IGR

      Questions 1) In what ways would new performance measures make you more accountable as a public administrator? Explain. 2) Let's assume that you as a state administrator have to strike a balance between bureaucratic accountability, political accountability, professional accountability, and legal accountability. And while you may have legal accountability in the administration of a federal program to the federal government, you also have political accountability to the residents of your state. To what extent does one form of accountability conflict with another? What type of standards will you devise for balancing them out? 3) What is the crystal ball for the future of performance measurement? 4) What are the four waves of intergovernmental relations that Agranoff talks about and in what way might the concept of intergovernmental management represent the next wave? 5) Discuss the Agranoff's seven challenges of management and explain how these challenges generally may particularly pose challenges to intergovernmental management