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050 00 $aHJ275$b.O83 2004
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100 1 $aOsborne, David,$d1951-
245 14 $aThe price of government :$bgetting the results we need in an age of permanent fiscal crisis /$cDavid Osborne and Peter Hutchinson.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$cc2004.
300 $axiv, 370 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 337-360) and index.
505 0 $aGetting 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 for a change -- Politics : truth, lies, and the campaign for public support.
650 0 $aFiscal policy$zUnited States$xStates.
650 0 $aBudget$zUnited States$xStates.
651 0 $aUnited States$xAppropriations and expenditures.
650 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government.
700 1 $aHutchinson, Peter,$d1949-
994 $aC0$bXIM