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Perceptions Of Federal Management In The Clinton Era
Author(s) -
Bingman Charles F.,
Pitsvada Bernard T.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.313
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-9299
pISSN - 0033-3298
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9299.00135
Subject(s) - restructuring , presidency , public administration , government (linguistics) , politics , context (archaeology) , agency (philosophy) , variety (cybernetics) , political science , order (exchange) , economics , sociology , law , finance , paleontology , social science , philosophy , linguistics , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
This article examines aspects of planning, budgeting and reorganization in order to evaluate what improvements have been undertaken during the Clinton presidency to improve government performance in the United States national government 1 . The authors develop a model of government reform based upon a series of escalating steps. These are: (1) internal government improvements; (2) fundamental restructuring and reorganization of agency operations; (3) programme reforms, driven by internal management; (4) programme reforms – driven by policy and political change; (5) reform of the political system itself. The authors conclude that while the National Performance Review and Government Performance and Results Act are the centre‐pieces of this effort, reform will continue in the US after NPR and GPRA wither away because the time is right for reform for a variety of reasons discussed in the article. The findings are then focused in a broader context in terms of their applicability to western democracies which could result in smaller more successful governments in the twenty‐first century.