Government category: 19669 books
Handbook of Research on E-Government in Emerging Economies
Adoption, E-Participation, and Legal Frameworks
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2012
E-government applications enable interaction amongst government departments, citizens, and businesses. Benefits of e-government include encouraging social inclusion (citizens are able to participate in various socio-economic activities such as decision-making), e-participation (facilitate e-democracy/e-voting),...
Saving America:
Using Democratic Capitalism to Rescue the Nation from Economic Folly
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The book examines national economic problems and offers solutions in a non-economic style, clear and sharp, without obscure jargon. By tracing the political history of taxing and government spending, the author arrives at the conclusion we should never look to the political right to solve any of our...
No, They Can't
Why Government Fails-But Individuals Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
The government is not a neutral arbiter of truth. It never has been. It never will be. Doubt everything. John Stossel does. A self-described skeptic, he has dismantled society’s sacred cows with unerring common sense. Now he debunks the most sacred of them all: our intuition and belief that government...
E-government in Europe
Re-booting the State
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2006
This book traces the development of e-government and its applications across Europe, exploring the effects of information and communication technology (ICTs) upon political action and processes.
Explores a range of concepts and topics underpinning e-government in Europe:
the degree to...
A Revolution in Favor of Government
Origins of the U.S. Constitution and the Making of the American State
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2003
What were the intentions of the Founders? Was the American constitution designed to protect individual rights? To limit the powers of government? To curb the excesses of democracy? Or to create a robust democratic nation-state? These questions echo through today's most heated legal and political debates....
The Corruption Chronicles
Obama's Big Secrecy, Big Corruption, and Big Government
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
WASHINGTON’S MOST CORRUPT: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
FLOUTING OF FEDERAL LAW * CORRUPTION * VIOLATING CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGULATIONS * TERRORIST TIES * VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD * GOVERNMENT CON GAMES * EXTORTION
BECAUSE NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!
In 2008, Barack Obama made a promise...
by Anthony Anamgba
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2017
Government is a body of people who determine common policies, regulate common affairs, and promote common interests in the State.
It is in this lucid manner that this book will teach you government.
It analyzes the functions of government and outlines how a government must act.
It...
Open Government
Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case studies, leading visionaries and practitioners both inside and...
by Margaret G. Rumbaugh
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Your Go-to Resource for Government Contract Source Selection!
From planning to protest and all the steps in between, Understanding Government Contract Source Selection is the one reference all government acquisition professionals and contractors should keep close at hand. This valuable resource...
by Marc Lamer
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
The Pocket Small Business Owner’s Guide to Working with the Government is a thorough mentor that explains how to find, secure, and succeed with government contracts. Designed for any business eager to expand into the governmental arena, it also covers special small business opportunities for companies...
What Government Does
How Political Executives Manage
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
To understand the challenges of political leadership and how top executives
succeed in accomplishing an Administration’s objectives, business-in-government
experts Paul R. Lawrence and Mark A. Abramson present the findings
of a four-year study of top political appointees in the Obama Administration.
The...
Government against Itself
Public Union Power and Its Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
As workers in the private sector struggle with stagnant wages, disappearing benefits, and rising retirement ages, unionized public employees retire in their fifties with over $100,000 a year in pension and healthcare benefits. The unions defend tooth and nail the generous compensation packages and...
by Anthony Anamgba
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2017
Local government is a unit of governing created by law to perform local functions at the grass-root level.
The local governments constitute the strength of liberal States.
It then becomes obvious that a State cannot have the spirit of liberty without first of all possessing the spirit...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
HANDBOOK OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENT, THIRD EDITION
The practice of public human resource management has evolved significantly in recent years due to increased outsourcing, privatization, and the diminution of public employee rights. This thoroughly revised and updated edition...