Who invented LOGCAPs? Exerpted from http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/reg19n3b.html : Five months after the 1994 election, President Clinton launched an ambitious project to deliver on his campaign promise to “radically change the way government operatesâ€"to shift from top down bureaucracy to entrepreneurial government.â€쳌 Vice President Gore, who was given the task of “creating a government that works better and costs less,â€쳌 quickly assembled a team of career government executives and outside management consultants and embarked on the National Performance Review (NPR). By September 1993 they delivered the blueprint that was to serve as the Clinton administration's reform agenda (REGO I). The reinvention, which was meant to evolve over time, was itself reinvented in the wake of the Republican victory in the 1994 congressional elections. Chastened by the electorate, President Clinton proclaimed that he had received the voters' message “loud and clearâ€쳌 and proceeded to launch Phase II of reinvention (REGO II). The contrast between the two reform agendas could not be more striking and the change in course, including the reshaping of the coalition to promote REGO II, is a testament to the adaptability of the Clinton administration. More
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