CHAPTER TEN
How to Guarantee Non-performance
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NO ONE CAN GUARANTEE the performance of a public service program. But we know how to ensure non-performance with absolute certainty. Commit any two of the following common sins of public administration, and non-performance will inevitably follow. Indeed, to commit all six, as a good many public service agencies do, is quite unnecessary and overkill.
1. The first thing to do to make sure that a program will not have results is to have a lofty objective—“health care,” for instance, or “to aid the disadvantaged.” Such sentiments belong in the preamble. They explain why a specific program or agency is ...
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