Yongjin Chang received his Ph.D. in public administration from
the School of Public Affairs at American University. His primary
research interest is focused on whistleblower protection in
government contract arena and international dimension.

E-mail: chang.yongjin@gmail.com

From the business-oriented managerial perspective,
which considers public administration as a field of
business, new public management (NPM) and the
reinventing government movement proved the most
popular reforms of the late twentieth century. In
order to achieve the efficient government, the NPM
and reinventing government have reduced government
regulation, decreased the federal workforce, and
promoted outside contracting-out. These tactics,
however, increase opportunities for corruption. An
increase in the number of qui tam cases could be
significant evidence that the NPM and reinventing
government reform have fermented opportunities for
corruption. The results of this research suggest that
the singular focus on efficiency and economy-oriented
government reforms create and increase opportunities
of fraud and corruption of government contractors,
and that the 1986 amendments of the False Claims Act
has been effective in increasing the number of qui
tam cases.