Measuring Performance in Interagency Collaboration: FEMA Corps

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 172-200

  Ward, Kevin D ^a   Epstein, Diana ^b   Varda, Danielle ^c   Lane, Barbara ^d  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Office of Management and Budget   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d National Civilian Community Corps   (United States)

Author keywords

AmeriCorps; collaborative performance measurement; FEMA Corps; interagency collaboration; national service

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020755746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rhc3.12114     Document Type: Article

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