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1. Officials in Florida Still Assessing Damage to Polling Sites

Author

Vigdor, Neil

Subjects
Hurricane Ian, 2022, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Storm damage -- Evaluation, Hurricanes -- Influence -- Florida, Voting -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

A Thursday deadline is looming for counties to mail absentee ballots to voters. Early voting begins on Oct. 24. In North Port, Fla., a tarpaulin covered the roof of a [...]

Published
2022

2. The Obama national security team: old wine in old bottles

Author

Foster, Gregory D.

Subjects
Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, National security, News, opinion and commentary, Philosophy and religion, Powers and duties, Evaluation
Abstract

IT'S IRONIC THAT, in unveiling his new national security team, then President-elect Obama would state: 'The time has come for a new beginning, a new dawn of American leadership.' Though [...]

Published
2009

3. Ministry of propaganda

Author

Brenchley, Fred

Subjects
Advertising -- Political aspects, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Prime Minister John Howard has moved the Office of Government Information and Advertising into his own department, renaming it the Government Communications Unit. The move has raised concerns that the information service will become a propaganda tool for incumbent governments, compromising its independence. The government recently violated the Privacy Act by using pensioners' and veterans' personal information to market their tax reform package.

Published
1999

4. On Robert Gates and his 'More Concerned Than Ever' Speech

Author

Fallows, James

Subjects
United States -- Political aspects, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Ex-public officers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: James Fallows Last week I mentioned former SecDef Robert Gates's surprisingly blunt (http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/10/what-didnt-get-covered-in-philadelphia/245919/) speech at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia. In it he said that the United States government, [...]

Published
2011

5. Administration outlines performance management strategy

Author

Newell, Elizabeth and Brodsky, Robert

Subjects
Budget -- Planning, Budget -- Distribution, Administrative agencies -- Aims and objectives, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Finance, Government spending policy -- 2011 AD, Expenditures, Public -- Planning, Company business planning, Company distribution practices, Company financing, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The fiscal 2011 budget released on Monday lays out the Obama administration's performance management strategy and lists the performance goals agencies have put at the top of their to-do lists. [...]

Published
2010

6. Budget likely will target agencies' top performance goals

Author

Newell, Elizabeth and Brodsky, Robert

Subjects
Expenditures, Public -- Planning, Expenditures, Public -- Management, Administrative agencies -- Finance, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Budget -- Planning, Budget -- Distribution, Performance-based assessment -- Management, Government spending policy, Company financing, Company business planning, Company distribution practices, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The president's fiscal 2011 budget, to be released on Monday, will provide the first public glimpse of the high-priority performance goals that the Obama administration asked agencies to identify during [...]

Published
2010

7. Comptroller Faulting City on Diversity of Its Vendors

Author

Stewart, Nikita

Subjects
Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Controllers (Persons) -- Powers and duties, Public contracts -- Evaluation, Government contract, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Comptroller Scott M. Stringer unveiled a letter-grading system on Wednesday that rates New York City agencies in terms of their spending on goods and services provided by businesses owned by [...]

Published
2014

8. TRUE EVALUATION LOWERS RATING

Subjects
Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Public transportation -- Evaluation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

TAMPA -- The head of the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission got a real evaluation Wednesday. And it wasn't quite as glowing as one he had written for himself. Members [...]

Published
2013

9. The 40 percent nation

Author

Brooks, David

Subjects
Egypt -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects -- Rankings, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Politics -- Research, Bureaucracy -- Rankings, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

In the 1990s, at the height of the democratic revolutions, many people assumed that getting rid of the dictator was the hard part. If the people in a country could [...]

Published
2011

10. City development firm rolling out its debut projects

Author

Grant, Kelly

Subjects
Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Cities and towns -- Civic improvement, City planning, Surplus government property -- Evaluation, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: KELLY GRANT DEVELOPMENT CITY HALL BUREAU CHIEF The city's fledgling development agency will announce its first major projects Wednesday, including plans for a sprawling 22-hectare office and residential complex [...]

