| Leadership in the Era of the Human Singularity: New Demands, New Skills, New Response |
Oct-2008 |
104 pages |
| Authors:
Barton Kunstler; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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 | The human singularity refers to the integration of technology into the human body so that levels of mental acuity and physical ability eclipse all previous known levels. Because of the unique character of these enhanced human specimens, they will represent a singularity in human history, something unique and to which a new set of laws may well apply. A broad front of converging core technologies, such as nanotechnology, bioengineering, supercomputing, ... |
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| China's Pursuit for World Power Status: Is the Transformation of the People's Liberation Army a Threat to the United States Global Interest and Security? |
Jan-2008 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory L Grunwald; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the increasing capabilities and goals of the PLA, and show that the focus of the CCP national strategy is to obtain a near mirror image military capability to the United States within the next decade. This desire from a Chinese perspective is not to modernize and transform the PLA in order to provoke military conflict with the US, but to have ... |
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| Strategic Studies Quarterly: An Air Force-Sponsored Strategic Forum for Military, Government, and Academic Professionals. Volume 1, Number 2 |
DEC 2007 |
154 pages |
| Authors:
AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL
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| Contents: Air, Space, and Cyberspace Power for the Future? by Lt Gen Stephen R. Lorenz, USAF; Toward Restructuring National Security by Lt Gen David A. Deptula, USAF; Adapt or Die: The US Military's Responsibility to Protect America by Leading the Transformations in Science and Technology by Newt Gingrich with CAPT Ronald E. Weisbrook, USN; Irregular Warfare: One Nature, Many Characters by Colin S. Gray; Exploring the Knowledge Nexus: India's Path ... |
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| From Oil Wells to Institution Building: An Approach for Fair Oil Distribution in Iraq |
DEC 2007 |
105 pages |
| Authors:
Eyup Coskun; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis analyzes the current problems surrounding the distribution of oil revenues in Iraq. First, the main problems facing Iraq's oil economy are examined. Second, an assessment is made of the distribution system outlined in the Iraqi constitution. Third, based on this assessment, arguments are made as to the necessity of a new oil law. A critical area of discussion centers on the issue of federalism versus a strong central ... |
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| The Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) |
15 NOV 2007 |
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| Authors:
Kenneth Katzman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | No firms have been sanctioned under the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA). Set to expire in August 2006, legislation in the 109th Congress (the Iran Freedom Support Act, P.L. 109-293) extended it until December 31, 2011, terminated application to Libya, and added provisions, although with Administration flexibility in implementation. Proposed ISA-related legislation in the 110th Congress, such as H.R. 1400 (passed by the House on September 25, 2007), would remove some ... |
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| Business Case for the Next Generation Air Transportation System, Version 1.0 |
24-Aug-2007 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
JOINT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) developed this Business Case for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) to inform business strategies and investment planning. The NextGen Business Case is intended to provide a characterization of the aviation environment and the motivation to move to NextGen, present an overview of the projected cost of NextGen implementation, and offer an indication of the benefits that are likely to accrue from ... |
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| Concept of Operations for the Next Generation Air Transportation System, Version 2.0 |
13-Jun-2007 |
220 pages |
| Authors:
JOINT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) is developing a Concept of Operations (ConOps) for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). The final version of the ConOps will provide an overall, integrated view of NextGen operations in the 2025 timeframe, including key transformations from today's operations. The development of the ConOps is an iterative and evolutionary process that will encompass the input and feedback of the aviation community. This ... |
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| Security Annex Concept of Operations for the Next Generation Air Transportation System, Version 2.0 |
13-Jun-2007 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
JOINT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) is developing a concept of operations (ConOps) for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). The final version of the ConOps will provide an overall and integrated view of NextGen operations in the 2025 timeframe, including key transformations from today's operations. The overall document also identifies key research and policy issues that need resolution to achieve national goals for air transportation. The development ... |
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| Energy and Process Assessment Protocol for Industrial Buildings |
MAY 2007 |
135 pages |
| Authors:
Alexander M. Zhivov; Dahtzen Chu; Mike C. Lin; Michael Chimack; Donald Kasten; Alfred Woody; Jorma Pietilainen; Timo Kaupinne; Timo Husu; Curt Bjork; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| As part of its research and reimbursable program, the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has developed the Energy and Process Assessment Protocol for Industrial Buildings and performed supporting showcase assessments at selected U.S. Army Installations. This effort was undertaken to help garrisons achieve energy reduction goals and meet EPAct 2005 mandates, and also to address production and maintenance needs at U.S. Army Arsenals and Depots. The Protocol is partly ... |
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| The Demise of Russian Health Capital: The Continuity of Ineffective Government Policy |
MAR 2007 |
111 pages |
| Authors:
Jarad L. Van Wagoner; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Health capital in Russia is in steep decline. Today the Russian population is decreasing by more than 700,000 per annum. Life expectancy has decreased significantly since it peaked in the mid-1960s. Infectious diseases, including an emerging HIV/AIDS epidemic, are threatening to worsen Russia's health crisis and further overwhelm a dilapidated health care system. Both Soviet and Russian government policies aimed at preserving health capital have consistently failed. Government policies and ... |
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| Optimizing the Long-Term Capacity Expansion and Protection of Iraqi Oil Infrastructure |
SEP 2005 |
139 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick S. Brown; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis introduces a tri-level defender-attacker-defender optimization model that prescribes how Iraq's oil infrastructure can, over time, be expanded, protected, and operated, even in the face of insurgent attacks. The outer-most defender model is a mixed-integer program that, given a set of anticipated insurgent attacks, specifies a quarterly capital expansion, defense, and operation plan to maximize oil exports over a decade-long planning horizon. The intermediate attacker model, observing the outer ... |
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| Modernizing China's Military: Opportunities and Constraints |
01 JAN 2005 |
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| Authors:
Keith Crane; Roger Cliff; Evan Medeiros; James Mulvenon; William Overholt; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The purpose of this study is to assess future resource constraints on, and potential domestic economic and industrial contributions to, the ability of the Chinese military to become a significant threat to U.S. forces by 2025. The authors conducted this assessment by answering the following questions: (1) What will be the likely shape and size of the Chinese economy over the next two decades?; (2) What types of constraints will ... |
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| A New Direction for China's Defense Industry |
2005 |
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| Authors:
Evan S. Medeiros; Roger Cliff; Keith Crane; James C. Mulvenon; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Since the early 1980s, a prominent and consistent conclusion of Western research on China's defense-industrial complex has been that China's defense R&D and production capabilities are rife with weaknesses and limitations. In this study, we call into question this conventional wisdom. Our research found that certain Chinese defense enterprises are designing and producing a wide range of increasingly advanced weapons that, in the short term, are relevant to the Chinese ... |
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| Proceedings of the Annual RAND-China Reform Forum Conference (6th) Held in Beijing, China on August 28-29, 2003 |
2005 |
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| Authors:
Bijian Zheng; Jr. Wolf Charles; William Overholt; Angang Hu; Edward Leamer; Renwei Huang; Benjamin Zycher; Yuanlong Wang; K. C. Yeh; Fanzhang Huang; RAND CORP ARLINGTON VA NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH DIV
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| Since 1998 the China Reform Forum (CRF) in Beijing and The RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, have jointly organized an annual conference of experts from China and the United States. Each of the six annual conferences held thus far has focused on economic and political-security subjects of mutual concern to China and the United States. The venues of the conferences have alternated between Beijing and Santa Monica, and participants ... |
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| Tunisian Partnership with Western Europe |
15 MAR 2004 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Ismail Fathalli; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This research paper focuses on the impact of the Tunisian economic and security partnership with Western Europe on Tunisian society. Tunisia has set for itself the ambition of achieving a high level of economic growth while pursuing human and social development. Endowed with only limited natural resources, the country has relied on its human potential and sustained social action programs. Based on a permanent search for a balance between the ... |
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| Navy MANTECH Fiscal Year 2003 Annual Report |
01-Mar-2004 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH ARLINGTON VA
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| Die Liberalisierung de Telekommunikationsbranche in Deutschland( The Liberalization of the Telecommunication-Industry in Germany) |
MAR 2004 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Ralf Dewenter; Justus Haucap; UNIVERSITAET DER BUNDESWEHR MUENCHEN NEUBIBERG (GERMANY F R) FAKULTAET FUER LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRTTECHNIK
