The National Performance Review: Falling Short of Real Government Reform

Publication Date: October 1993

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

Author(s): Adam D. Thierer; Scott A. Hodge

Research Area: Government

Keywords: Government reform

Type: Report

Abstract:

Although Vice President Gore promised taxpayers that his National Performance Review of the government would challenge the very nature of federal programs, the report issued by the NPR falls well short of this goal. The proposals put forward in the NPR report amount to minor tinkering with the process of government, and avoid the tough actions needed to bring lasting structural reforms in what the federal government does.