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Inspectors-general : junkyard dogs or man's best friend? /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Russell Sage Foundation,
[1986]
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| Colección: | Social research perspectives ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Inspectors-General and the Demand for Accountability ; 2. The Legislative Mandate ; The Legislative History ; Competing Operational Objectives ; Detecting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse ; Prevention Versus Detection of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse ; Promoting Economy and Efficiency ; Implications of Different Missions for Relations with Program Managers ; 3. The Presidential Mandate and the Strategies of the Inspectors-General ; Presidential Mandates for the Offices of Inspectors-General ; The Organizational Strategies of the Inspectors-General ; Organizing and Staffing the Offices.
- Defining the Work Reducing Fraud and Abuse Versus Promoting Efficiency ; Detection Versus Prevention ; Internal Focus Versus External Focus ; Relationship with Management ; 4. Evaluating the Impact of the Offices of Inspectors-General ; A Compliance Inspection of the Offices of Inspectors-General ; A Performance Inspection of the Offices of Inspectors-General ; Enhanced Financial Integrity: The Improved Detection of Fraud and Abuse ; Reduced Costs and the Promotion of Efficiency ; Summary ; Relations with Program Management and Political Oversight ; 5. Summary and Conclusions.
- Conclusions About the Impact of the Offices of Inspectors-General Recommendations for the Future Development of the Offices of Inspectors-General ; Relationships with Congress and Program Managers ; Terms of Accountability and the Measurement of Performance ; Appendix A. The Concept of Accountability ; Different Dimensions of the Accountability Relationship ; The Specificity of the Contract ; Accountability for Outcomes, Outputs, Processes, or Resources ; Monitoring Performance ; The Liability of the Agent ; The Spirit of the Relationship ; Accountability in the Public Sector.
- Ambiguity About the Principal and the Purposes Problems in Measurement ; Third Party Production ; Innovative Programs ; Sanctions for Performance ; Summary ; Appendix B. The Impact of the Offices of Inspectors-General on Program Operations.