(Archived document, may contain errors) 962 October 7, 1993 THENATIONALpERMlRMANcEREVIEW FALLING SHORT OF REAL GOWRNMENT REFORM The federal government is not simply broke; it is broken The National Performance Review I INTRODUCT ION When Vice President Al Gore released the recommendations of The National Performance Review (NPR) on September 7, Americans were told this was a blueprint for reinventing government. The six-month-long, government-wide investigation was intended to pr oduce a plan to make government work better and cost less.