Published
2010

11. Metrolinx report leak shows its failure to grasp

Author

Barber, John

Subjects
Ontario -- Transportation policy, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: JOHN BARBER; jbarber@globeandmail.com Poor Metrolinx, whatever it is. It gets no respect. As an agency established by the provincial government to oversee all aspects of regional transportation in Greater [...]

Published
2009

12. Mr. Harper: Tame these commissions

Author

Murphy, Rex

Subjects
Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Prime ministers -- Evaluation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: REX MURPHY; Commentator with The National and host of CBC Radio's Cross-Country Checkup I read in Thursday's newspaper of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's determination to declare Bill C-10, dealing [...]

Published
2008

13. Critics: National intelligence office not doing much

Author

Diamond, John

Subjects
United States. Office of the Director of National Intelligence -- Evaluation -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: John Diamond WASHINGTON -- A year after John Negroponte became the first director of national intelligence, key lawmakers worry that the spy agency they created is not fulfilling its [...]

Published
2006

14. Another deadly roof collapse raises construction fears

Author

Arutunyan, Anna

Subjects
Building -- Safety and security measures, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Safety regulations -- Evaluation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The collapse of the roof at the Basmanny marketplace in the north-eastern part of Moscow, reflects poorly on the surveillance agencies and raises questions on the security of the construction.

Published
2006

15. Fannie, Freddie regulator is split over moves to toughen Oversight

Author

Wilke, John R.

Subjects
United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development -- Reports, United States. Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight -- Investigations, United States. Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight -- Evaluation, United States. Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight -- Officials and employees, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. -- Management, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. -- Investigations, Federal National Mortgage Association -- Management, Federal National Mortgage Association -- Investigations, Mortgage banks -- Management, Mortgage banks -- Investigations, Government executives -- Behavior, Administrative agencies -- Investigations, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Company business management, Company legal issue, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The Department of Housing and Urban Development report on the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight finds the agency divided on its regulation of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. and the Federal National Mortgage Association.

Published
2004

16. FINAL SCORE: Chelsea defeat Copenhagen on Anelka's goals

Subjects
Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary, Champions League -- Evaluation
Abstract

Carlos Ancelotti can breathe easier now. Chelsea are in the driver's seat to advance to the quarter-finals of Champions League after a huge two-goal performance by Nicolas Anelka at Copenhagen. [...]

Published
2011

17. Why the NHS is like a kitten

Author

Sutherland, Rory

Subjects
United Kingdom. National Health Service -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political science
Abstract

Of all the strange behaviours of the rich, owning horses long struck me as the most bizarre. A horse, when you think about it, is a hopelessly unsuccessful attempt to [...]

Published
2013

18. Greek credit rating downgraded faces long-term challenges: Moody's

Subjects
Municipal bonds -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Securities, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Company securities, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Greece's government bond ratings to A2 from A1 on Tuesday, noting a negative outlook for the nation unless the government can follow through on its plan [...]

Published
2009

19. Health care Amtrak-style

Author

Goldwater, Barry, Jr.

Subjects
Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Medicare -- Evaluation, National health insurance -- Analysis, Government business enterprises -- Evaluation, News, opinion and commentary, Evaluation, Analysis
Abstract

NOWHERE IN THE DEBATE REGARDING health care has anyone asked if the government is able and qualified to run such a system. Before we ask government officials to manage universal [...]

Published
2009

20. Japan economy: Competition policing is lax

Subjects
Japan. Fair Trade Commission -- Management, Japan. Fair Trade Commission -- Evaluation, Japan -- Economic policy, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Company business management, Business, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

COUNTRY BRIEFING FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Japan performs poorly relative to its peers when it comes to promoting and policing competition. Not least among the reasons is the institutional [...]

