1 What Is Public Performance?An Overview
Performance is about keeping public organizations up-to-date, vibrant, connected, and relevant to society. It is about ensuring that policies and programs connect with important challenges and the purposes that people, communities, and nations seek. Schools need to teach children well, environmental protection agencies need to ensure sustainability and safeguard natural heritage, transportation agencies need to ensure mobility and contribute to economic development and sustainability, security agencies need to identify and preempt public safety threats, and so on. Public organizations should seek to improve the lives of citizens and communities in such areas as public safety, ...
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