The End of Government ... As We Know It.The End of Government ... As We Know It Elaine C. Kamarck Lynne Rienner Publishers 1800 30th Street, Suite 314, Boulder, CO 80301 9781588264947, $19.95 www.rienner.com Written by Elaine C. Kamarck, a former senior policy advisor to the Clinton administration Noun 1. Clinton administration - the executive under President Clinton executive - persons who administer the law , The End of Government ... As We Know It: Making Public Policy Work is a nonpartisan examination of the failings of bureaucratic bu·reau·crat n. 1. An official of a bureaucracy. 2. An official who is rigidly devoted to the details of administrative procedure. bu government models with newer, leaner, and more creative approaches in keeping with the fast-paced and ever-changing information age. Chapters address the problem of homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States and why bureaucratic thinking has failed to solve it, tools for reinventing the public sector such as waivers, applying the reinvention of government to the problem of welfare dependence (one such positive example is the use of an electronic benefit card to supplant sup·plant tr.v. sup·plant·ed, sup·plant·ing, sup·plants 1. To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics. 2. food stamps--since food stamps food stamp n. A stamp or coupon, issued by the government to persons with low incomes, that can be redeemed for food at stores. Noun 1. can be used like cash and are thus more susceptible to corruption) and much more. A plain-spoken, serious-minded plethora of twenty-first century solutions to problems compounded by bureaucratic quagmires left over from the twentieth century. Highly recommended, especially for anyone active in local, state, or federal government. |
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