Published
2002

21. EU politics: Parliament top of league for transparency

Subjects
Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Legislative bodies -- Evaluation, Government information -- Access control, Business, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary, European Union. European Commission -- Evaluation, European Union. European Parliament -- Evaluation, European Union. Council of the European Union -- Evaluation
Abstract

COUNTRY BRIEFING FROM EUROPEAN VOICE May 9th - May 15th: The European Parliament is top of a league table when it comes to transparency in the major EU institutions, a [...]

Published
2002

22. Nice bloke, no balls: Martin Vander Weyer says that Derek Wanless is very bright -- but that may not be why Gordon Brown chose him as his health adviser

Author

Weyer, Martin Vander

Subjects
National Westminster Bank PLC (London, England) -- Officials and employees, United Kingdom. National Health Service -- Evaluation -- Officials and employees, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Banking industry -- Officials and employees, Government executives -- Political activity -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political science, Banking industry, Political activity, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Evaluation, Officials and employees
Abstract

THERE was a certain logic in Gordon Brown's appointment of the former NatWest boss Derek Wanless to inquire into the future of the NHS. The bank and the health service [...]

Published
2002

23. The FDA is evading the law; Europeans are approving important new drugs more rapidly than we are

Author

Gottlieb, Scott

Subjects
United States. Food and Drug Administration -- Powers and duties, United States. Food and Drug Administration -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Drug approval -- Analysis, Drug approval -- Statistics, Pharmaceutical research -- Forecasts and trends, Drugs -- Research, Drugs -- Product development, Drugs -- Licensing, certification and accreditation, Drugs -- Testing, Drugs -- Complications and side effects, Pharmaceutical industry -- Research, Pharmaceutical industry -- Product development, Pharmaceutical industry -- Licensing, certification and accreditation, Clinical trials -- Laws, regulations and rules, Clinical trials -- Analysis, Market trend/market analysis, Government regulation, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

24. GOP set to issue own fiscal report

Author

McKinnon, John D.

Subjects
United States. National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States -- Officials and employees, United States. National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States -- Investigations, United States. National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Officials and employees, Administrative agencies -- Investigations, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Governmental investigations -- Evaluation, Governmental investigations -- Reports, Legislators -- Political activity, Legislators -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Legislators -- Investigations, Legislators -- Reports, Politics -- Forecasts and trends, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, News, opinion and commentary, Democratic Party (United States) -- Officials and employees, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political activity, Republican Party (United States) -- Officials and employees, Republican Party (United States) -- Political activity
Published
2010

25. The SEC versus New York's AG; report depicts dueling regulators amid probes of BofA's buy of Merrill

Author

Ovide, Shira

Subjects
New York. Department of Law -- Officials and employees, New York. Department of Law -- Investigations, New York. Department of Law -- Cases, New York. Department of Law -- Evaluation, United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Investigations, United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Evaluation, United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Officials and employees, Bank of America Corp. -- Investigations, Bank of America Corp. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Merrill Lynch & Company Inc. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Merrill Lynch & Company Inc. -- Investigations, Acquisitions and mergers -- Investigations, Attorneys general -- Evaluation, Attorneys general -- Behavior, Attorneys general -- Investigations, Banking industry -- Investigations, Banking industry -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Administrative agencies -- Officials and employees, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Investigations, Securities industry -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Securities industry -- Investigations, Inspectors general -- Reports, Company legal issue, Company acquisition/merger, Banking industry, Securities industry, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

26. How to shrink the deficit; President Obama's deficit commission lands with a predictable political thud

Subjects
United States -- Economic aspects, United States -- Economic policy, Budget deficits -- Management, Economic indicators -- Analysis, Entitlement spending -- Analysis, Economic assistance -- Planning, Administrative agencies -- Reports, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Officials and employees, Medical care -- United States, Medical care -- Finance, Public debts -- Management, Expenditures, Public -- Control, Value-added tax -- Forecasts and trends, Value-added tax -- Evaluation, Company business management, Company business planning, Company financing, Market trend/market analysis, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

