by Mark Moore and Margaret Jane Gates
Russell Sage Foundation, 1986
Paper: 978-0-87154-605-0 | eISBN: 978-1-61044-407-1
Library of Congress Classification HJ9801.M66 1987
Dewey Decimal Classification 353.007232

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
In 1978, determined to combat fraud, waste, and abuse in government programs, Congress overwhelmingly approved the creation of special Offices of Inspectors-General (OIGs) in many federal departments. Moore and Gates here provide the first evaluation of this important institutional innovation. Clearly and objectively, they examine the powerful but often imprecisely defined concepts—wastefulness, accountability, performance—that underlie the OIG mandate. Their study conveys a realistic sense of how these offices operate and how their impact is affected by the changing dynamics of politics and personality. A Volume in the Russell Sage Foundation's Social Science Perspectives Series