Does your government measure up? : basic tools for local officials and citizens

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Label

Does your government measure up? : basic tools for local officials and citizens

Title remainder

basic tools for local officials and citizens

Statement of responsibility

William D. Coplin & Carol Dwyer

Creator

• Coplin, William D

Contributor

• Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Community Benchmarks Program

Subject

• Benchmarking (Management) -- United States
• Municipal government -- United States -- Evaluation
• Municipal services -- United States -- Evaluation

Language

eng

Summary

• "Written for candidates, elected and appointed government officials as well as concerned citizens in small cities, towns, and villages, Does Your Government Measure Up? is a tool for improving local government." "This book introduces the bare essentials for good government in areas of finance, public works, parks and recreation, police, assessment, building codes, emergency medical services, personnel and even Web site development. The authors show how to use benchmarking to increase government efficiency and effectiveness." "The tools presented in the book have been developed by the Maxwell School at Syracuse University in close cooperation with more than 100 government officials in Central New York and throughout the United States."--Jacket
• "Written for candidates, elected and appointed government officials as well as concerned citizens in small cities, towns, and villages, Does Your Government Measure Up? is a tool for improving local government." "This book introduces the bare essentials for good government in areas of finance, public works, parks and recreation, police, assessment, building codes, emergency medical services, personnel and even Web site development. The authors show how to use benchmarking to increase government efficiency and effectiveness." "The tools presented in the book have been developed by the Maxwell School at Syracuse University in close cooperation with more than 100 government officials in Central New York and throughout the United States."--BOOK JACKET

Cataloging source

EWY

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography