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• Power without persuasion: The politics of direct presidential action AI翻译
  作者：Waterman, RW
  作者单位：University of Kentucky
• Different perspectives on the practice of leadership AI翻译
  作者：Fairholm, MR
  作者单位：University of South Dakota; University of South Dakota
  摘要：Public administrators need not only practical and intellectual permission to exercise leadership, but also a practical and intellectual understanding of what leadership actually is. Much has emerged in the public administration literature and practice about the need for and legitimacy of public managers exerting leadership in their work, complementing the traditional functions of organizational management and policy implementation. Calling on the experiences and ideas of practitioners, this ar...
• The implementation of welfare reform policy: The role of public managers in front-line practices AI翻译
  作者：Riccucci, NM; Meyers, MK; Lurie, I; Han, JS
  作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Rutgers University Newark; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Albany, SUNY
  摘要：This study examines the extent to which staff in local welfare systems have embraced new welfare reform goals and, if so, the extent to which local management practices contribute to the alignment of staff priorities with policy objectives. It looks at agency structure and several aspects of public management from a microperspective that prior research has linked to agency performance including training, performance monitoring, staff resources, leadership characteristics, and personnel charact...
• By order of the president: The use and abuse of executive direct action AI翻译
  作者：Waterman, RW
  作者单位：University of Kentucky
• Formal procedures, informal processes, accountability and responsiveness in bureaucratic policy making: An institutional policy analysis AI翻译
  作者：West, WF
  摘要：This study examines the role of public notice and comment in the development of 42 rules. These procedures can provide useful information to policy makers about the preferences of those who stand to be affected by agency actions. More importantly, they serve as cues for the accommodation of interests and the resolution of conflict through processes that are grounded in agencies' accountability to political officials. Yet, on examination of the interrelationship between formal, procedural const...
• Fiscal planning, budgeting, and rebudgeting using revenue semaphores AI翻译
  作者：Cornia, GC; Nelson, RD; Wilko, A
  作者单位：Brigham Young University; Brigham Young University
  摘要：Revenue forecasts play an important role in the state government budget and policy process. These forecasts are generally reported to executive and legislative leaders as point estimates, with no acknowledgment of their corresponding risk and uncertainty. The revenue semaphores proposed in this article outline procedures by which revenue uncertainty directly influences the planning process. The goal is not to make forecasts more accurate, but to make discussions of budget and revenue alternati...
• Congressional supervision of America's secret agencies: The experience and legacy of the church committee AI翻译
  作者：Johnson, LK
  作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
  摘要：In 1947, the United States created a modem intelligence community to guard against another surprise attack like the one at Pearl Harbor. This community consists of 13 major agencies, among them the CIA and the FBI. Concealed from public view, they pose a significant challenge to the concept of government accountability in a democratic society. This article examines the failure of congressional lawmakers to hold the secret agencies accountable during the Cold War. Contrary to recent theoretical...