Program budgeting and the performance movement:the elusive quest for efficiency in government

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: West William F
Published: Georgetown University Press,
Publisher Address: Washington, D.C.
Publication Dates: c2011.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Public management and change series
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Carrier Form: 165 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9781589017771 (pbk.)
1589017773 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: D771
CLC: D771.23
Call Number: D771.23/W511
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
A brief history of planning, programing, budgeting systems -- The survival and evolution of program budgeting at Department of Defense -- NOAA's adoption of PPB and matrix management -- Evaluating NOAA's management initiatives -- PPB and the holy grail of performance management -- Administrative doctrine and administrative reality.