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| There was a duet-pole-competition at least since 1991. Since the market-opening in the year 1998, however, the German telecommunication-industry has, like the telecommunication in other European countries, had dramatic development experiences: Numerous new suppliers of telecommunication-services have the market or, said more exactly, have markets with more favorable and/or innovative offers. Vehement price-adaptations (mostly markdowns) and market share-postponements were the consequence of the corresponding consequences of consumers and suppliers. The ... |
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| The Outlier: Japan between Asia and the West |
MAR 2004 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
John H. Miller; ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES HONOLULU HI
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| Throughout its history, Japan has been an outlier, a country "in" but in many ways not "of" Asia. In premodern times it was set off by its feudal order, its refusal to participate in the Chinese tributary system, and its withdrawal into national seclusion. Modern Japan has oscillated, at times violently, between Asia and the West. In the late 19th century, it "quit Asia" and joined the West, remaking itself ... |
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| Navy MANTECH Program Fiscal Year 2002 Annual Report |
01-Apr-2003 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH ARLINGTON VA
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| Advanced Cedramics for Third Millennium |
21 NOV 2001 |
229 pages |
| Authors:
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (UKRAINE)FRANTZEVICH INST FOR PROBLEMS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE
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| The Final Proceedings for Advanced Ceramic for Third Millennium, 29 October 2001 - 2 November 2001. This conference covered the following topics: Section A - Ceramic powders: (1) modeling; (2) synthesis; (3) production processes; and (4) ecological problems. Section B - Modern processes for manufacturing ceramic products: (1) modeling; (2) compaction; (3) sintering; (4) treatment; (5) joining; and (6) ecological safety. Section C - Structural ceramics: (1) properties; and (2) ... |
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| Modeling the Dynamic Complexity of the Nuclear Energy Policymaking Process: The Nuclear Proliferation Issue |
JUN 2001 |
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| Authors:
Robert Sobeski; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE DEPT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
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| Production costs of nuclear power generation relative to other forms of power generation are at their lowest point in over a decade making the nuclear power option increasingly attractive to utility owners. Despite this current advantage in production costs a true revival of the nuclear industry may demand assurances that the issues of waste, proliferation, and safety will not degrade the future economic attractiveness of the industry. Such assurances are ... |
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| 21ST Century Trucks and Telematics |
29 MAY 2001 |
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| Authors:
Paul Skalny; NAVAL AVIONICS CENTER INDIANAPOLIS IN
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| Challenges and Choices for Crime-Fighting Technology. Federal Support of State and Local Law Enforcement |
APR 2001 |
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| Authors:
William Schwabe; Lois M. Davis; Brian A. Jackson; RAND CORP WASHINGTON DC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY INST
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| This report provides findings of a study of technology in use or needed by law enforcement agencies at the state and local level, for the purpose of informing federal policymakers as they consider technology-related support for these agencies. In addition, it seeks to characterize the obstacles that exist to technology adoption by law enforcement agencies and characterize the perceived impact of federal assistance programs intended to facilitate the process. The ... |
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| The Industrial Age Versus The Information Age: Rethinking National Security in the 21st Century |
FEB 2001 |
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| Authors:
Edward F. Smith Jr.; John E. Rothrock; John F. Kreis; INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| This briefing, produced under IDA's Central Research Program, illustrates a number of cognitive distinctions as they apply to differences that are perceived to exist between the Industrial Age and its transition to the Information Age. These cognitive distinctions have specific implications when they are considered from a national security or a military perspective. As noted at the end of each discussion, all of the distinctions noted in the briefing are ... |
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| 2001 Industry Studies: Electronics |
2001 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
INDUSTRIAL COLL OF THE ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON DC
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| Electronics is one of the largest industries in the US and plays a critical role in almost every aspect of national security. It is directly responsible for the economic boom over the past ten years that propelled the US into an unparalleled superpower status. The US has capitalized on advancements in semiconductors, computing, storage, intelligent devices and sensors to achieve a competitive advantage. For example, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) ... |
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| Modeling and Simulation for Manufacturing |
OCT 2000 |
