16 In addition to the AFRC report, our interviews indicate that
government’s interest in implementing NPM was stimulated by
the growing international network sustaining the measurement
of government performance in the early 1990s. In particular,
publications such as Osborne and Gaebler’s (1992) Reinventing
Government and Douglas’ (1993) Unfinished Business were
influential, as were several OECD reports (OECD, 1993, 1994).
Both Gaebler and Douglas made presentations in Alberta in
1993, and at least one senior Treasury official was seconded to
the OECD on performance measurement projects.