A Review of the National Park Service: Implementation of Reforms Recommended in a 1998 Academy Report

In 1998, the National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) conducted a study of the National Park Service (NPS) line item construction program. The study, which resulted in eleven recommendations, focused on the Denver Service Center (DSC) which had a dominant role in implementing the program.

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) requested that the Academy conduct the study of the program to understand the causes of the cost-control problems and to recommend solutions