2002

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• Bureaucratic discretion, agency structure, and democratic responsiveness: The case of the United States attorneys AI翻译
  作者：Whitford, AB
  作者单位：University of Kansas
  摘要：Structural choices have fundamental and continuing effects on the democratic responsiveness of public agencies. In contrast to popular accounts of the United States Attorneys' splendid isolation, I provide structural evidence of routes to the national political oversight of the prosecution of federal crimes in the field. I will examine U.S. Attorneys' data on the prosecution of regulatory crimes and present statistical tests of local justice, lone justice, and overhead democratic control accou...
• Does the perception of red tape constrain IT innovativeness in organizations? Unexpected results from a simultaneous equation model and implications AI翻译
  作者：Moon, MJ; Bretschneider, S
  作者单位：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; Syracuse University
  摘要：This study posits a theoretical model in which both red tape and information technology (IT) innovativeness have reciprocal causal effects on one another The primary model suggests that perceived red tape is not necessarily a constraining factor to IT innovativeness but could he a facilitating factor High levels of perceived red tape might lead organizations toward innovative solutions to their organizational problems through information technology This study also finds that top managers' risk...
• The plot that failed: The Republican revolution and congressional control of the bureaucracy AI翻译
  作者：Hedge, D; Johnson, RJ
  作者单位：State University System of Florida; University of Florida
  摘要：The Republican capture of the US. Congress following the 1994 midterm elections provides a unique opportunity to examine congressional control of the bureaucracy. Under the leadership of House Majority Whip Tom Delay (R-TX), Republicans waged an all-out assault on regulation reminiscent of the Reagan years. Toward that end, House leaders relied on a mix of control mechanisms including budget cuts and a variety of deck stacking strategies. While the bulk of the Republican regulatory agenda fail...
• Effective contract implementation and management: A preliminary model AI翻译
  作者：Romzek, BS; Johnston, JM
  作者单位：University of Kansas
  摘要：Using data derived from an initial case of state contracting for social services for the elderly, this article builds. a theoretical model to explain variations in the effectiveness of the implementation and management of state contracts. Contracts for complex social services often present unforeseen challenges and administrative consequences that make for difficult transitions for both the state agencies and their nongovernmental contractors. We expect that these challenges can compromise the...