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      "date": "2001-06-04",
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      "title": "The National Performance Review and Other Government Reform Initiatives: An Overview, 1993-2001",
      "summary": "Shortly after his inauguration in 1993, President William Clinton announced he was initiating\na\nNational Performance Review (NPR) to be conducted over the next six months by a task force\nheaded by Vice President Albert Gore, Jr. In September 1993, this task force delivered a report to\nthe President, offering some 380 major recommendations concerning management reform,\nreorganization, and government downsizing. Implementation of these recommendations was to be\naccomplished through presidential directives, congressional action, and individual agency initiatives.\n A year later, in September 1994, the NPR issued a status report indicating that 90% of its initial\nrecommendations were being implemented; $46.9 billion of its $108 billion in projected savings had\nbeen enacted; an additional $16 billion in savings was pending before Congress; and federal\nemployment had dropped by 71,000 positions. Shortly after the release of this report, the November\n1994 congressional elections gave the Republicans majority party control of the House and the\nSenate for the 104th Congress. Republican leaders had unveiled a  Contract with\nAmerica  reform plan\nin late September 1994. Its core principles regarded the federal government as being too big, too\nexpensive, unresponsive to the citizenry, and the perpetrator of burdensome regulations. \nConsequently, two distinct agendas for reforming and restructuring the federal government were\nbefore the 104th Congress. At its conclusion, both the President and Republican congressional\nleaders could claim some victories in downsizing government. No department was eliminated,\nhowever, and only a few small agencies were abolished.\n Additional NPR status reports, recommendations, and proposals followed in 1996, 1997, and\n1998. Republican congressional majorities continued during the 105th and 106th Congresses.\nAdministration and congressional reinvention and reform efforts resulted in moderate\naccomplishments during the 105th Congress. Significant exceptions were the overhaul of the\nstructure and operations of the Internal Revenue Service and the consolidation of the foreign policy\nagencies, both of which were realized as a result of cooperation between the Clinton Administration\nand Republican congressional leaders. With the convening of the 106th Congress, it appeared that\nthe momentum for pursuing major government reinvention and reform had considerably slowed. \nThe NPR ceased operations with the conclusion of the Clinton Administration on January 19, 2001.\n This report reviews the record of the National Performance Review and its 1998 successor, the\nNational Partnership for Reinventing Government. It chronicles, as well, related and sometimes\ncompeting government reform efforts, and assesses the overall record of the NPR. The report will\nno longer be updated.",
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    "Economic Policy"
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