Radin, Beryl A.

Radin, Beryl A. Intergovernmental Relationships and the Federal Performance Movement. in Dall Forsythe’s Quicker, Better, Cheaper? Managing Performance in American Government. Albany, NY: Rockefeller Institute Press, 2001.

This chapter highlights six different approaches that have been taken within federal agencies: performance partnerships, incentives, negotiated measures, building performance goals into legislation, establishment of standards, and waivers. It is part of a book that reports on the implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 at the Social Security Administration, advocates linking evaluation research with performance management systems, and discusses the limitations of performance incentives in the 1982 federal job training law.