Scholars@Duke
Douglas Alan Brook

Douglas Alan Brook

Visiting Professor of the Practice in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy

Selected Publications

Client‑Initiated Scam Transactions: When Safeguards Fail

Journal Article Journal of Wealth Management · December 1, 2024 Financial cybercrimes and internet scams are on the increase. Moreover, the tax code imposes additional penalties on victims of financial scams. Clients engaged in fraudulent financial scams are often in a psychological state that encourages them to lie or ... Full text Cite

Racial Representation in Durham County Jury List

Report · June 2023 This research focuses on jury lists in Durham County. The July 2020 Durham Racial Equity Task Force (DRETF) report outlining Durham's most pressing racial equity issues has identified jury pool diversification as a top priority. Jury pools, and eventually ... Open Access Cite

When the World Seemed New: George Bush and the End of the Cold War

Journal Article PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW · July 1, 2018 Link to item Cite

Leading Change in Public Organizations

Journal Article Public Administration Review · January 1, 2016 Full text Cite

Audited Financial Statements in the US Federal Government: The Question of Policy and Management Utility

Journal Article Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management · 2013 Cite

Budgeting for National Security: A Whole of Government Perspective

Journal Article Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management · 2012 Cite

Audited Financial Statements: Identifying Uses and Users

Journal Article Armed Forces Comptroller · 2012 Cite

Exploring the Value of Financial Statement Audits

Journal Article Journal of Government Financial Management · 2011 Cite

Audited Financial Statements in the Federal Government: Intentions, Outcomes and On-Going Challenges for Managers and Policy-Making

Journal Article Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management · 2010 Cite

Whither the Defense Budget? Countervailing Pressures and Process Challenges

Journal Article Journal of Government Financial Management · 2009 Cite

Transitions in Defense Management Reform: A Review of the Government Accountability Office’s Chief Management Officer Recommendation and Comments for the New Administration

Journal Article Public Administration Review · November 2008 The Government Accountability Office believes the answer to the U.S. Defense Department’s persistent management problems is to be found in the creation of a new position, chief management officer, to oversee defense business transform ... Full text Cite

Federal Personnel Management Reform

Journal Article Review of Public Personnel Administration · September 2008 In what ways are current civil service reform efforts similar to and different from the qualities that characterize the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA)? These issues are explored by examining the new personnel authorities granted to the De ... Full text Cite

Civil Service Reform as National Security: The Homeland Security Act of 2002

Journal Article Public Administration Review · May 2007 The events of 9/11 have influenced policy making in public administration. The Homeland Security Act of 2002, which created the Department of Homeland Security, contained language that empowered the secretary of homeland security and ... Full text Cite

Meta-Strategic Lobbying: The 1998 Steel Imports Case

Journal Article Business and Politics · April 2005 In 1998, the domestic steel industry in the United States devised and executed a complex and sophisticated effort to achieve an effective non-market response to a sudden, persistent, and damaging surge of imported steel. This campaign lasted until ... Full text Cite

The Future of Merit Twenty Years After the Civil Service Reform Act

Book · September 12, 2000 The Future of Merit reviews the aims and rates the accomplishments of the 1978 law and assesses the status of the civil service. How has it held up in the light of the National Performance Review? ... Cite

Civil Service Reform as National Security

Journal Article Public Administration Review Cite