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Community Relations | 4400 University Dr. | Mail Stop 2D5 | Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
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Lectures by
Bonnie Stabile
Degrees of Efficiency: How Masters Programs in Public Policy and Public Administration Prepare Students to Enhance Government Efficiency Efforts Efforts to improve government performance and enhance government efficiency have taken various forms in recent administrations, including the Clinton era Government Performance and Results Act, and the President's Management Agenda of the Bush administration. Facing a 1.3 trillion dollar deficit, President Obama pledged in his inaugural address that those who manage the public's dollars will be held to account to spend wisely, reform bad habits and do our business in the light of day. Asserting that the question of the day is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works he promised that where government fails to meet its objectives, programs will end. Those who manage the public's dollars and do the daily business of government are often graduates of schools of public affairs and public administration. This talk will focus on the question of just how graduate programs leading to MPA and MPP degrees are preparing students to take on the considerable challenge of making government work effectively and efficiently, both for the purpose of satisfying the bottom line, and to restore the vital trust between a people and their government. minimum lecture time: 20 A/V requirements: LCD/S;
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