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| Authors:
Gregory J. Ayres; Karen J. Richter; INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| This paper provides an overview of manufacturing modeling and simulation, which includes applications to improve the performance, manufacturability, quality, and cost of products. The paper examines reviews of the emerging state of the art in manufacturing modeling and simulation, studies based on surveys of government and industry product development offices, and information from companies that use modeling and simulation directly to enhance their ... |
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| Naval Engineering. A National Naval Obligation |
MAY 2000 |
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| Authors:
Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis; Michael M. Bernitsas; David V. Burke; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE DEPT OF OCEAN ENGINEERING
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| Since its creation by Congress over fifty years ago, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has been charged with the national responsibility of maintaining a vigorous Science and Technology program in areas that are of critical importance to the maintenance of US naval superiority. ONR accomplishes this mission through research, recruitment and education, maintaining an adequate base of talent, and sustaining critical infrastructure for research and experimentation. One critical area ... |
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| CorpTech: Technology Industry Growth Forecaster. Issue Number 89 |
FEB 2000 |
4 pages |
| Authors:
Deborah Nielsen; ONESOURCE INFORMATION SERVICES INC WOBURN MA
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| This report contains information concerning technology industry growth. |
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| Air Traffic Control: Status of FAA's Implementation of the Display System Replacement Project |
11 OCT 1999 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC RESOURCES COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIV
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| We appreciate the opportunity to provide our observations on the status of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) implementation of the Display System Replacement (DSR) project. DSR, which replaces the controllers' workstations and other equipment in the nation's en route centers, is one of FAA's major projects under the air traffic control modernization program. In 1981, FAA began a multibillion-dollar modernization effort to improve the safety, the capacity, and the efficiency ... |
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| Research and Evaluation of Modernization Through Spares |
AUG 1999 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Gary A. Maddux; ALABAMA UNIV IN HUNTSVILLE RESEARCH INST
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| The Systems Engineering and Production Directorate at U.S. Army Missile Command (MICOM) was investigating "modernization through spares" initiatives to support advanced missile applications. It was essential that the Army achieve a common understanding of current modernization techniques through a coordinated policy of spare parts and components so that potential applications could be identified and implementation plans could begin UAH was contracted to assist in this investigation. |
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| Contributive Research and Development, Volume 123, Opportunities for International Partnerships and Technology Transfer to Support Racer Development |
OCT 1998 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Rita A. Gregory; SYSTRAN CORP DAYTON OH
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| This report summarizes investigation for international partnerships and technology transfer to with various European Countries. AFRL (formerly Wright Laboratory) formalized an Education Partnership Agreement in 1997. Additional goals for this summer research were to improve and/or enhance the Remedial Action Cost Engineer and Requirements (RACER) System to support the cost engineering studies for the AFRL/MLQC Automation and Robotic Program. The technologies cover a wide ... |
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| USDA Service Centers: Multibillion Dollar Effort to Modernize Processes and Technology Faces Significant Risks |
AUG 1998 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DIV
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| In early 1992, USDA began studying options for restructuring the department, including the county-based structure consisting of thousands of county offices nationwide delivering farm and rural development programs to customers. At that time, USDA had separate it modernization efforts planned for each of the farm service, conservation, and rural development agencies. In light of the impact of possible restructuring on these plans, the Chairman and Ranking ... |
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| Directory of Industry and University Collaborations with a Focus on Software Engineering Education and Training, Version 6 |
NOV 97 |
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| Authors:
Kathy Beckman; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST
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| This directory describes 24 formal collaborative efforts to promote software engineering education and training activities among industry organizations (including government) and universities in the United States, Canada, and Australia. These collaborations vary in their organizational structure and types of services offered. All attempt to bridge the gap between industry needs and academic software engineering education and training offerings. Readers can use this directory to find collaborations that match their software ... |
