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Comments of Others
- “John Mercer is widely known as the father of GPRA. We appreciate your participation today.”
Hon. Todd R. Platts, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government
Efficiency and Financial Management – March 31, 2004
- “Mr. Mercer … as the father of GPRA, you provided the
audience with valuable and insightful guidance as to how the act should
be used to better government.”
House Majority Leader Richard Armey – April 16, 1996
- “John Mercer, former counsel to the Senate Governmental Affairs
Committee and so-called father of the Government Performance and Results
Act …”
Government Computer News – November 2, 2001
- “Mercer relentlessly plugged ‘performance-based budgeting
– Sunnyvale’s unique contribution to government –
from practically his first day in Washington …”
San Jose Mercury News – August 5, 1993
- “Mercer pioneered spending/performance tie.”
Federal Computer Week – December 10, 2001
- “[G]ood-government guru … Mercer is … considered
by many a foremost expert on performance-based budgeting.”
Federal Times – April 9, 2001
- “… John Mercer, now Republican counsel to the Senate Governmental
Affairs Committee. He helped make ‘outcomes-based budgeting’
the basis of the Government Performance and Results Act …”
New York Newsday – September 11, 1993
- “… John Mercer, the former counsel to the Senate Governmental
Affairs Committee widely considered the architect of GPRA.”
Government Computer News – April 17, 2000
- “John Mercer, a former counsel to the Senate Governmental Affairs
Committee who wrote the 1993 Government Performance and Results Act
(GPRA) …”
Government Executive Magazine – May 18, 2001
- “… John E. Mercer, a former mayor of Sunnyvale, Calif.,
a city that pioneered the idea of measuring quantity, quality and cost
of service.”
Washington Post – February 3, 1994
Additional biographical information is provided on the About
John Mercer page and the News Media Coverage
page.
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