National Performance Review
POSC/CRJU 422 ASSIGNMENT FOR 8/24/00
Visit the National Performance Review (NPR) site at www.npr.gov.
1. Read sections 1 thru 5 of "Government Performance and Results Act of 1993".
2. Read "Reinventing the Workplace".
3. A "Template of Personnel Flexibilities" is buried deep within this site at http://www.opm.gov/wkfcperf/html/system.htm. Click on this link or copy this address to your browser window and hit [Enter]. Read it carefully and save a printout for the first exam.
Be prepared to discuss the following issues:
- What is the goal of the NPR? - how is it supposed to improved the bureaucracy?
- What are the NPR´s implications for Federal workers?
- The NPR has been evaluated. What are the results of this evaluation?