Governmental category: 327 books
NUCLEAR SECURITY
CBP Needs to Take Action to Ensure Imported Radiological Material Is Properly Licensed
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2018
Thousands of shipments containing radiological material enter the United States each year through airports across the country. Radiological material is used in various medical and industrial applications, and possession requires a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) or one of the...
by Alfonso Pisani
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Il presente testo ha lo scopo di introdurre i concetti principali della fatturazione elettronica sia per le pubbliche amministrazioni che per i fornitori di queste ultime. La continua esigenza di snellire i flussi informativi e semplificare le procedure in capo alla pubblica amministrazione trova...
by AA. VV.
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 3, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 3, 2016
Il volume raccoglie i contenuti delle lezioni di un corso di specializzazione per gli studenti della Facoltà di Economia sul tema della metodologia della ricerca scientifica in economia. L'interesse suscitato presso gli studenti, i colleghi e i ricercatori ha indotto a prevederne la pubblicazione....
DOD CONTRACTED SERVICES
Long-Standing Issues Remain about Using Inventory for Management Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
DOD obligated about $150 billion on contracted services—such as information technology support and maintenance of defense facilities—in fiscal year 2016. DOD has faced long-standing challenges in effectively managing its service acquisitions...
VETERANS AFFAIRS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Historical Perspective on Health System Modernization Contracts and Update on Efforts to Address Key FITARA-Related Areas
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
The use of IT is crucial to helping VA effectively serve the nation’s veterans and, each year, the department spends billions of dollars on its information systems and assets. However, VA has faced challenges spanning a number of critical initiatives related to modernizing its major systems. To...
FEDERAL CRIMINAL RESTITUTION
Most Debt Is Outstanding and Oversight of Collections Could Be Improved
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2018
One of the goals of federal criminal restitution is to restore victims of federal crimes to the position they occupied before the crime was committed by providing compensation. Various entities within the federal government are involved in the process of requesting, ordering, and collecting restitution for crime victims, including DOJ and the judiciary...
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
Agencies Are Implementing Requirements but Need to Take Additional Actions
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
FOIA requires federal agencies to provide the public with access to government records and information based on the principles of openness and accountability in government. Each year, individuals and entities file hundreds of thousands of FOIA requests for information on numerous topics that contribute...
by Theresa M. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2014
A short history of taxation, a treatise on suggested alternatives to tax reform, and a modest proposal by the author which would eliminate the need for the tax code altogether. This book was written in response to President Barack Obama's call for suggestions from the public for tax reform, and is based...
National Roadside Survey
NHTSA Changed Methodology to Address Driver Concerns
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
National Roadside Survey: NHTSA Changed Methodology to Address Driver Concerns
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Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Since 2008, the world has experienced an enormous decrease of wealth. By many measures the impact of the crisis was severe. The fall in GDP, the collapse of world trade, the rise in unemployment, and the credit slump reached bigger proportions than in any other crisis since World War II. Although...
DRUG INDUSTRY
Profits, Research and Development Spending, and Merger and Acquisition Deals
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2018
Retail prescription drug expenditures were estimated to account for about 12 percent of total personal health care service spending in the United States in 2015, up from about 7 percent through the 1990s. Much of this growth was driven by use of expensive brand-name drugs, but price increases have...
IMMIGRATION COURTS
Observations on Restructuring Options and Actions Needed to Address Long-Standing Management Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
DOJ’s EOIR is responsible for conducting immigration court proceedings, appellate reviews, and administrative hearings to fairly, expeditiously, and uniformly administer and interpret U.S. immigration laws and regulations...
SMALL BUSINESS RESEARCH PROGRAMS
Agencies Need to Take Steps to Assess Progress Toward Commercializing Technologies
Language: French
Release Date: February 3, 2018
Through the SBIR and STTR programs, federal agencies have awarded about 162,000 contracts and grants totaling $46 billion to small businesses to help them develop and commercialize new technologies. Eleven federal agencies participate in the SBIR program, and 5 agencies also participate in the STTR...
HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT PROJECTS
Evaluation Guidance Needed for States with National Environmental Policy Act Authority
Language: French
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Since 2005, over 30 provisions have been enacted in law to speed up the delivery of highway and transit projects, mainly by streamlining the NEPA review process. NEPA requires federal agencies to evaluate the potential environmental effects of proposed projects on the human environment. These project...