Public Accountability: Evaluating Technology-Based Institutions

Public Accountability: Evaluating Technology-Based Institutions
ISBN-10
1461556392
ISBN-13
9781461556398
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
167
Language
English
Published
2012-12-06
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Albert N. Link, John T. Scott

Description

Public Accountability: Evaluating Technology-Based Institutions presents guidelines for evaluating the research performance of technology-based public institutions, and illustrates these guidelines through case studies conducted at one technology-based public institution, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The aim of this book is to demonstrate that a clear, more precise response to the question of performance accountability is possible through the systematic application of evaluation methods to document value. The authors begin with a review of the legislative history of fiscal accountability beginning with the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, and ending with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. A discussion of existing applicable economic models, methods, and associated metrics follows. The book concludes with evaluation case studies.

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