Managing a government like a business : the Sunnyvale system
Topic:
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT--ADMINISTRATIONPublisher/Date:
1994Note:
In Government Finance Review -- Vol. 10 - no. 2 (April 1994).Summary:
By running this $149 million municipal corporation on three essential business principles--long-range planning, performance budgeting and performance auditing--city officials have improved productivity by 30 percent, reduced the cost of services, and maintained the lowest fees and taxes in the region.