Reinvention Has Not Ended the Era of Big Government

Publication Date: September 2002

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Scott A. Hodge

Research Area: Government

Keywords: Budget

Type: Report

Abstract:

When the National Performance Review (NPR) was unveiled with great fanfare in September 1993, President Clinton promised to “reinvent” the federal government because “it’s not just broke, it’s broken.” Now, as it celebrates the NPR’s third anniversary, the White House claims its reinventing efforts have saved taxpayers $118 billion and “reduced the size of the federal workforce by nearly 240,000 workers--its smallest level in 30 years.”