27. Time to shut down the FCC; more transistors exist today than ever and there is plenty of capacity inside fiber-optic cables and out in the air. What's missing is competition for consumers

Author

Kessler, Andy

Subjects
United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Powers and duties, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Evaluation, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Telecommunications policy, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Telecommunications policy, Public officers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Public officers -- Evaluation, Internet -- Economic aspects, Internet -- Analysis, Internet -- Forecasts and trends, Internet -- Laws, regulations and rules, Net neutrality -- Analysis, Telecommunication policy -- Analysis, Internet, Government communications regulation, Market trend/market analysis, Government regulation, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

28. The EPA Turns 40; 'Job-killing' environmental standards help employ more than 1.5 million people

Author

Jackson, Lisa

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Officials and employees, United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Powers and duties, United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Environmental policy, United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Evaluation, United States -- Economic aspects, United States -- Environmental aspects, United States -- Environmental policy, Pollution -- Control, Administrative agencies -- Officials and employees, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Environmental policy, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Environmental policy -- Analysis, Environmental policy -- Economic aspects, Environmental impact analysis, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

29. With new power, GOP takes on consumer agency

Author

McGrane, Victoria and Solomon, Deborah

Subjects
United States. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- Powers and duties, United States. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- Organization formation, United States. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- Evaluation, United States. House of Representatives -- Officials and employees, United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Organization formation, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Government regulation of business -- Interpretation and construction, Legislative bodies -- Officials and employees, Legislative bodies -- Political activity, Legislative bodies -- United States, Legislators -- Political activity, Legislators -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Commercial credit -- Services, Commercial credit -- Forecasts and trends, Consumer credit -- Services, Consumer credit -- Forecasts and trends, Financial services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Banks (Finance) -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, Financial services industry, News, opinion and commentary, Republican Party (United States) -- Officials and employees, Republican Party (United States) -- Political activity
Published
2010

30. A deficit of nerve; Obama's commission has ideas that Republicans can use

Subjects
United States. Congress -- Economic policy, United States. Congress -- Political activity, United States. National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform -- Powers and duties, United States. National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform -- Officials and employees, United States. National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform -- Evaluation, Budget deficits -- Management, Economic policy -- Planning, Economic policy -- Analysis, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Officials and employees, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Public officers -- Reports, Public debts -- Management, Expenditures, Public -- Control, Company business management, Company business planning, News, opinion and commentary, Republican Party (United States) -- Officials and employees, Republican Party (United States) -- Political activity
Published
2010

31. Labor Board's recent decisions tilt in favor of unions

Author

Trottman, Melanie and Maher, Kris

Subjects
United States. National Labor Relations Board -- Powers and duties, United States. National Labor Relations Board -- Evaluation, Labor unions -- United States, Labor unions -- Political activity, Labor unions -- Labor relations, Labor relations -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Labor law -- Interpretation and construction, Labor unions -- Organizing, Labor unions -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

32. Watchdog says FDA risked integrity

Author

Mundy, Alicia

Subjects
United States. Food and Drug Administration -- Powers and duties, United States. Food and Drug Administration -- Evaluation, United States. Food and Drug Administration -- Contracts, United States. Food and Drug Administration -- Ethical aspects, United States. Food and Drug Administration -- Investigations, United States. Government Accountability Office -- Investigations, United States. Government Accountability Office -- Reports, Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- Contracts, Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- Licensing, certification and accreditation, Administrative agencies -- Investigations, Administrative agencies -- Reports, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Contracts, Administrative agencies -- Ethical aspects, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Pharmaceutical industry -- Contracts, Pharmaceutical industry -- Licensing, certification and accreditation, Generic drugs -- Licensing, certification and accreditation, Generic drugs -- Marketing, Anticoagulants (Medicine) -- Licensing, certification and accreditation, Anticoagulants (Medicine) -- Marketing, Consulting services -- Contracts, Contract agreement, Company legal issue, Company marketing practices, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

