"What Does Government Cost? Begin With A-B-C".

• Position: Abstract - Brief Article

Ehrenberg, Jeff

Austin, TX: Fiscal Notes, August 1999, pp. 5-6.

This article discusses how government agencies can contain costs and reduce spending by adopting an activity-based costing system. Activity-based costing allows governments to break down the components of a service to determine its value and whether or not they should even be providing that service. If a government agency cannot provide a service at...