Part One: Historical roots of reinventing government; Reinventing government and its relationship with other management theories; Reinventing government is based on OpenSystems theory; Need for information management; Reinventing government is akin to rediscovery of performance auditing; Effectiveness of reinventing government efforts. Part Two: Books and videos; Book reviews; National level attempts at implementation; State and local level attempts at implementation; Uses in advertising; Recently published materials.