Public Accountability: Evaluating Technology-Based Institutions

Link, Albert N.; Scott, John T.

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.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2012-11-02

Format: Paperback

ISBN-10: 9781461375807

ISBN-13: 9781461375807

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5639-8

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 167