Government category: 19669 books
by Kenneth Szulczyk
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2009
Each day when Americans awaken, our laws, rules, and regulations grow and become more complex. Thus, each passing the day, the government becomes bigger and more monstrous. Unfortunately, taxes and incarceration rates rise along with the government’s expansion. However, government cannot continually...
Winning with Past Performance
Strategies for Industry and Government
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Use past performance to win contracts and deliver results at the lowest risk and cost!
The federal government has focused on past performance to rank bidders for almost two decades, yet both the collection and use of past performance information remain disjointed, siloed, and not fully understood...
Paths to Making a Difference
Leading In Government
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
To understand the challenges of political leadership and how top executives succeed in accomplishing an administration's objectives, business in government experts Paul R. Lawrence and Mark A. Abramson present the findings of a two year's study of top political appointees in the Obama administration.
The...
A Guide to Innovative Public-Private Partnerships
Utilizing the Resources of the Private Sector for the Public Good
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Congress is expected to announce that new practices are to be adopted across the federal sector which will incite new and innovative partnerships between the public and private sectors. In A Guide to Innovative Public Private Partnerships: Utilizing the Resources of the Private Sector for the Public...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
As governments search for the best ways to restyle their services, the E-Government field continues to attract interest from public administrators, politicians, academics, and citizens. As a result, new topics such as e-procurement have become core factors in public sector development by providing...
by Jeffrey Roy
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2007
Boundaries between business and government are increasingly fluid and often transcended. Yet it remains important to acknowledge and make appropriate use of the fundamental differences between these sectors.
Five areas that offer the most critical challenges to business and government in Canada...
The Politics of Local Government
Governing in Small Towns and Suburbia
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Combining scholarly literature with elected experience at the local governmental level, Barry E. Truchil addresses the inner workings and politics of local government in small town and suburban settings in The Politics of Local Government. This book explores issues involving development and implementation...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
“Change (Transformation) in Government Organizations” discusses recent efforts to bring about change in government organizations. The book brings together contributions by a number of managers, practitioners, academics and consultants in the study of international, federal, state, and local government...
Relic
How Our Constitution Undermines Effective Government--and Why We Need a More Powerful Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Our government is failing us. From health care to immigration, from the deficit to climate change, our political institutions have long shown that they are incapable of meeting the challenges of modern society. Why the dysfunction?
In Relic, William Howell and Terry Moe point to the Constitution...
Renewing the Search for a Monetary Constitution
Reforming Government's Role in the Monetary System
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2015
Over 50 years ago, In Search of a Monetary Constitution, which focused on the need for constraints on the creation of money by the government, was published. Although overlooked at the time, the work's analysis has proven to be remarkably prescient. This new collection of essays, Renewing the Search...
by Robert Higgs
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Discussing how government has continually grown in size and scope during the past century, this account demonstrates that the main reason lies in government’s responses to national “crises” (real or imagined), including economic upheavals and, especially, war. The result, this book argues, is...
by Christopher Stephens
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
New Efficient Government looks at the growing financial and debt burdens affecting government, and how streamlined, focused spending can reduce burdens and increase effectiveness.The increasing relevance of environmental management and sustainability is explored, with a discussion of the harmonization...
The Transformation of America
As Government Grows Liberty Yields
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government". That observation was made by our third president, Thomas Jefferson. He also made the statement that "The course of history shows that as government grows, liberty...
Government Paternalism
Nanny State or Helpful Friend?
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2015
Should governments save people from themselves? Do governments have the right to influence citizens' behavior related to smoking tobacco, eating too much, not saving enough, drinking alcohol, or taking marijuana—or does this create a nanny state, leading to infantilization, demotivation, and breaches...