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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"government performance"”.
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Social Capital and Government Performance in American Urban Counties
… capital and trust in enhancing institutional performance. Specifically, this dissertation analyzes the dynamics of social capital and government performance in metropolitan county governments. The dissertation also explores alternative theoretical approaches that have recently or historically …
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Three essays on local government performance and political institutions in Colombia
… in many countries sought to empower local governments as part of a strategy to build state capacity, to reduce the distance between governments and their citizens, and to ensure increases in public goods provision. Although some countries successfully granted administrative and fiscal …
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Comprehensive Output Measurement: The 'Missing Link' in U.S. Federal Government Performance Reporting
Performance and accrual-based financial management systems as envisaged in the 1990 Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act, the 1993 Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), the 1996 Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA) and related legislation have been in place since prior to the …
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Institutionalizing Performance Management: Lessons for Government Leaders from the Government Performance and Results Act Modernization Act of 2010
… history has been the spread of goal setting and performance measurement (Rainey 2014, 149), both core elements of a reform movement to make government agencies more transparent, accountable, and results-oriented (Light 1997). In the U.S. Government, the reform was legislated by the Government …
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Patterns of adolescent alcohol use: a study of the Reconnecting Youth In Iowa prevention program
… Youth High School Questionnaire (HSQ) and the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) survey three times to assess students' patterns of alcohol use. Adolescents' gender, race/ethnicity, age, family SES comparison, positive parenting, peer deviancy, and friend influence were studied to …
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A Study of Strategic Planning in Federal Organizations
… planning has gained renewed interest in federal government organizations stimulated by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 and there are few empirical studies on strategic planning based on the public character of these organizations. The results present the difficulties and …
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Quality-of-Life Indicators, Income and Out-Migration Intentions in Gauteng: An Individual- and Ward-Level Analysis
… quality-of-life indicators, specifically government performance satisfaction, safety perceptions and service delivery satisfaction, on residents’ intentions to migrate from Gauteng. While Gauteng has historically been studied as a destination region due to its economic weight in South …
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New Public Management in Charlotte, North Carolins: A Case Study of Managed Competition
… New Public Management (NPM) movement argues that government should be run like a business and that entrepreneurial-based techniques should be utilized in an effort to enhance government performance. The normative perspective, however, raises counter ideas. The primary purpose of this research is …
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A Study Of Performance Based Budgeting Reforms In The National Park Service And Their Effects On Agency Management And Operations
<p>This is a case study of performance-based and budgeting reforms in National Park Service (NPS). The study examines the effects of reform initiatives on the agency’s administration, budgeting, and management. Previous research suggests that current reform initiatives are more effective than those …
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Performance measurement of a carrier battle group: a case study of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet's participation as a performance planning and reporting pilot project for fiscal year 1996
… Atlantic Fleet (CINCLANTFLT) participated as a performance planning and reporting pilot project (PPRP) in support of the short term requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). Combatant military organizations have experienced, and will experience, some of the …
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Who serves our public servants? : centering core administration in government 2.0
… literature, greater digitization alone of government services does not strengthen government performance. The reason for this gap between digitization and modernization can be attributed to a variety of conditions -- institutional culture, procurement practices, and unresponsive budgeting, …
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Political Communication and the Media in Kurdistan
… issues in relation to corruption, reform, government performance, and citizens' trust. In particular it investigates how young people understand and respond to political issues across the media and how their social and political backgrounds affect their evaluation of the government’s …
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Assessment of Effectiveness of Human Resource Planning In Local Government in Tanzania:A Case of Morogoro District Council
… of human resources planning in the local government performance in Tanzania was carried out in Morogoro Region basing on MDC. The attention has been paid much to this study due to the role of human resources in the welfare of any organization; in this case, in the welfare of the local …
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Decentralisation and State-Citizens Relations: the Case of Ukraine
Over the course of the past fifty years, intergovernmental relationships have been marked by a strong decentralisation trend worldwide, which led to a shift in powers, resources and responsibilities from central to subnational government tiers. Whether, how and under what circumstances empowering …
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Scientizing Science Policy: Implications for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy and R&D Evaluation
… following two socio-political developments: the government performance management reform movement and a new social contract of science. These two developments have motivated the science policy community to construct new science R&D management strategies that make science R&D investment more …
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A model for enhancing customer satisfaction for quality services and awareness through community participation
Customer satisfaction as a means of measuring government performance has been on top of global debates of developmental programs at local government. The background of this study highlighted the position of customer satisfaction in many municipal coun-cils in the world and with special focus on …
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The institutionalisation of urban upgrading processes and community participation in Egypt
… is utilised to investigate the ability of local government to institutionalise collaborative urban upgrading measures in partnership with civil society organisations. The main argument is that the latter cannot contribute to sustainable development, democratisation or to protect citizens' rights …
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Performance of the hollow state: local responses to the devolution of affordable housing
The ways in which governments are being organized and managed is changing. To an increasing extent public policies and programs are being administered through complicated webs of multifaceted entities which include public authorities, special districts, government "instrumentalities", government …
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Conveyor-belts of information: the role of political parties in basic service delivery in Africa
… transmit large amounts of information about government performance between the state and its citizens. In this dissertation, I aim to fill this gap in the literature by asking whether political parties matter for how citizens view the delivery of basic government services? I argue that where …
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