33. Inspectors rarely surprised oil rigs

Author

Gold, Russell

Subjects
United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement -- Evaluation, United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement -- Investigations, United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement -- Powers and duties, BP PLC -- Accidents, BP PLC -- Investigations, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, 2010 -- Investigations, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, 2010 -- Environmental aspects, Drilling platforms -- Destruction, Drilling platforms -- Inspection, Explosions -- Investigations, Oil well drilling, Submarine -- Accidents, Oil well drilling, Submarine -- Inspection, Oil spills -- Environmental aspects, Oil spills -- Investigations, Petroleum industry -- Accidents, Petroleum industry -- Investigations, Petroleum industry -- Inspection, Governmental investigations -- Analysis, Inspection -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Investigations, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Company legal issue, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

34. Massey bashes mine regulator

Author

Maher, Kris

Subjects
United States. Mine Safety and Health Administration -- Powers and duties, United States. Mine Safety and Health Administration -- Evaluation, Massey Energy Co. -- Officials and employees, Massey Energy Co. -- Accidents, Massey Energy Co. -- Safety and security measures, Massey Energy Co. -- Records and correspondence, Coal industry -- Accidents, Coal industry -- Officials and employees, Coal industry -- Safety and security measures, Coal industry -- Records and correspondence, Miners -- Death of, Miners -- Accidents, Explosions -- Investigations, Mine accidents -- Investigations, Mining engineers -- Management, Business letters -- Analysis, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Mine ventilation -- Safety and security measures, Mine ventilation -- Management, Company legal issue, Company business management, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

35. Infighting besets financial-oversight council; Treasury email on FDIC securitization policy underscores hurdles to cohesion; can independent agencies work together?

Author

Paletta, Damian

Subjects
United States. Financial Stability Oversight Council -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, United States. Financial Stability Oversight Council -- Powers and duties, United States. Financial Stability Oversight Council -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Officials and employees, Administrative agencies -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Meetings -- Planning, Public officers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Public officers -- Behavior, Public officers -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Banking industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Banking law -- Interpretation and construction, Financial markets -- Laws, regulations and rules, Financial services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation of business -- Reorganization and restructuring, Securities industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Securities law -- Interpretation and construction, Wall Street -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Company organization, Company business planning, Banking industry, Financial services industry, Securities industry, News, opinion and commentary, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
Published
2010

36. Curb corruption or lose the war; association with the CIA has given some Afghan officials a sense of impunity, which threatens Gen. Petraeus's hearts-and-minds effort

Author

Phillips, Rufus

Subjects
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees, United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Investigations, Afghanistan -- Military aspects, Afghanistan -- Political aspects, Afghanistan Conflict, 2001- -- Forecasts and trends, Administrative agencies -- Investigations, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Public officers -- Investigations, Public officers -- Cases, Intelligence service -- Officials and employees, Intelligence service -- Investigations, Political corruption -- Control, Political corruption -- Investigations, Political corruption -- Cases, Presidents -- Political activity, Presidents -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

37. Pastors for ObamaCare? If the White House office of faith-based initiatives is going to be used as propaganda unit, it might as well be shut down

Author

Towey, Jim

Subjects
United States. White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships -- Political aspects, United States. White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships -- Usage, United States. White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships -- Powers and duties, United States. White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Political aspects, Administrative agencies -- Usage, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Medical policy -- Political aspects, Medical policy -- Public opinion, Ex-presidents -- Political activity, Ex-presidents -- Evaluation, Politics, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