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| Advance Planning Briefing for Industry; 'Logistics Modernization Awareness Day', Held in Eatontown, New Jersey, on 20-21 October 1997 |
21 OCT 97 |
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| Authors:
ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMANDFORT MONMOUTH NJ NIGHT VISION AND ELECTRONIC SENSORS DIR
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| Das United Kingdom als Core NPM Reformer (The United Kingdom as a Core New Public Management Reformer) |
1997 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Rainer Koch; UNIVERSITAET DER BUNDESWEHR HAMBURG (GERMANY) INST FUER VERWALTUNGSWISSENSCHAFT
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| The intensity and pace of management reforms in the UK have the country as a model in solving design and implementation problems. Especially impressive are the agency-structuring, accounting and accruals and performance management as reform cornerstones in the modernization process. The study analyzes the design and implementation requirements of the UK-tendency of management modernization; the state of development of organizational framework conditions; the development of the process structure; controlling performance ... |
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| On the Seventh Day, He Rested: Lee Kuan Yew and the Creation of Singapore |
1997 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick C. Neary; NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC
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| In August 1963, Lee Kuan Yew neither sought nor welcomed the strategic challenge he suddenly faced: forming a nation-state where one had never existed. Malaysia's expulsion left Singapore no alternative but to accept the risk, and the opportunity, of nationhood. While Lee had only months earlier denied even the possibility of independence, he now placed his considerable intellectual and organizational talents to that end. The story of Singapore's successful entry ... |
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| Lee Kuan Yew and the Art of Statecraft |
1997 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Robin B. Sellers; NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC
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| In 1965 the new nation of Singapore was confronted with a unique and challenging strategic problem -- how to survive as a nation given that it possessed virtually none of the traditional elements of national power. Tiny, totally lacking in natural resources, made up of a multicultural hodgepodge of peoples with no unifying sense of nationhood, and enjoying, at best tenuous relations with its neighbors, Singapore's future was not enviable. ... |
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| "Lead Singapore, If I Can't Serve in Malaysia": Lee Kuan Yew and the Singapore "Model" |
1997 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Darphaus L. Mitchell; NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC
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| Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's Prime Minister for the first 31 years following independence from Great Britain, led his city-state through one of the most incredible transformations of the 20th century. In the midst of the Cold War competition between superpowers, retrenching colonial powers, and rising nationalism within his region, Lee converted Singapore from a relatively minor colonial trading port to a global financial and industrial giant. In the process he ... |
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| The USAF Manufacturing Technology Program Status Report |
97 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
WRIGHT LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE
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| Representatives from the government, academia, and industry gathered in Miami Beach recently, for the 1996 Defense Manufacturing Conference. The Wright Laboratory Manufacturing Technology Directorate (MT) was a key participant at the Joint Directors of Laboratories Manufacturing Technology Panel-hosted event, which took place Dec. 2-5, at the Fontainebleau Hilton Hotel & Towers. The theme of this year's conference was "Issues and Challenges for the 21st Century." Approximately 830 attendees were provided ... |
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| Leninism with a Human Face: National Strategy in Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore |
13 SEP 1996 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Larry Wohlers; NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC
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| Few observers of the newly independent city-state of Singapore in 1965 would have guessed that it was to become one of the greatest economic success stories of the latter half of the 20th century. Though blessed with a key position astride a major world trading route, it appeared to be increasingly isolated within the region, both politically and economically. Indeed, with serious social problems of its own on the horizon, ... |
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| The Statecraft of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew |
SEP 1996 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
K. Toh; NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC
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| Singapore's successful modernization and transformation into one of the East Asian Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs) and as part of the East Asia miracle -- in spite of its small size and limited resource endowment -- owes much to the leadership and statecraft of Lee Kuan Yew. Under his regime, Singapore has sustained its rapid economic development since its separation from the Federation of Malaysia in 1965. The ejection of Singapore ... |
