02142nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10456020 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060214s2006 txua sb s001 0 eng d 2006005041 9781585445486 (cloth : alk. paper) 1585445487 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781603445351 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)715188915 n-us--- JK691 .L44 2006eb 352.3/75097309042 22 Lee, Mordecai, 1948- Institutionalizing Congress and the presidency [electronic resource] : the U.S. Bureau of Efficiency, 1916-1933 / Mordecai Lee. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2006. xii, 241 p. : ill. Joseph V. Hughes, Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-230) and index. Why study the Bureau of Efficiency? -- Origins -- Inventing a central staff agency : congress proposes, the president disposes -- An administrative sketch of the bureau -- A staff agency at work -- A presidential staff agency -- A congressional staff agency -- Terminating the bureau : congress proposes, the president disposes -- Assessing the first federal staff agency. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. United States. Bureau of Efficiency History. Civil service United States Personnel management. Industrial efficiency United States. Executive departments United States. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Joseph V. Hughes, Jr., and Holly O. Hughes series in the presidency and leadership studies. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10456020 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 226859 226859