Memos to the President Management Advice from the Nation's Top Public Administrators

by Abramson, Mark A.; Cloud, Dominic; DeMaio, Carl; Dungan III, Thomas F.; Felzenberg, Alvin S.; Forsythe, Dall; Hamilton, Mary; Holzer, Marc; Joyce, Philip G.; Jones, Dale; Kettl, Donald F.; Kleeman, Rosslyn; M. Kolb, Charles E.; McGinnis, Patricia; McTigue

• ISBN13: 9780742522398
• ISBN10: 0742522393
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-29
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Memos to the President: Management Advice from the Nation's Top Public Administrators provides eighteen memos to President George W. Bush about the management challenges facing his administration. Experts in public administration and public management give the President advice on four major management challenges: creating an electronic government, reforming regulations, revitalizing public service, and implementing performance management. The volume grows out of the work of the Government Performance Coalition, an ad hoc group of fourteen academic and nonprofit organizations united by their concern for improving the quality of government management.

Table of Contents

Foreword	viii
Part I: Overview	1	(18)
The Challenge of Managing in Government	3	(10)
Mark A. Abramson
Memorandum to President-Elect Bush	13	(6)
The Government Performance Coalition
Part II: The Challenge of Creating an Electronic Government	19	(18)
Governing as a Reformer with Results: Achieving Your Vision of Creating an Accountable, Performance-Based Government	21	(8)
Carl D. DeMaio
A Blueprint for Implementing E-Government	29	(8)
Patricia McGinnis
Part III: The Challenge of Reforming Regulations	37	(10)
Government Regulation: A Responsible Approach in the Information Age	39	(8)
Charles E. M. Kolb
Part IV: The Challenge of Revitalizing Public Service	47	(42)
Creating a More Effective Federal Workforce	49	(6)
Thomas F. Dungan III
Reforming Civil Service and Establishing a Performance-Based Federal Management System	55	(8)
Alvin S. Felzenberg
Virginia L. Thomas
Robert E. Moffit
Principles of Reforming the Federal Civil Service	63	(8)
Rosslyn Kleeman
Federal Management in the Post-Reinvention Era: Lessons from the National Performance Review	71	(10)
James Thompson
Fred Thompson
Leadership for Successful Performance-Based Management in Government	81	(8)
Robert M. Tobias
Part V: The Challenge of Implementing Performance Management	89	(77)
The Next Phase of Performance Management in Washington: What You Can Do	91	(10)
Dall W. Forsythe
Richard P. Nathan
Moving to Managing for Results	101	(8)
Marc Holzer
Mary Hamilton
Leadership for Successful Performance-Based Management in Government	109	(8)
Dale Jones
Dominic Cloud
Beyond the Government Performance and Results Act: Moving Toward Managing for Results	117	(8)
Philip G. Joyce
Putting Performance Management to Work in the Federal Government	125	(10)
Donald F. Kettl
Accountability and Results-Based Management	135	(6)
Maurice P. McTigue
Linking Program Evaluation and the Government Performance and Results Act	141	(8)
Kathryn Newcomer
Five Management Challenges Facing Your Administration	149	(8)
Robert J. O'Neill, Jr.
Why You Should Care about the President's Management Council	157	(9)
Margaret L. Yao
Appendix I: Key Contact Information	166	(3)
Appendix II: Websites of Participating Organizations	169	(2)
About The PricewaterhouseCoopers Endowment for The Business of Government	171