Public Accountability

Evaluating Technology-Based Institutions

• Author(s): Albert N. Link, John T. Scott,
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
• Pages: 167
• ISBN_10: 1461556392
  ISBN_13: 9781461556398
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development , Business & Economics / Production & Operations Management , Business & Economics / Industrial Management , Business & Economics / Public Finance , Business & Economics / Economics / General , Business & Economics / Research & Development ,

Description:... Public Accountability: Evaluating Technology-Based Institutions presents guidelines for evaluating the research performance of technology-based public institutions, and illustrates these guidelines through case studies conducted at one technology-based public institution, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The aim of this book is to demonstrate that a clear, more precise response to the question of performance accountability is possible through the systematic application of evaluation methods to document value.
The authors begin with a review of the legislative history of fiscal accountability beginning with the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, and ending with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. A discussion of existing applicable economic models, methods, and associated metrics follows. The book concludes with evaluation case studies.