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• catalog abstract ""Overall, American governments from the White House to City Hall are enduring their worst fiscal crisis since World War II. But this time, the crisis will be permanent. On one side are skyrocketing costs for health care, Social Security and pensions. On the other is opposition to tax increases. In the face of this crisis the bankrupt ideologies of left and right offer little guidance. The Price of Government does." "Whereas Reinventing Government, David Osborne's 1992 New York Times bestseller, was a manifesto for change, The Price of Government is a clear, step-by-step roadmap for change, offering concrete solutions drawn from the author's combined thirty years of experience leading and advising public institutions. The authors begin by describing a radically different approach to budgeting - one that focuses on buying results for citizens rather than cutting or adding to last year's spending programs. They go on to show how leaders can use consolidation, competition, customer choice, and a relentless focus on results to save millions while improving public services, at all levels of government."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b13215329.
• catalog contributor b13215330.
• catalog coverage "United States Appropriations and expenditures.".
• catalog coverage "United States Politics and government.".
• catalog created "c2004.".
• catalog date "2004".
• catalog date "c2004.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
• catalog description ""Overall, American governments from the White House to City Hall are enduring their worst fiscal crisis since World War II. But this time, the crisis will be permanent. On one side are skyrocketing costs for health care, Social Security and pensions. On the other is opposition to tax increases. In the face of this crisis the bankrupt ideologies of left and right offer little guidance. The Price of Government does." "Whereas Reinventing Government, David Osborne's 1992 New York Times bestseller, was a manifesto for change, The Price of Government is a clear, step-by-step roadmap for change, offering concrete solutions drawn from the author's combined thirty years of experience leading and advising public institutions. The authors begin by describing a radically different approach to budgeting - one that focuses on buying results for citizens rather than cutting or adding to last year's spending programs. They go on to show how leaders can use consolidation, competition, customer choice, and a relentless focus on results to save millions while improving public services, at all levels of government."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Getting a grip on the problem -- Setting the price of government -- Setting the priorities of government : buying results that citizens value (at the price they are willing to pay) -- Strategic reviews : divesting to invest -- Consolidation : smart mergers -- Rightsizing : the right work, the right way, with the right staff -- Buying services competitively -- Rewarding performance, not good intentions -- Smarter customer service : putting customers in the driver's seat -- Don't buy mistrust--eliminate it -- Using flexibility to get accountability -- Make administrative systems allies, not enemies -- Smarter work processes : tools from industry -- Leading the transformation and managing the politics.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-360) and index.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 370 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Price of government.".
• catalog identifier "0465053637 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Price of government.".
• catalog issued "2004".
• catalog issued "c2004.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Basic Books,".
• catalog relation "Price of government.".
• catalog spatial "United States Appropriations and expenditures.".
• catalog spatial "United States Politics and government.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "352.4/213/0973 22".
• catalog subject "Budget United States States.".
• catalog subject "Fiscal policy United States States.".
• catalog subject "HJ275 .O83 2004".
• catalog tableOfContents "Getting a grip on the problem -- Setting the price of government -- Setting the priorities of government : buying results that citizens value (at the price they are willing to pay) -- Strategic reviews : divesting to invest -- Consolidation : smart mergers -- Rightsizing : the right work, the right way, with the right staff -- Buying services competitively -- Rewarding performance, not good intentions -- Smarter customer service : putting customers in the driver's seat -- Don't buy mistrust--eliminate it -- Using flexibility to get accountability -- Make administrative systems allies, not enemies -- Smarter work processes : tools from industry -- Leading the transformation and managing the politics.".
• catalog title "The price of government : getting the results we need in an age of permanent fiscal crisis / David Osbourne and Peter Hutchinson.".
• catalog type "text".