Government category: 19669 books
by Brenda Rollins
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Break down the complicated system that is the American government to discover how it all works. Our resource explores the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the federal government to make it easier to understand. Learn what a government is, its roles, and why we need it. Recognize that...
by Muhammad Abd al-Hameed
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The book gives a comprehensive plan for eradication of poverty in Pakistan. (With necessary modifications, it can work also in other poor countries.) It offers answers to all questions:
How will lifetime occupancy of housing and buildings replace ownership? How will the new system generate regular...
Women and Representation in Local Government
International Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Women and Representation in Local Government opens up an opportunity to critique and move beyond suppositions and labels in relation to women in local government.
Presenting a wealth of new empirical material, this book brings together international experts to examine and compare the presence...
by
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Information and communication technologies have improved government practices and provided effective governance, processes, and services, which have influenced world governments to gather the resources needed to implement e-government projects in developing countries. E-Government Implementation and...
Being Watched
Legal Challenges to Government Surveillance
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
A riveting history of the Supreme Court decision that set the legal precedent for citizen challenges to government surveillance
The tension between national security and civil rights is nowhere more evident than in the fight over government domestic surveillance. Governments must be able to...
Managing E-Government Projects
Concepts, Issues, and Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
E-government promises efficient communication, streamlined operations, citizen involvement, improved services, and increased transparency. However, despite huge investments in e-government, evidence suggests numerous e-government projects are late, over budget, and inadequate. Managing E-Government Projects:...
Cost-Based Pricing
A Guide for Government Contractors
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
This master reference is essential if you contract with the government!
Correctly pricing your goods or services—and making certain that those prices are in compliance with myriad federal rules and regulations—is essential to doing business with the government…and ensuring your commercial success. Cost-Based...
Building Service-Oriented Government
Lessons, Challenges and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Providing quality public service is one of the essential functions of a government. In the turbulent time, however, governments worldwide are experiencing a variety of unprecedented challenges to meet citizens' increasing demands and expectations. In China, building a service-oriented government and...
by Terrence M. O'Connor
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
This updated classic offers clear and concise explanations of the basic legal concepts of government contract law for professionals at any stage of their career. Written in straightforward language for contracting officers, contract administrators, contractors, subcontractors, and others in the procurement...
Government for the Future
Reflection and Vision for Tomorrow's Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
In recognition of its 20th anniversary, The IBM Center for the Business of Government offers a retrospective of the most significant changes in government management during that period and looks forward over the next 20 years to offer alternative scenarios as to what government management might look...
by
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
The dot-com revolution has brought many advances before unimagined. Of them all, it may be said that none have surpassed e-government in attracting a significant number of researchers and practitioners from around the world. However, the question remains whether everyone is ready to join the e-government...
Freedom Manifesto
Why Free Markets Are Moral and Big Government Isn't
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
From Steve Forbes, the iconic editor in chief of Forbes Media, and Elizabeth Ames coauthors of How Capitalism Will Save Us—comes a new way of thinking about the role of government and the morality of free markets.
Americans today are at a turning point. Are we a country founded on the...
Government Bullies
How Everyday Americans are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Government regulations are out of control. They dictate how much water goes into your commode, and how much water comes out of your showerhead. They determine how hot the water needs to be in your washing machine, and how many miles to the gallon your car must achieve. Since the Patriot Act, your...
Plunder and Deceit
Big Government's Exploitation of Young People and the Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
#1 New York Times bestselling author and radio host Mark R. Levin delivers a "bracing meditation” (National Review) on the ways our government has failed the next generation.
In modern America, the civil society is being steadily devoured by a ubiquitous federal government. But as the government...