Public Accountability : Evaluating Technology-Based Institutions /

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 S...

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Main Author: Link, Albert N.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Scott, John T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1998.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 167 pages)
ISBN:9781461556398 (electronic bk.)
1461556392 (electronic bk.)