HOW TO CONTROL A BUREAUCRACY
SOURCES OF CONTROL
| internal | external | |
| (Secretary’s office) | (Inspector General) | (Congress) |
DEGREE OF CONTROL |
| catalytic | hortatory | coercive |
| (Social Security Advisory Board;GPRA) | (Medicare Review Board, proposed) | |
TIMING OF CONTROL |
| ex ante | ex post | |
| (Medicare Review Board, proposed;Social Security Advisory Board) | (Congressional oversight hearings;GAO reports) | |
FOCUS OF CONTROL |
| process | results | |
| (Administrative Procedure Act) | (Government Performance & Results Act) |
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Last updated January 22, 2001