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Rating The Competition Agencies: What Constitutes Good Performance?, William E. Kovacic
Rating The Competition Agencies: What Constitutes Good Performance?, William E. Kovacic
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
Debates about the U.S. federal competition agencies have revealed a serious need to return to a basic question: what is good performance? Assessments of agency performance are important for many reasons: public perception, the ability to influence legislative actions, judicial decisions to defer, and the morale of current employees. Recent critiques on competition agencies and related commentary have demonstrated a need for better performance standards by begging two basic questions: (1) by what criteria should the performance of competition agencies be judged?; and (2) once the criteria for the agency report card have been set, how should they be applied …
The Continuing Pursuit Of Better Practices, William E. Kovacic
The Continuing Pursuit Of Better Practices, William E. Kovacic
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
Due to the approaching 100th anniversary of the statute that gave the FTC life, the FTC conducted a self-assessment to consider what it must do to continue the valuable work it performs and to identify steps it must take to do better in the future. The consultations for the project identified general characteristics of good administration practice the FTC should strive to achieve in the coming years.
Part two of the report discusses various foundations of successful FTC performance and identifies institutional features that beget good substantive outcomes over time. These foundations and features include the agency’s mission, structure, resources, …