Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher:
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Category : Hazardous waste management
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Assessing Contractor Use in Superfund
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous waste management
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous waste management
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Assessing contractor use in Superfund : a background paper of OTA's assessment on Superfund implementation.
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428922113
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428922113
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Sharing Power
Author: Donald F. Kettl
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815720065
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In the flush of enthusiasm to make government work better, reformers from both left and right have urged government to turn as many functions as possible over to the private sector and to allow market competition instill efficiency and choice. In fact, government has been doing just this for years: every major policy initiative launched since World War II has been managed by public-private partnerships. Yet such privatization has not solved government's problems. While there have been some positive results, thee has been far less success than advocates of market competition have promised. In a searching examination of why the "competition prescription" has not worked well, Donald F. Kettl finds that government has largely been a poor judge of private markets. Because government rarely operates in truly competitive markets contracting out has not so much solved the problems of inefficiency, but has aggravated them. Government has often not proved to be an intelligent consumer of the goods and services it has purchased. Kettl provides specific recommendations as to how government can become a "smart buyer," knowing what it wants and judging better what it has bought. Through detailed case studies, Kettl shows that as market imperfections increase, so do problems in governance and management. He examines the A-76 program for buying goods and services, the FTS-2000 telecommunications system, the Superfund program, the Department of Energy's production of nuclear weapons, and contracting out by state and local governments. He argues that government must be more aggressive in managing contracts if it is to build successful partnerships with outside contractors. Kettl maintains that the answer is not more government, but a smarter one, which requires strong political leadership to refocus the bureaucracy's mission and to change the bureaucratic culture.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815720065
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In the flush of enthusiasm to make government work better, reformers from both left and right have urged government to turn as many functions as possible over to the private sector and to allow market competition instill efficiency and choice. In fact, government has been doing just this for years: every major policy initiative launched since World War II has been managed by public-private partnerships. Yet such privatization has not solved government's problems. While there have been some positive results, thee has been far less success than advocates of market competition have promised. In a searching examination of why the "competition prescription" has not worked well, Donald F. Kettl finds that government has largely been a poor judge of private markets. Because government rarely operates in truly competitive markets contracting out has not so much solved the problems of inefficiency, but has aggravated them. Government has often not proved to be an intelligent consumer of the goods and services it has purchased. Kettl provides specific recommendations as to how government can become a "smart buyer," knowing what it wants and judging better what it has bought. Through detailed case studies, Kettl shows that as market imperfections increase, so do problems in governance and management. He examines the A-76 program for buying goods and services, the FTS-2000 telecommunications system, the Superfund program, the Department of Energy's production of nuclear weapons, and contracting out by state and local governments. He argues that government must be more aggressive in managing contracts if it is to build successful partnerships with outside contractors. Kettl maintains that the answer is not more government, but a smarter one, which requires strong political leadership to refocus the bureaucracy's mission and to change the bureaucratic culture.
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations for 1990: American Battle Monuments Commission
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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Examination of the Use of Consultants by the Environmental Protection Agency
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office, and Civil Service
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Category : Contracting out
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Contracting out
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis
Author:
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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Management Reform
Author:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Coming clean : Superfund problems can be solved-- .
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428922156
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428922156
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: pt. A. Human health evaluation manual
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous substances
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous substances
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Coming Clean
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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