Who determines the fuel standards for our cars? What about whether Plan B, the morning-
after pill, is sold at the local pharmacy? Many people assume such important and …

Contributors examine the persistence of administrative patterns in the face of pressures for
globablization by developing a concept of administrative traditions and describing the …

Government agencies service interest groups, advocate policies, provide advice to elected
officials, and create and implement public policy. Scholars have advanced theories to …

The study of bureaucracies and their relationship to political actors is central to
understanding the policy process in the United States. Studying this aspect of American …

Goal ambiguity in the public sector has received much research attention by many
prominent scholars, due to its theoretical and practical importance. This study aims to …

In this paper I use the Bush Administration's Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
scores—a numerical measure of federal program performance—to analyze the relationship …

Government agencies are directed to communicate objective and scientific information to the
public, but studies show that political ideology may play a role in how much information …

In this paper, the authors use the Bush administration's management grades from the
Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) to evaluate performance budgeting in the federal …

In this article, we examine the relationship between presidential patronage and federal
agency performance. Using Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) management scores …

To what extent do presidents select appointees based upon campaign experience and
connections? The answer to this question has important implications for our understanding …