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- Title: Administrative Reform in the States (Report)
- Author : Public Administration Quarterly
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 239 KB
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Administrative reform is a topic that has spanned a century of academic and applied thought. As the size and complexity of managing federal, state, and local administration grew so did the necessity to reform administrative practice. At the state level, four historical periods provided a fertile context for the application of administrative reform. The initial impetus for administrative reform gained steam following the hearty criticisms of the spoils system, and were echoed in some of the first writings of our field (Wilson, 1887). The second period was associated with increasing expansion of government programs and services during and after the progressive era. The reaction to expansion included calls for consolidation of the cabinet, streamlining of the agencies, centralized control over agencies, and improved efficiency and effectiveness. Following the progressive era, administrative reform continued to be a topic of concern to public managers in the states. As part of the "turfwar" of running the agencies, both the executive and legislative branches studied administrative issues and commonly made recommendations on how to fix the management apparatus of the state. Administrative reform smoldered more than it blazed. The next big push for administrative reform came during 1960s as the war on poverty raged and expansion of government services peaked to a then all-time high. Administrative reform of this era focused on consolidating programs or services, instituting programmed-based budgeting, and improving efficiency and effectiveness.