Date of Award

2004

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Public Administration (MPA)

Abstract

Reinventing government also known as, New Public Management (NPM) is the latest approach to a rather old question. How to improve government performance and accountability? While the concept has been widely embraced by many world leaders, elected officials and academics, there are those in government, including law enforcement, who struggle transcending from concept to implementation. This paper examines the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) response to this latest call for public administration reform and provides recommendations for improvement. The analysis of secondary data and the collection of primary data will provide evidence that supports accountability in government is contingent upon relevant, attainable, measurable, performance indicators and to improve accountability the DEA should abandoned performance indicators that are contingent upon reducing illicit drug availability in America .

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