Revaluing the federal workforce : defending America's civil servants / Anthony Stanford ; foreword by Tom Weisner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanford, Anthony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil service--United States.

Civil service.

United States.

United States--Officials and employees.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 154 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LCC, [2014]

Summary:

"This insider's perspective on the federal workforce demystifies the myth of the underworked and overcompensated employee, examines workers' daily challenges, and considers the future of government work and its workers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 We're from the Government, and We're Here to Help 1

2 A Civil Defense of Our Federal Workforce 19

3 Federal and Private Sector Workers: What Makes Them Different? 51

4 Shutting Down Your Government 69

5 Reinventing Reinvention 91

6 The Rap on Bureaucracies 109

7 Collateral Damage: The New Performance Measurement 121

8 The Other Shoe: What's Next for the Federal Workforce? 143.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781440802591

1440802599

OCLC:

862958356