Foreword: Blending people, process, and tools to win the cost war -- Introduction: Cost management and control in government -- 1. Opportunities for leadership driven management -- Part I. Stage I cost use: making cost informed decisions -- 2. Developing aggressive, knowledgeable management -- 3. ACEs: building a talented, smart support staff of analytic cost experts -- 4. Army Central Command examples of cost benefit analysis -- Part II. Stage II cost use: creating cost managed organizations -- 5. Constructing interactive, learning oriented processes -- 6. Evolving good cost information -- 7. Organization based operational control processes -- 8. Fort Huachuca U.S. Army Garrison: case study -- 9. Refocusing support functions through role based control processes -- 10. NRaD (Now SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific): case study -- 11. Output based management control -- 12. Bureau of Engraving and Printing -- Part III. Stage III cost use: creating cost managed enterprises -- 13. Implementation issues -- 14. Conclusions -- Notes -- Index

1. Public administration
2. Administrative agencies -- Cost control
3. Government productivity