38. Offshore drilling agency overwhelmed, says report

Author

Tracy, Tennille

Subjects
United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement -- Evaluation, United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement -- Powers and duties, United States. Department of the Interior -- Reports, United States. Department of the Interior -- Investigations, Gulf of Mexico -- Natural resources, Gulf of Mexico -- Environmental aspects, BP PLC -- Accidents, BP PLC -- Investigations, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, 2010 -- Investigations, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, 2010 -- Environmental aspects, Oil spills -- Environmental aspects, Oil spills -- Investigations, Drilling platforms -- Destruction, Explosions -- Investigations, Administrative agencies -- Investigations, Administrative agencies -- Reports, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Governmental investigations -- Analysis, Oil well drilling, Submarine -- Accidents, Oil well drilling, Submarine -- Laws, regulations and rules, Petroleum industry -- Accidents, Petroleum industry -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Government regulation, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

39. In defense of physician autonomy; politicians hurt patients when they make doctors follow bureaucratic algorithms

Author

Greenfield, Saul

Subjects
United Kingdom. National Institute for Clinical Excellence -- Evaluation, United Kingdom. National Institute for Clinical Excellence -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Medical policy -- Analysis, Medical care -- United States, Medical care -- United Kingdom, Medical care -- Management, Medical care -- Standards, Physician and patient -- Analysis, Physician and patient -- Management, Physicians -- Standards, Physicians -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Physicians -- Services, Company business management, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

40. The new consumer bureau: a to-do list

Author

Blumenthal, Karen

Subjects
United States. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- Powers and duties, United States. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- Evaluation, Consumer protection -- Laws, regulations and rules, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Government regulation, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

41. How the CFTC got power

Author

Crittenden, Michael R. and McGrane, Victoria

Subjects
United States. Commodity Futures Trading Commission -- Powers and duties, United States. Commodity Futures Trading Commission -- Evaluation, United States. Commodity Futures Trading Commission -- Officials and employees, Bill drafting -- Analysis, Derivatives (Financial instruments) -- Laws, regulations and rules, Financial markets -- Laws, regulations and rules, Financial services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Officials and employees, Government regulation of business -- Reorganization and restructuring, Securities industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Securities law -- Interpretation and construction, Wall Street -- Laws, regulations and rules, Public officers -- Powers and duties, Public officers -- Political activity, Banking industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Banking law -- Interpretation and construction, Government regulation, Financial services industry, Securities industry, Banking industry, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Company organization, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

42. Obama's entitlement opportunity; the president's deficit commission isn't likely to agree on tax increases, but don't be surprised if it recommends Social Security reform

Author

Barnes, Fred

Subjects
Budget deficits -- Management, Economic policy -- Analysis, Administrative agencies -- Membership, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Public debts -- Management, Social security -- Reorganization and restructuring, Company business management, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Company organization, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

43. Canada: land of the free; at the G-20 summit in Toronto this weekend it will lead the charge against new bank taxes and for spending restraint. Who says our neighbor is boring?

Author

O'Grady, Mary Anastasia

Subjects
Canada. Mortgage and Housing Corp. -- Evaluation, Canada. Mortgage and Housing Corp. -- Powers and duties, Canada -- Political aspects, Canada -- Economic policy, Canada -- Economic aspects, Canada -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Banks (Finance) -- Taxation, Banks (Finance) -- Finance, Cabinet officers -- Interviews, Cabinet officers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Cabinet officers -- Evaluation, Economic conditions -- Analysis, Economic policy -- Analysis, Economic policy -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Dwellings -- Forecasts and trends, Dwellings -- Laws, regulations and rules, Dwellings -- International aspects, Housing -- Forecasts and trends, Housing -- Laws, regulations and rules, Housing -- International aspects, Summit meetings -- Planning, Summit meetings -- Analysis, Company financing, Market trend/market analysis, Government regulation, Company business planning, News, opinion and commentary, G-20 -- Conferences, meetings and seminars
Published
2010

