David G. Frederickson is a program specialist in the program planning and results center in the U. S. Department of Labor. He has taught at Indiana University, George Washington University, and American University; worked as a visiting scholar at the Congressional Budget Office; and served as a White House intern. H. George Frederickson is the Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the University of Kansas. He has received the John Gaus Award, the Charles Levine Award, the Dwight Waldo Award, and the University of Kansas Irwin Youngbeng Award. In 2003-2004 he was the John G. Winant Visiting Professor of American Government at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. Among his publications are The Spirit of Public Administration, The Public Administration Theory Primer (coauthored with Kevin Smith), and Ethics in Public Management (coedited with Richard K. Ghere).

• IllustrationsAcknowledmentsAbbreviations and Acronyms 1. Introduction: Federal Performance Measurement 2. Setting the Stage: Third Parties, Fiscal Federalsim, and Accountability 3. Performance Measurement as Political and Administrative Reform 4. Performance as Grants to Third-Party Service Providers: The Health Resources and Services Administration 5.Performance as the Provision of Health Financial Security: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 6. Performance as Grants to Third Party Research Providers: The National Institutes of Health 7. Measuring the Health Performance of Sovereign Tribes as Third Parties: The Indian Health Service 8. Performance as Regulation: The Food and Drug Administration 9. Measuring Performance and Results in Theory and Practice 10. After the Government Performance and Results Act: Performance Measurement, Performance Budgeting, and Performance Management APPENDIXES A: Discussion Guide B: Science Advance from the National Institute of Mental Health FY2000 C: Science Capsule from the National Instistute of Mental Health FY2000 D: Stories of Discovery from the National Institute of Mental Health FY2001 E: The Conduct of Research References Index