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| Defense Acquisition and Virtual Prototyping |
23 APR 1996 |
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| Authors:
Paul G. Kaminski; OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (ACQUISITION AND TECHNOLOGY) WASHINGTON DC
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| Aviation System Capital Investment Plan |
JAN 96 |
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| Authors:
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON DC
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| Traffic Management System |
96 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Dachelle Weems; Y. B. Reddy; GRAMBLING STATE UNIV LA
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| This project deals with creating a railroad traffic management system. This system will contain two rail stations and the operations between these two stations will be regulated by the traffic management system. Any number of trains may be allowed on the tracks but the management system will have to monitor this as well. This system will consider departures, arrivals, auxiliary tracks routing, scheduling, communication controls, etc. to make sure the ... |
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| Consolidation of Field Contracting Activities in DoD |
DEC 95 |
136 pages |
| Authors:
Perry J. Hicks; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This research reviews the current opportunity, due to the changes resulting from the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA), for the DoD to consolidate field contracting by region rather than by each Service at the installation level. The intent of this research is to look at past consolidations and the successes attained as a result of the consolidation. In addition, recent consolidations in areas other than contracting were analyzed for the ... |
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| Case Studies in East Asian Economic Development: The Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China |
DEC 95 |
146 pages |
| Authors:
Mary R. Evans; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Since the end of the Cold War, economic strength has become the leading symbol of power and means of achieving peace and stability. East Asia is widely viewed as the up-and-Coming economic power center. Examination of East Asian economic development can provide some useful insights into overall patterns of development and influence, and suggest the path to a post-Cold War world future of peace and prosperity. This thesis provides two ... |
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| Energy Engineering Analysis Program (EEAP), Feasibility Study for Installation of UMCS, Fort Riley, Kansas; Programming and Implementation Documentation |
DEC 95 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
EMC ENGINEERS INC DENVER CO
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| Construct a Utility Monitoring and Control System (UMCS) to monitor and control HVAC systems, and the utilities serving 190 buildings at Fort Riley. The UMCS will replace the existing HVAC control systems and energy monitoring and control system (EMCS). The UMCS would consist of PC-based front end computers communicating to building control units. Other associated items include software, fiber optic data communication systems, instrumentation, documentation, training, and testing of equipment. ... |
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| Workflow Reengineering: A Methodology for Business Process Reengineering with Workflow Management Technology |
SEP 95 |
233 pages |
| Authors:
Sharon M. Bitzer; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| All organizations, both private and public, must improve their business practices to survive in today's volatile and highly competitive marketplace. This thesis overviews business process reengineering principles, and examines four methodologies for its accomplishment. Based on existing approaches, the thesis develops a new reengineering procedure, called the Workflow Reengineering Methodology. This methodology uses workflow automation as an enabler for efficiently and effectively conducting reengineering. The proposed methodology consists of five ... |
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| Central Heating Plant Modernization. A Study Done for Fort Dix, New Jersey |
AUG 95 |
102 pages |
| Authors:
Michael K. Brewer; Martin J. Savoie; Travis L. McCammon; Charles Schmidt; CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB (ARMY) CHAMPAIGN IL
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| The facilities at Fort Dix, NJ include three central heating plants, one laundry steam plant, and one heat recovery incinerator facility. The age and condition of the installation's energy plants stimulated an investigation of possible alternatives to provide the installation's needed thermal energy. This report documents preliminary results of a U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL) study to identify cost-effective technologies to meet current and future thermal and electrical ... |
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| The Lower Tiers of the Space Transportation Industrial Base |
AUG 1995 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT WASHINGTON DC
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| Current national space transportation policy, when it considers industry related questions, is principally directed at, and influenced by, the industry's large prime contractors. Yet the industry is comprised of a much wider variety of firms. The U.S. space transportation industry includes large and small providers of subsystems, components, and materials in areas such as propulsion, avionics, guidance, and structures. For each dollar spent on the procurement of space transportation systems ... |
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