The Government Performance and Results Act at Age 30

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-06471-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 108 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 360 g

This book offers a critical examination of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1974, which was hailed as a groundbreaking reform to bring strategic planning and performance measurement to all parts of the federal government.

Government agencies have to publicly explain what they are planning to do and then assess how well they are doing it. It became the part of the Clinton administration’s Reinventing Government initiative and has endured through many presidential transitions. But 30 years on, what has its impact been? In this volume, some of the leading experts from around the world assess GPRA and how it has changed government in the United States— and how these changes have affected democracies everywhere.

This book will be of interest to policymakers, public administrators, scholars, and students in the fields of public administration, political science, and public policy.

The chapters in this book were published in the International Journal of Public Administration.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kettl, Donald F.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Government Performance and Results Act at 30: Looking Forward from the Foundation of the Past. 1. Are We There Yet? The Evolution of the US Federal Performance Management Framework: 1993–2022. 2. Federal Performance Management: Purpose, Tools, Progress, Lessons Learned, and Opportunities for Improvement. 3. Policy That Doesn’t Burn Out, but Merely Fades Away: Ageing and Drift of Performance Specification in New Zealand. 4. Decisional Convergence in Reforms? — Evidence from a Comprehensive Study of Performance Budgeting Foundations in the US and China. 5. Back to Basics: A Comparative Analysis of Government Performance in Governing. 6. Politics and Planning: How Do China and the United States Differ in Their Strategic Planning Approaches for Government Performance Management? 7. GPRA’s Incomplete Institutionalization: A Story of Roots and Branches. 8. Strategic Planning and Goal Setting in a Politicized Environment: The Case of HUD, USICH, and Homelessness.

Über Autor(innen)

Donald F. Kettl is Professor Emeritus and Former Dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, USA.