44. Officials put workers at risk, report says

Author

Maher, Kris

Subjects
United States. Department of Labor -- Investigations, United States. Department of Labor -- Reports, United States. Mine Safety and Health Administration -- Powers and duties, United States. Mine Safety and Health Administration -- Evaluation, Massey Energy Co. -- Accidents, Massey Energy Co. -- Investigations, Massey Energy Co. -- Safety and security measures, Coal industry -- Accidents, Coal industry -- Officials and employees, Coal industry -- Safety and security measures, Coal industry -- Investigations, Explosions -- Investigations, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Investigations, Administrative agencies -- Reports, Governmental investigations -- Analysis, Mine accidents -- Investigations, Mine safety -- Standards, Mine safety -- Investigations, Miners -- Death of, Miners -- Safety and security measures, Company legal issue, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

45. U.K. banks' fears fade; financial firms believe Bank of England governor won't prove hostile as chief regulator

Author

Enrich, David

Subjects
United Kingdom. Bank of England -- Powers and duties, United Kingdom. Financial Services Authority -- Evaluation, United Kingdom. Financial Services Authority -- Organization dissolution, London, England -- Economic aspects, Central banks -- Powers and duties, Banking industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Banking industry -- Forecasts and trends, Banks (Finance) -- Laws, regulations and rules, Banks (Finance) -- Forecasts and trends, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Organization dissolution, Banking industry, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Banks are breathing a little easier after the British government announced that the Financial Services Authority would be dissolved and the Bank of England under its governor, Mervyn King, would gain more power.

Published
2010

46. 'We are totally unprepared'; nine years after 9/11, a chilling complacency about WMD attacks

Author

Noonan, Peggy

Subjects
United States. Department of Homeland Security -- Powers and duties, United States. Department of Homeland Security -- Evaluation, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001 -- Cases, Antiterrorism measures -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, National security -- Standards, Terrorism -- Prevention, Company legal issue, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

47. Washington and your retirement

Author

Millard, Charles F.

Subjects
United States. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. -- Powers and duties, United States. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. -- Evaluation, United States. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. -- Investments, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Investments, Pension funds -- Insurance, Pension funds -- Finance, Portfolio management -- Evaluation, Retirement income -- Forecasts and trends, Moral hazard -- Analysis, Company investment, Company financing, Market trend/market analysis, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

48. Introducing U.S. cyber command

Author

Lynn, William J., III

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Organization formation, United States. Department of Defense -- Powers and duties, United States. Cyber Command -- Organization formation, United States. Cyber Command -- Powers and duties, United States. Cyber Command -- Evaluation, Cyberterrorism -- Analysis, Cyberterrorism -- Prevention, Administrative agencies -- Organization formation, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Computer crimes -- Prevention, Computer crimes -- Investigations, Computer hackers -- Control, Computer hackers -- Investigations, Computer crime, Hacker, Military application, Company legal issue, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

49. Laissez-faire meets the oil spill

Author

Frank, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement -- Evaluation, United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement -- Powers and duties, Gulf of Mexico -- Natural resources, Gulf of Mexico -- Environmental aspects, BP PLC -- Accidents, Drilling platforms -- Destruction, Explosions -- Investigations, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Legislators -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Oil well drilling, Submarine -- Accidents, Oil spills -- Environmental aspects, Oil spills -- Political aspects, Petroleum industry -- Accidents, Company legal issue, News, opinion and commentary, Republican Party (United States) -- Officials and employees, Republican Party (United States) -- Political activity
Published
2010

50. Obama's blowout preventer; in case you hadn't heard, Ken Salazar had a reform plan .

Subjects
United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement -- Powers and duties, United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement -- Evaluation, United States. Department of the Interior -- Officials and employees, Gulf of Mexico -- Natural resources, Gulf of Mexico -- Environmental aspects, BP PLC -- Accidents, Drilling platforms -- Destruction, Explosions -- Investigations, Oil well drilling, Submarine -- Accidents, Oil spills -- Environmental aspects, Oil spills -- Control, Petroleum industry -- Accidents, Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties, Administrative agencies -- Evaluation, Administrative agencies -- Officials and employees, Company legal issue, News, opinion and commentary
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2010

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