Contracting for Trash: Cases in Effectiveness: Policy Implementation, Productivity, and Program Evaluation

Scott D. Lazenby has been city manager of Sandy, Oregon, since 1992. Prior to that, he served as management and budget director for the city of Glendale, Arizona, and assistant to the city manager for Vancouver, Washington. He has a bachelor’s degree in physics from Reed College and a master of science degree in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University. He is working on a Ph.D. in public administration at Portland State University. A past president of the Oregon City/County Management Association, he authored the novel Playing with Fire.

Charldean Newell is regents professor emerita of public administration at the University of North Texas, where her teaching, research, and numerous publications focused on local government management and Texas politics. She held four administrative positions. A fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and an honorary member of ICMA, Newell serves on the Credentialing Advisory Board and teaches in the Emerging Leaders Program. She has chaired a charter revision committee, the Fire and Police Civil Service Board, and the Public Utilities Board in her community and served on the city council ethics committee.