Making Washington work : tales of innovation in the federal government / John D. Donahue, editor ; with a foreword by Alan Altshuler and Patricia McGinnis

Published:: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [1999]
Copyright Date:: ©1999
Physical Description:: xiii, 216 pages ; 23 cm
Additional Creators:: Donahue, John D., John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Council for Excellence in Government

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Contents:

Jamming in the symphony -- Fast track product recall -- Transforming military supply -- Shutting down sweatshops -- Collecting taxes by telephone -- Banishing chlorofluorocarbons -- Boosting legal hiring -- Sharing tricks to pare costs -- Reclaiming relevance -- Motivating job safety -- Collaborative stewardship -- Reforging the community connection -- Getting new drugs on the market -- Rebuilding disaster management -- Keeping pensions secure.

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ISBN:

0815718950 (alk. paper)

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"An undertaking of the Innovations in American Government Awards Program of the Ford Foundation, Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and the Council for Excellence in Government ."

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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