Summary Of Elmer Boyd Staats And The Pursuit Of Good Government

Paul C. Light’s (2006) article, “The Tides of Reform Revisited: Patterns in Making Government Work, 1945-2002”, has revealed to the readers how the current landscape of administrative reorganization is and how the sphere is gradually being dominated by four major competing ideas, viz. scientific management, the war on waste, the watchful eye, and liberation management. Light (2006), has explained how at the very heart of the American reform policies lays the four tides of reform ingrained with four philosophies. Light (2006) has stated that “the Constitution contains harbingers of all four “tides,” or philosophies, of administrative reform that populate the federal statute books today. It spoke to the logical of scientific management by creating a single executive with tight day-to-day control over the officers and departments of government. It laid basis for future wars on waste by requiring an annual accounting of expenditures and revenue while reserving the appropriation power for Congress.” Light (2006) has also stated that, the Constitution also “emphasized the need for a watchful eye on government excess through an elegant system of checks and balances. And it invented future efforts to liberate government from excessive regulation by vesting all executive powers in the president.” It is noteworthy that, Light (2006) has tried to make the readers understand how in the recent decades, all the four tides have accelerated in pace and intensity and how such acceleration

This paper will discuss Alice M. Rivlin’s efforts establishing the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). It will detail the major players, including Rivlin and explain what CBO’s sources of power. This paper will also discuss what stance Rivlin should take regarding political patronage and how she should manage the situation. Finally, this paper will address which organizational structure she should adopt for CBO using the framework of five determinants of organizational structure.

In their books, Riccucci and Maynard-Moody & Musheno expose the reader to the front-line world of bureaucratic agencies. Through narration, they provide the reader direct experiences that support theories of discretion, performance management and the public administration dichotomy. By linking testimonies of real-world, street-level experiences with theory, they offer a nuanced and humane perspective. The books give managers of public administration the knowledge to develop strategies that may help link public policy with bureaucratic practice.

Huey Pierce Long Junior, a well-known name in many Louisiana and even other south-eastern homes, was a man of power in the 1920's. Growing up in a rural and poor family of nine, him being the seventh, was not easy. But being the outspoken person he was from a young age, he stood out. Using that to his advantage, he managed to take an unofficial private bar exam without so much as a high school graduate diploma. Then at age 30, he was already running for Governor of Louisiana. Although his first campaign for Governor in 1924 was unsuccessful that did not deter him. He even went as far to say that had there not been rains before the polls he would have won, but the rains made his rural voters unable to vote because the unpaved roads were not drivable. This issue would later be something he worked strongly to fix. But Long ran for Governor of Louisiana again in 1928, during this campaign he promised good roads, good bridges, and even free healthcare. After his many speeches, promises, and campaigns he won the political position of Governor of Louisiana.

Government Lincoln Essay The movie, Lincoln, served as a great demonstration for the era in which the rise of the 13th amendment came to be. The 13th amendment, which states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”. This amendment was a very tricky one to accomplish passing considering that during this time, 1865, many white citizens fully supported slavery and did not want to accept the call for a change that was actually supported by the Declaration of Independence, which is the phrase that states: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”. With that

This left Hoover and the American people, local, and state governments with no choice, but to stand together to balance unemployment through the use of public works, volunteerism, and a laissez-faire government. Although the depression was a devastating time, it also helped to shape Hoovers’ dream of “American Individualism” by allowing him to establish new agencies and his vision of a laissez-faire government. As the American Economy continued to collapse, the people looked to Hoover and the Seventy-Second Congress for help. Hoover had already established himself in his pre-presidency days as a man who “[m]ore than any single American, had encouraged organizations, principally trade association and farm organizations to introduce orderly, rational, and bureaucratic procedures to entire industries” (Fausold 113) and now was the time to put “American Individualism” to work with congress’s help, or so he thought. Hoovers’ first order of business was established new agencies so that American businesses could stimulate the economy. In Hoovers’ Presidency and political life, he was able to establish the Farm Board, Federal Drought Committee, President’s Organization on Unemployment Relief, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), and Home

Unlike presidents, state governors tend to fade in the memories of citizens. Overtime, despite many accomplishments and two terms, John Ireland has joined the long-lost list of forgotten governors. The mention of his name fails to incite anything but blank expressions from Texas citizens. In light of his influence on one of Texas ' most famed buildings, it might seem as though his name might ring a couple of bells, but no such luck. Clearly, John Ireland has been forgotten for too long. What did this man do for Texas and why should he be remembered? Time to find out.

