Does the national government need an Office of Federal Management (OFM)? Ronald C. Moe argues that it is time to create such an agency through the reorganization of the Office of Management and Budget. Moe supports his contention with the lessons learned form recent scandals at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The proposed OFM would operate under an organizational management strategy reflecting presidential goals and priorities, and would be provided with sufficient institutional support to carry out its government-wide tasks. With a focus on capacity building rather than control, the OFM would avoid reliance on financial techniques or "placement of political appointees deep within agencies" to keep administrative officials "in line." The primary purpose driving these reforms is expressed in Moe's call for "competent government" to replace the image and reality of "big government" that currently characterizes assessments of the federal bureaucracy.
A Senate banking subcommittee recently issued its "Final Report and Recommendations" regarding the scandals at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under Secretary Samuel Pierce.(1) The report is tough and thorough, with blame spread widely. Most readers, or course, will search for identifiable villains (and there are plenty), but the real contribution of the report lies elsewhere. A sophisticated review of HUD internal management problems is coupled with a candid assessment of failures by outside bodies, meaning Congress, the General Accounting Office (GAO), and particularly the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to recongize and heed the warning signs of trouble.
Does the national government need an Office of Federal Management (OFM)? Ronald C. Moe argues that it is time to create such an agency through the reorganization of the Office of Management and Budget. Moe supports his contention with the lessons learned form recent scandals at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The proposed OFM would operate under an organizational management strategy reflecting presidential goals and priorities, and would be provided with sufficient institutional support to carry out its government-wide tasks. With a focus on capacity building rather than control, the OFM would avoid reliance on financial techniques or "placement of political appointees deep within agencies" to keep administrative officials "in line." The primary purpose driving these reforms is expressed in Moe's call for "competent government" to replace the image and reality of "big government" that currently characterizes assessments of the federal bureaucracy.
A Senate banking subcommittee recently issued its "Final Report and Recommendations" regarding the scandals at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under Secretary Samuel Pierce.(1) The report is tough and thorough, with blame spread widely. Most readers, or course, will search for identifiable villains (and there are plenty), but the real contribution of the report lies elsewhere. A sophisticated review of HUD internal management problems is coupled with a candid assessment of failures by outside bodies, meaning Congress, the General Accounting Office (GAO), and particularly the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to recongize and heed the warning signs of trouble.
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