Government by investigation : Congress, presidents, and the search for answers, 1945-2012 / Paul C. Light, Governance Institute.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Light, Paul Charles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Governmental investigations--United States.

Governmental investigations.

Investigations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Governance Institute, Brookings Institution Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Paul C. Light examines and evaluates the 100 most significant investigations of policy failures, bureaucratic mistakes, and personal misconduct undertaken by the U.S. federal government between 1945 and 2012. Launched by Congress or the president, sometimes by both at the same time, the investigations at the core of this book were driven by the search for answers about significant breakdowns in government performance. Light reveals which investigations were most effective, and why.

Contents:

Government by investigation: introducing the search for answers

Counting investigations

Creating footprints

Making investigations count

Creating high-impact investigations.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815722694

0815722699

OCLC:

865840022