exercises are widely used as suitable management tools for gaining and maintaining continuous improvement and competitive advantage. Addressing the need to promote best practice principles as part of the advocacy for the advancement of water and sanitation services is currently one of the major governance issues that IWA is challenged to tackle. The objective is to develop generally accepted procedures and methodologies able to provide decision makers with an overall perception of the utility performance as a sound basis for making strategic choices. This requires the definition of a reference framework for Performance Indicators and Benchmarking methodologies, as well as adequate models of aggregation that fit the basic needs of the key types of user. The Task Force on Performance Indicators (operating within the IWA Operation and Management Specialist Group) and the Task Force on Benchmarking (operating within the IWA Statistics and Economics Specialist Group) were set up with the remit to develop the definition of such a common language. The Task Force on Benchmarking carried out a survey among the countries represented inside the Statistics and Economics Specialist Group with the aim of designing a framework of the various national approaches to Benchmarking in terms of: The type, degree evolution and main adopted concepts of Benchmarking Development of the above concepts in focusing Benchmark objectives The survey indicated that, in the main, initiatives of Process Benchmarking are voluntary and non-systematic. It is evident that many water utilities are on what the European Foundation for Quality Management calls the "start-up" level in terms of Business excellence (or continuous improvement) and are keen to find best practices to compare with. The Task Force on Benchmarking moved to the second step, borrowing the European Commission's DG III recommendation that identify benchmarking as an important tool to improve competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises in Europe according to the methodologies developed and applied in large corporations. With the objective of developing a generally accepted concept and a methodology with wide applicability, deeper analyses were then made of Process Benchmarking procedures adopted in the Nordic countries and in The Netherlands. As a result this Manual aims to present well-devised guidelines for establishing a management tool based on the use of Process Benchmarking methodologies that will allow future systematic and rigorous performance comparisons to be made within the water industry. Contents Main benchmarking experiences in a water context How far we are on benchmarking Benchmarking methodologies in the Netherlands and the Nordic countries One coherent philosophy for two different approaches Process Benchmarking approach Key numbers and definitions References Relations between process benchmarking and performance indicators Introduction letter and questionnaires
Publisher: IWA Publishing
ISBN: 9781843390107
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Free market mechanisms increasingly influence former monopoly sectors such as water and wastewater services with requirements for more transparency and efficiency. Small and large-scale consumers alike demand greater insight into how drinking water tariffs are structured and into the level of service. Public and private shareholders require guarantees on water supply at a reasonable price, with the requisite quality (both of service and product) and reliability together with careful eco-management. Developing sound policies requires information on key industry issues such as water resources, public health, water services, the environment and the cost of providing the level of the service demanded by customers and regulators. Similarly, informed decision-making on issues of ownership, industry structure, competition policy and effective regulation requires accurate analysis of performance across the industry throughout the world. In many sectors of industry Performance Indicators and Benchmarking exercises are widely used as suitable management tools for gaining and maintaining continuous improvement and competitive advantage. Addressing the need to promote best practice principles as part of the advocacy for the advancement of water and sanitation services is currently one of the major governance issues that IWA is challenged to tackle. The objective is to develop generally accepted procedures and methodologies able to provide decision makers with an overall perception of the utility performance as a sound basis for making strategic choices. This requires the definition of a reference framework for Performance Indicators and Benchmarking methodologies, as well as adequate models of aggregation that fit the basic needs of the key types of user. The Task Force on Performance Indicators (operating within the IWA Operation and Management Specialist Group) and the Task Force on Benchmarking (operating within the IWA Statistics and Economics Specialist Group) were set up with the remit to develop the definition of such a common language. The Task Force on Benchmarking carried out a survey among the countries represented inside the Statistics and Economics Specialist Group with the aim of designing a framework of the various national approaches to Benchmarking in terms of: The type, degree evolution and main adopted concepts of Benchmarking Development of the above concepts in focusing Benchmark objectives The survey indicated that, in the main, initiatives of Process Benchmarking are voluntary and non-systematic. It is evident that many water utilities are on what the European Foundation for Quality Management calls the "start-up" level in terms of Business excellence (or continuous improvement) and are keen to find best practices to compare with. The Task Force on Benchmarking moved to the second step, borrowing the European Commission's DG III recommendation that identify benchmarking as an important tool to improve competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises in Europe according to the methodologies developed and applied in large corporations. With the objective of developing a generally accepted concept and a methodology with wide applicability, deeper analyses were then made of Process Benchmarking procedures adopted in the Nordic countries and in The Netherlands. As a result this Manual aims to present well-devised guidelines for establishing a management tool based on the use of Process Benchmarking methodologies that will allow future systematic and rigorous performance comparisons to be made within the water industry. Contents Main benchmarking experiences in a water context How far we are on benchmarking Benchmarking methodologies in the Netherlands and the Nordic countries One coherent philosophy for two different approaches Process Benchmarking approach Key numbers and definitions References Relations between process benchmarking and performance indicators Introduction letter and questionnaires
Federal Program Evaluations
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Federal Register
Author:
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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 1498
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 1498
Book Description
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings
Languages : en
Pages : 1788
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings
Languages : en
Pages : 1788
Book Description
Federal Outlays in Summary
Author: United States. Community Services Administration
Publisher:
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Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Includes data for the executive branch of the Federal Government only.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Includes data for the executive branch of the Federal Government only.
Geographic Distribution of Federal Funds in Summary
Author: United States. Community Services Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description