Making Washington work : tales of innovation in the federal government

Author(s)

• Donahue, John D.
• John F. Kennedy School of Government
• Council for Excellence in Government

Bibliographic Information

Making Washington work : tales of innovation in the federal government

John D. Donahue, editor ; with a foreword by Alan Altshuler and Patricia McGinnis

Brookings Institution Press, c1999

• : pbk

Note

"An undertaking of the Ford Foundation's Innovations in American Government Program through the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and the Council for Excellence in Government ."

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Jamming in the symphony
• Fast track product recall
• Transforming military supply
• Shutting down sweatshops
• Collecting taxes by telephone
• Banishing chlorofluorocarbons
• Boosting legal hiring
• Sharing tricks to pare costs
• Reclaiming relevance
• Motivating job safety
• Collaborative stewardship
• Reforging the community connection
• Getting new drugs on the market
• Rebuilding disaster management
• Keeping pensions secure

Details

• NCID: BA44165497
• ISBN:
  • 0815718950
• LCCN: 99006552
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 216 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JK468.P64
  • DC21 : 352.3/0973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Political planning -- United States
  • LCSH : Administrative agencies -- United States -- Management
  • LCSH : Organizational change -- United States
  • LCSH : Government productivity -- United States