Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government ReformPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Preventing Stimulus Waste and Fraud
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government ReformPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Money Well Spent?
Author: Michael GrabellPublisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610390105
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The 2012 presidential campaign will, above all else, be a referendum on the Obama administration's handling of the financial crisis, recalling the period when Obama's "audacity of hope" met the austerity of reality. Central to this is the ''American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009'' -- the largest economic recovery plan in American history. Senator Mitch McConnell gave a taste of the enormity of the money committed: if you had spent 1 million a day since Jesus was born, it still would not add up to the price tag of the stimulus package. A nearly entirely partisan piece of legislation -- Democrats voted for it, Republicans against -- the story of how the bill was passed and, more importantly, how the money was spent and to what effect, is known barely at all. Stepping outside the political fray, ProPublica's Michael Grabell offers a perceptive, balanced, and dramatic story of what happened to the tax payers' money, pursuing the big question through behind-the-scenes interviews and on-the-ground reporting in more than a dozen states across the country.
Governing Under Stress
Author: Timothy J. ConlanPublisher: Georgetown University Press
ISBN: 1626163707
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
The underappreciated but surprisingly successful implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) helped rescue the economy during the Great Recession and represented one of the most important achievements of the Obama presidency. It tested all levels of government with urgent time frames and extensive accountability requirements. While ARRA passed most tests with comparatively little mismanagement or fraud, negative public and media perceptions of the initiative deprived the president of political credit. Drawing on more than two hundred interviews and nationwide field research, Governing under Stress examines a range of ARRA stimulus programs to analyze the fraught politics, complex implementation, and impact of the legislation. Essays from public administration scholars use ARRA to study how to implement large federal programs in our modern era of indirect, networked governance. Throughout, the contributors present potent insights into the most pressing challenges facing public policy and management, and they uncover important lessons about policy instruments and networks, the effects of transparency and accountability, and the successes and failures of different types of government intervention.
Activities of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government ReformPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative oversight
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Pig Book
Author: Citizens Against Government WastePublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312343576
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A compendium of the most ridiculous examples of Congress's pork-barrel spending.
Improving the Ability of Inspectors General to Detect, Prevent, and Prosecute Contracting Fraud
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting OversightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fraud
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Stimulus Oversight, 2009
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government ReformPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Federal aid
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Government Information Transparency Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government ReformPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Disclosure of information
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
False Profits
Author: Dean BakerPublisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1609944771
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Dean Baker, codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research recounts the strategies used by the country’s top economic policymakers to conceal their failure to recognize the housing bubble or take steps to rein it in before it grew to unprecedented levels, resulting in the loss of millions of jobs, homes, and the life savings of tens of millions of people. He quashes dire warnings of looming rampant inflation and spiraling debt with solid historic evidence to the contrary—evidence that supports more stimulus, not less. With a dose of optimism, Baker outlines a thoughtful progressive program for rebuilding the economy and reshaping the financial system, including new financial transaction taxes that will reduce or eliminate economic waste while providing stimulus and incentives where and when they are most needed.