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Public Sector Performance Management Executive Session

An Initiative of the Visions of Governance in the Twenty-First Century Project

Third Executive Session 

November 18 - 20, 1999

Suggested Readings

          

GPRA & Oregon

2. Fred Thompson, Letter on GPRA Treasury to Lawrence H. Summers, August 17, 1999. (www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0899/letters)

 

3. "Strawplan I for the US Environmental Protection Agency,"

Introduction and Document, House Committee on Gov't. Reform and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 1999.

 

4. "EPA Strategic Plan," United States Environmental Protection Agency, September 1997.

 

5. "The Oregon Benchmarks Program: The Challenge of Restoring Political Support,"  KSG Case C16-99-1554.0.

 

6. "Sequel The Oregon Benchmarks Program: The Challenge of Restoring Political Support,"  KSG case C16-99-1554,1.

 

IRS

7. "Changes Are Right Around the Corner. The IRS Mission"

 

8. Tom Smith, "IRS Organizational Performance Management," Executive Office of Organizational Performance Management, November 1999.  CONFIDENTIAL

 

9. "Taxed by Technology," www.GovExec.Com, February 1999.

 

10. Stephen Horn, "Weekly Commentary ‘3/10/99’  Still More Work to Do in Improving the IRS,"  Federal Document Clearing House, Inc., 1999.

 

11. Avrum D. Lank, "Average Taxpayers Needed on IRS Panel:  Initial District Committee Dominated by Business, Professional Types," The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 16, 1998.

 

12. "Balanced Measures Review – IRS Site Visit Summary,"  National Performance Review, April 29, 1999.

 

13. Mark Moore, "External Accountability," Excerpt from Executive Summary of First Executive Session, Dec. 1998.

 

Education

14. Tina Cassidy, "Schools Will Be Ranked On MCAS Scores," The Boston Globe, September 8, 1999.

 

15. Rene Sanchez, "A Tough Assignment: Fixing Schools," The Washington Post, August 18, 1999.

 

16. "The Achiever; Five Maryland. Schools Make Startling Gains on State’s Rigorous MSPAP Exams," The Washington Post, December 22, 1998.

 

17. Kenneth J. Cooper, "Closing the Achievement Gap, Houston, Ft. Worth Cited for Gains in Minority Education,"  The Washington Post, October 14, 1999.

 

18. Steven Paulson, "Teachers’ Pay Linked to Students’ Grades," The Toronto Star, September 12, 1999.

 

19. G. Gregory McDonald, "Teachers To Be Paid In MCAS Dollars,"  The Cape Codder, February 2, 1999.

 

20. Ellen J. Silberman, "Reilly Flunks Cellucci’s Threat of School Takeovers,"  The Boston Herald, September 9, 1999.

 

21. "Keep School Drive Focus on Teachers,"  Editorial, The Boston Herald, September 9, 1999.

 

22. William T. Gormley, Jr. and David L. Weimar, "Introduction: The Politics of Information," Organizational Report Cards (Harvard Univ. Press 1999).

 

Washington and Learning

23. "Salmon Recovery Scorecard," November 16, 1999, Washington State.

 

24. Joe Dear, "Implementing the Balanced Scorecard in State Gov't.:  Work In Progress," Office of the Governor, State of Washington.

 

25. Proposed Balance Scorecard, Oregon Department of Transportation.1999.

 

26. "Shared and Conflicting Missions; Common Functions,"  Excerpt from First Executive Session, Dec. 1998.

27. "Discussion on Performance Measures for Learning," Excerpt from Second Executive Session June 1999.

 

Framework and Notes

28. Robert S. Kaplan, "The Balanced Scorecard,"  The Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Inc.1999.

 

29. "A Framework for Performance Management in Government," DRAFT.

 

30. "Making Government Work in the New Millenium: A Performance Management Manifesto," DRAFT.

 

31. "The Political Appeal of Different Performance Measure," Voting Ballots and Results, KSG Performance Management Program.

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