Reinventing government - not easy, but possible.
State Legislatures › Vol. 24 Nbr. 2, February 1998
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The book 'Reinventing Government,' by Ted Gaebler and David Osborne offers tips on how to improve government performance and efficiency through performance budgeting. This approach, which basically revolves around agency performance reporting, is characterized by the flexible allocation of resources, performance incentives and fines and a comparison of previous agency performances. Several legislators have cited the importance of performance budgeting in the legislative process.
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Reinventing government - not easy, but possible.
Changing the process of government is a slow, painful chore.
Reinventing Government is a book that has become a cause since David Osborne and Ted Gaebler published their bestseller in 1992. The book tries to show ways to make government responsive, effective and credible. Reinventing Government preaches a gospel of strategic planning, entrepreneurship, and results-oriented and customer-driven government. State governments have responded enthusiastically, some with sweeping initiatives that have won national attention like Minnesota Milestones or Oregon Benchmarks. Almost every state has set new requirements for strategic planning, performance measurement and performance budgeting. It's too early to decide whether reinventing government can be called a success - not for lack of signs of success but because of the enormous size of the task. Senator Tom Rossin of Florida, a strategic planning consultant in private life and a leading advo...See the full content of this document
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