TY - JOUR
T1 - Errors in public management and congressional oversight
AU - Lee, Jongkon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the GSPA, Seoul National University.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - It is widely believed that “fire alarm” oversight (i.e., reactive oversight that responds to the complaints of interest groups) rather than “police patrol” oversight (i.e., precautionary congressional surveillance), better promotes the performance of government agencies by efficiently reducing bureaucratic moral hazard. However, fire alarm oversight can lead to bureaucrats being falsely accused by interest groups who provide biased information to members of Congress of failure to properly implement a policy, thereby causing an unnecessary administrative delay in public management. This article suggests a formal model that compares fire alarm and police patrol oversight and examines the development of congressional oversight mechanisms in the United States.
AB - It is widely believed that “fire alarm” oversight (i.e., reactive oversight that responds to the complaints of interest groups) rather than “police patrol” oversight (i.e., precautionary congressional surveillance), better promotes the performance of government agencies by efficiently reducing bureaucratic moral hazard. However, fire alarm oversight can lead to bureaucrats being falsely accused by interest groups who provide biased information to members of Congress of failure to properly implement a policy, thereby causing an unnecessary administrative delay in public management. This article suggests a formal model that compares fire alarm and police patrol oversight and examines the development of congressional oversight mechanisms in the United States.
KW - Administrative delay
KW - Congressional oversight
KW - Management error
KW - Moral hazard
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85100709309&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85100709309
SN - 1225-5017
VL - 34
SP - 29
EP - 50
JO - Korean Journal of Policy Studies
JF - Korean Journal of Policy Studies
IS - 2
ER -