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Focuses on how to make government more effective, especially in our post-9/11 era of heightened concern for national and homeland security. This is guidebook for improving government organization and performance. It addresses the key issues of homeland security (biodefense, border security, immigration control, and infrastructure protection)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : meeting the challenge of September 11 / Thomas H. Stanton -- Public administration since September 11 -- Moving toward more capable government : a guide to organizational design / Thomas H. Stanton -- Developing the domestic security state / James Carroll -- Organizing for more effective government : creating the department of homeland security : choosing an old corrective for a new problem / Frederick M. Kaiser -- The undersecretary for management : an essential position in a cabinet department / Alan L. Dean and Dwight Ink -- The proposal for an Office of Federal Management revisited / Ronald C. Moe -- Managing for more effective government -- Observations on organization and management / Murray Comarow -- Managing change that makes a difference / Dwight Ink -- Developments in the federal performance management movement : balancing -- Conflicting values in GPRA and part / Beryl Radin -- Addressing critical issues -- The many cultures of government / Michael Maccoby -- Contractingan American way of governance : post' 9/11 constitutional choices / Dan Guttman -- Improving the military personnel system / Cindy Williams -- Will Homeland Security improve intergovernmental nagement? / Enid Beaumont and Bruce McDowell -- Improving Federal relations with states, localities, and private organizations on matters of Homeland Security : the stakeholder council model / Thomas H. Stanton

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