Throughout the rigmarole of political history of the United States of America, the growth of the “fourth branch of government”, the Bureaucracy, has been a prominent, controversial topic. Peter Woll, in his article “Constitutional Democracy and Bureaucratic Power”, and James Q. Wilson, in his article “The Rise of the Bureaucratic State”, discuss this developing administrative branch. The Constitution has no written mention of an “administrative branch”, and today’s Bureaucracy is often tedious, corrupt, and even undemocratic. But such a branch’s development and expansion is necessary in order to keep par with an evolving and changing society.

Yet another integral member of the state’s executive branch is the Comptroller of Public Accounts. “The Comptroller is generally responsible for maintaining the accounting records of the State and collecting taxes and other revenues due to the State. Also, the Comptroller is required by statute to prepare an annual statement of the funds of the State and of the State’s revenues and expenditures for the preceding fiscal year” (Combs). The next position is the Commissioner of the General Land Office. “The Commissioner is generally responsible for

One practitioner, Bruce, reflects on his predicament: “I work in an agency that is not providing the services agreed to in exchange for grant money. Its brochures advertise the services as available and the agency documentation shows the services as provided, so the grantor believes the services are in place. The staff doesn’t have the necessary resources, so those directly responsible for the care of the individuals who should be receiving the services are under a lot of stress. The consumers were promised something and are not getting it” (Kenyon, 1999, p. 213).

The increased of industrialization in American cities brought a new social demand to public officials who were unprepared to target the existing issues of society. Administrative officers started to gaining power to conduct intervention programs or institutions. However, people started to distrust public administrators and institutions for their inefficiency and incapacity they gave to the treatment of social issues. The author

The Executive Office of the President, just one of the more than 430 registered Federal Agencies, employs a staff of 450 administrators, assistants, councils, and aides who collaborate to ensure the safety and equality of all citizens. Moreover, the agencies contained within the Executive Office of the President, further provide oversight for assisting the citizens, as well as the President. Albeit a seemingly trivial factor, the progression in the cost of enacting such agendas has increased with each added

This comparative analysis will explore the administrative atmosphere surrounding California, Georgia, and New York in 2008. Through the utilization of The Pew Center for the States (PCS) report, entitled "Grading the States", I will assess the performance of governmental management in these 3 particular states. By examining four areas, including: money, people, infrastructure, and information, I will gain a more comprehensive understanding of governmental performance, the various factors contributing to its success or underachievement, and the "ultimate" factor necessary for overall positive government performance.

The plan needs to identify the problem, provide a clear understanding, state who it is affecting and how severely, and offer a proper and realistic way to step in and change the problem. According to (Sylvia & Sylvia, 2012), the program evaluation is often presented in the format of a program outcome model which includes outputs and outcomes and inputs and activities. This is often made to be shown to the grantors involved, as they want to make sure the money they are giving is having a positive effect on the population at hand. Evaluation will also help define the past performance of the organization and the future programs of the organization (Sylvia & Sylvia, 2012). The importance of evaluating an organization’s performance can be related exclusively to the future of the organization and the programs and services that will be rendered to the local population (Sylvia & Sylvia, 2012). Program planning and evaluation should be the essential parts of any program. It emphasizes that planning and evaluation are products of rational thinking, as well as political and economic

Change is needed, and Wilson summarizes the problems of government agencies and offers alternative market solutions and propositions.