Checking on Banks: Autonomy and Accountability in Three Federal Agencies

by Anne M. Khademian and Anne M. Kademian

Book Overview

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Eager to make government work better, cost less, and be more accountable, reformers are embracing a common prescription: consolidate and downsize government agencies to eliminate duplication and overlap. But is this prescription really a panacea for what ails government, or is the solution for better government performance more complex?

This book tackles that question by examining the three federal agencies responsible for supervising the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815749236
• ISBN13: 9780815749233
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"