The Civic Mission of a Federal Agency in the Age of Networked Governance
- 1 February 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in American Behavioral Scientist
- Vol. 52 (6), 933-952
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764208327668
Abstract
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been engaged in a process of organizational learning to build civic capacity for nearly 4 decades, in effect discovering its civic mission. This article examines how EPA has increasingly become a more effective enabler of democratic network governance in the watershed arena and has developed ambitious cross-media initiatives to help transform the culture of the agency. Its very progress, however, highlights significant challenges that the agency must address.Keywords
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