No. 78-5, September 2018

Index

• A Fistful of Data: Unpacking the Performance Predicament
• American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics
• Bent Flyvbjerg, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2017). 600 pp. $150.00 (cloth), ISBN: 9780198732242
• Budgeting Rules and Program Outcomes
• Celebrating 78 Years
• Central Bank Independence and Deflation
• Complex Contracting: Management Challenges and Solutions
• Does Disclosure of Performance Information Influence Street‐level Bureaucrats’ Enforcement Style?
• Edoardo Ongaro, Philosophy and Public Administration: An Introduction (Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017). 275 pp., $135 (cloth), ISBN: 9781784718435
• Eva Moll Sørensen, Hanne Foss Hansen, and Mads Bøge Kristiansen, eds., Public Management in Times of Austerity (New York and London: Routledge, 2017). 282 pp. $120.00 (hardcover), ISBN: 9781138680531
• From Performance Budgeting to Performance Budget Management: Theory and Practice
• Information for Contributors
• Internal Whistle‐Blowing in the Public Service: A Matter of Trust
• Issue Information
• Levels of Value Integration in Federal Agencies' Mission and Value Statements: Is Open Government a Performance Target of U.S. Federal Agencies?
• Often Wrong, Never Uncertain: Lessons from 40 Years of State Revenue Forecasting
• Political Embeddedness of Public Pension Governance: An Event History Analysis of Discount Rate Changes
• Politics of Disclosure: Organizational Transparency as Multiactor Negotiation
• Public Pensions and Collective Bargaining Rights: Evidence from State and Local Governments
• Unpacking the Effects of Competing Mandates on Agency Performance
• Zone of Acceptance under Performance Measurement: Does Performance Information Affect Employee Acceptance of Management Authority?