A Government Ill Executed : The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It

Light, Paul C./ Volcker, Paul A. (FRW)

Harvard University Press（2009/09発売）

Harvard University Press（2009/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780674034785
• DDC分類 351.73

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2008.

Full Description

The federal government is having increasing difficulty faithfully executing the laws, which is what Alexander Hamilton called "the true test" of a good government. This book diagnoses the symptoms, explains their general causes, and proposes ways to improve the effectiveness of the federal government. Employing Hamilton's seven measures of an energetic federal service, Paul Light shows how the government is wanting in each measure.

After assessing the federal report card, Light offers a comprehensive agenda for reform, including new laws limiting the number of political appointees, reducing the layers of government management, reducing the size of government as its Baby Boom employees retire, revitalizing the federal career, and reducing the heavy outsourcing of federal work. Although there are many ways to fix each of the seven problems with government, only a comprehensive agenda will bring the kind of reform needed to reverse the overall erosion of the capacity to faithfully execute all the laws.

Contents

* Foreword by Paul Volcker * Introduction * Missions that Matter * Clarity of Command * Posts of Honor * Vigor and Expedition * A Spirit of Service * Steadiness in Administration * Accountability for Results * Reversing the Erosion * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index