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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Blasi, Gerald J. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Government contracting and performance measurement in human services |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2002 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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p.519-38. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Government contracting with third party service providers has increased during the past decade. The contracts purport to hold these service providers accountable for the services delivered. A review of 46 contracts providing a variety of human services reveals that accountability is spoken of but not necessarily achieved. The study reviews the accountability methods in each contract, how performance is measured, how data are collected for the annual report forms required by each contract and whether accountability is established. The results indicate that more work needs to be done in order to establish what constitutes accountability, what performance should be measured and how that performance is measured. - Reproduced. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Human services |
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Social services |
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Public administration |
| 773 ## - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
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International Journal of Public Administration |
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52789 |
