Downsizing the Federal Government: The Management of Public Sector Workforce Reductions (Bureaucracies, Public Administration, and Public Policy) PDF
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Downsizing the Federal Government Downsizing the Federal Government : The Management of Public Sector Workforce title: Reductions Bureaucracies, Public Administration, and Public Policy author: Jones, Vernon Dale. publisher: ME Sharpe, Inc. isbn10 | asin: 0765601184 print isbn13: 9780765601186 ebook isbn13: 9780585019826 language: English Layoff systems--United States, Downsizing subject of organizations--United States, United States--Officials and employees--Dismissal of. publication date: 1998 lcc: JK744.J66 1998eb ddc: 352.3/67 Layoff systems--United States, Downsizing of organizations--United States, United subject: States--Officials and employees--Dismissal of. Bureaucracies, Public Administration, and Public Policy Kenneth J. Meier Series Editor THE STATE OF PUBLIC BUREAUCRACY Larry B. Hill, Editor THE POLITICS OF DISSATISFACTION Citizens, Services, and Urban Institutions W. E. Lyons, David Lowery, and Ruth Hoogland DeHoog THE DYNAMICS OF CONFLICT BETWEEN BUREAUCRATS AND LEGISLATORS Cathy Marie Johnson THE POLITICS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION The States and the Divestiture of AT&T Jeffrey E. Cohen WOMEN AND MEN OF THE STATES Public Administrators at the State Level Mary E. Guy, Editor ETHICS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION H. George Frederickson, Editor ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AT THE STATE LEVEL Politics and Progress in Controlling Pollution Evan J. Ringquist THE POLITICS OF SIN Drugs, Alcohol, and Public Policy Kenneth J. Meier ELECTORAL STRUCTURE AND URBAN POLICY The Impact on Mexican American Communities J. L. Polinard, Robert D. Wrinkle, Tomas Longoria, and Norman E. Binder CONTROLLING THE BUREAUCRACY Institutional Constraints in Theory and Practice William F. West ENFORCING THE LAW The Case of the Clean Water Acts Susan Hunter and Richard W. Waterman EXECUTIVE GOVERNANCE Presidential Administrations and Policy Change in the Federal Bureaucracy Cornell G. Hooton THE PROMISE OF REPRESENTATIVE BUREAUCRACY Diversity and Responsiveness in a Government Agency Sally Coleman Selden Downsizing the Federal Government The Management of Public Sector Workforce Reductions Vernon Dale Jones M.E. Sharpe Armonk, NewYork London, England Copyright © 1998 by M. E. Sharpe, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk, New York 10504. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jones, Vernon Dale. Downsizing the federal government: the management of public sector workforce reductions / by Vernon Dale Jones. p. cm. (Bureaucracies, public administration, and public policy) Includes bibliography references and index. ISBN 0-7656-0118-4 (c: alk. paper) ISBN 0-7656-0119-2 (p: alk. paper) 1. Layoff systemsUnited States. 2. Downsizing of organizationsUnited States. 3. United StatesOfficial and employeesDismissal of. I. Title. II. Series. JK744.J66 1998 352.3'67dc21 97-35188 CIP Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z 39.48-1984. BM(c)-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 BM(p)-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 About the Author Vernon Dale Jones received his B.S. degree (1979) in aeronautical engineering from the United States Air Force Academy, his M.B.A. degree (1982) with a concentration in management from the College of Business and Administration of Wright State University, his M.A. degree (1990) in science, technology, and public policy from the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University, and his Ph.D. degree (1995) in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University. Additionally, he graduated from the Defense Systems Management College, where he completed the Program Manager's Course. He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force. He serves as an Associate Professor and Chief of the American and Policy Studies Division in the Department of Political Science on the faculty at the United States Air Force Academy. Additionally, he served as adjunct faculty member at Syracuse University for the Maxwell School's Department of Public Administration. During his career, he worked at the field level, headquarters level, and the Pentagon. He held positions as a flight test engineer, advanced technology aircraft development engineer, special assistant to the director of engineering, program staff officer, and manager of defense systems acquisition policies. Additionally, he was a White House aide to President Ronald Reagan and an intern at the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, where he was a strategic analyst. Jones is a 1997-1998 Fellow in the Council for Excellence in Government Fellows Program. The views expressed in this book are those of the author and are not necessarily the official views or policy of, or endorsed by, the United States government or the Department of Defense. 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