Meeting the Challenge of 9 11: Blueprints for More Effective Government (Advances in Management Information Systems)

About the Academy......Page 2
Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 9
Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 13
Note......Page 14
The Challenge......Page 17
The Lessons of This Book......Page 21
Managing for More Effective Government......Page 28
References......Page 37
Part 1 Public Administration since September 11......Page 39
1 Moving toward More Capable Government A Guide to Organizational Design......Page 41
Government Organizations under Continuing Stress......Page 43
The Decision to Change Organizational Structure......Page 45
Enhancing the Government’s Capacity to Design Effective Organizations and Public-Private Relationships......Page 79
Notes......Page 83
References......Page 84
From Administrative to Entitlement to Domestic Security State......Page 87
Revolution......Page 89
Non-State “Sharks”......Page 90
Combining Power......Page 91
Triangulation......Page 92
Intelligence as Decision Making......Page 93
Public Participation......Page 94
Liberty......Page 95
Implications for Public Administration......Page 96
Chaos and Complexity......Page 97
Notes......Page 98
References......Page 100
Part 2 Organizing for More Effective Government......Page 107
3 Creating the Department of Homeland Security An Old Approach to a New Problem......Page 109
Organizational Developments......Page 111
Concluding Observations......Page 115
Notes......Page 118
References......Page 119
4 An Undersecretary for Management Its Potential in the Department of Homeland Security......Page 121
The Chief Clerk Emerges......Page 122
Assistant Secretaries for Administration in Action......Page 123
Fragmentation of Administrative Management Functions......Page 124
Emergence of the Undersecretary for Management (USM) Concept......Page 125
The Academy and the Undersecretary for Management......Page 126
Moving the USM Concept into Practice......Page 127
Notes......Page 132
References......Page 133
Appendix 4.1......Page 134
5 The Need for an Office of Federal Management Now More than Ever......Page 135
Decline of Management at the OMB......Page 137
General Management Laws: The Source of “Political Clout”......Page 139
Entrepreneurs versus Constitutionalists: What Is the Purpose of Government Management?......Page 141
The Proposed Office of Federal Management......Page 144
Two Case Studies: Homeland Security and Asset Management......Page 148
Governmental Disaggregation: A Challenge to Democratic Governance......Page 153
Conclusion......Page 157
Notes......Page 159
References......Page 164
Part 3 Managing for More Effective Government......Page 169
Principles......Page 171
Multiple Agency Reorganization......Page 172
The Challenge to Reorganizers......Page 173
How an Agency Head Should Reorganize......Page 174
Be Reasonable in Your Expectations......Page 175
Executive Development......Page 176
The Situation of Senior Bureaucrats......Page 177
A Break with Tradition......Page 178
The Defensive Crouch......Page 179
Take Risks......Page 180
A Personal Note......Page 181
7 Managing Change that Makes a Difference......Page 182
Disaster Recovery......Page 183
New Federalism......Page 189
Civil Service Reform......Page 193
Agency Closure......Page 198
Nuclear Cleanup......Page 202
General Observations......Page 204
Rapid Action......Page 205
Political-Career Partnerships......Page 207
Innovative Design......Page 208
Openness and Outreach......Page 209
Notes......Page 210
References......Page 213
8 Developments in the Federal Performance Management Movement Balancing Conflicting Values in GPRA and PART......Page 215
Performance in the Federal Government......Page 216
GPRA: The Original and Driving Force of the Federal Performance Effort......Page 217
PART: The Current Federal Executive Branch Performance Effort......Page 218
The Two Performance Efforts: Similarities and Differences......Page 220
Can Performance Deal with Multiple Functions?......Page 225
Policy Design and Politics......Page 227
Where Are We Now?......Page 228
Conclusion......Page 229
References......Page 230
Part 4 Addressing Critical Issues......Page 233
9 The Many Cultures of Government......Page 235
Different Cultures of Government and Business......Page 237
Defining Organizational Culture......Page 238
Integrating Homeland Security......Page 243
References......Page 245
10 Contracting—An American Way of Governance Post-9/11 Constitutional Choices......Page 246
Background: Where We Are and How We Got Here......Page 249
A Consequence of Contract Reform: The Presumption of Regularity Dispelled......Page 252
Choosing Among Visions: An Agenda for Research and Reflection......Page 270
Conclusion: How Will We Know If Muddling Through Is Not Good Enough?......Page 276
Notes......Page 280
References......Page 283
11 Improving the Military Personnel System......Page 290
The Military Personnel System Is a Key Component of Executive Management......Page 294
Problems with Military Personnel Policies and Reform Recommendations......Page 296
Reforming Military Personnel Policies for the Future......Page 304
Notes......Page 305
References......Page 306
Intergovernmental Challenges and Opportunities......Page 309
The Intergovernmental Setting......Page 310
Intergovernmental Management......Page 311
Early Dialogues on Homeland Security......Page 312
Red Flags......Page 314
New Opportunities......Page 321
What Should We Try?......Page 322
Conclusion......Page 326
References......Page 327
13 Improving Federal Relations with States, Localities, and Private Organizations on Matters of Homeland Security The Stakeholder Council Model......Page 331
The Stakeholder Council Model......Page 334
Identity Management as a Case Study of the Complexities of Intergovernmental Coordination......Page 337
Conclusion: Making the Stakeholder Council Model Work......Page 342
References......Page 343
2. Preserve Accountability......Page 345
4. Value of Streamlined Management......Page 346
5. Necessity of Institutional Support......Page 347
About the Editor and Contributors......Page 349
Index......Page 353