1st Edition

Government Information Management A Counterreport Of The Commission On Federal Paperwork

By Elliott R. Morss Copyright 1981
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

In this timely critique of federal procedures, the authors identify the underlying causes of the current overload of information/paperwork in government and provide some tools that can be used by officials concerned with more effective management.

1. Introduction 2. Bureaucratic and Political Dynamics 3. Counter-Incentives and Other Information Control Techniques 4. The Use of lnformation as an Indicator of Value 5. The Value/Burden Calculus: A Technique for Improving Information Management Practices 6. Comparative Agency Analysis: A Technique for Streamlining Information Activities 7. Comparative Administrative Practices: Three Case Studies 8. Management Information Systems 9. Federal Evaluation Practices 10. The Case for Compensation 11. Conclusions: Recommendations and an Agenda for Future Research

Biography

Elliott R. Morss, director of research for Development Alternatives, Inc., served as study director for the Commission on Federal Paperwork. Robert F. Rich, assistant professor of politics and public affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, previously was research scientist-project director at the Institute for Social Research, Center for Research on the Utilisation of Scientific Knowledge, University of Michigan.