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National Performance Review (NPR)

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A 1993 Clinton-administration initiative led by the vice president to overhaul the federal bureaucracy by streamlining agencies, cutting redundant programs, and introducing customer-service principles, competitive contracting, and results-oriented management metrics. Its "Reinventing Government" report prompted agency restructuring and budgetary reforms that increased emphasis on efficiency, accountability, and managerial flexibility across the executive branch.

AP course connection

Topic 2.12: 2.12 The Bureaucracy

Unit 2

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