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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"government agency"”.
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AN AGENCY’S PATH TO INDEPENDENCE: HOW TO GAIN ADMINISTRATIVE AUTONOMY AS A U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY
U.S. government administrative agencies that are subject to political polarization may find it difficult to fulfill their long-term missions while addressing short-term political needs, lacking sufficient autonomy to do their jobs. This thesis asks what U.S. government agencies can do to foster …
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Transparency in the Government Communication Process: The Perspective of Government Communicators
… of agencies of the United States Federal Government, as guided by principles of stakeholder management, models of public relations, and a model for government agency communication. These theories and models all suggest that increased openness in organizations will result in improved …
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Recovery from Minor Tropical Cyclones: the Response of Faith-based Organizations and Government Agencies to Minor Tropical Cyclones in Biloxi, Mississippi
… examine how Faith-based Organization (FBO) and government agency leaders in Biloxi, Mississippi provide resources to residents, interact with each other, and engage with vulnerable communities in the wake of minor tropical cyclones. Findings show the limitations of governmental agency funding …
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Technology-driven change management: motivation and stakeholder acceptance in virtual supply chains
… are explored and the experiences of a government agency with oversight authority in implementing a major technology initiative are discussed. The introduction of change is frequently met with resistance, especially if that change involves a re-engineering of basic work processes. …
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A case and comparative study of citizen hunting in the Charara/Makuti study area : allocating Zimbabwe's protected area resources efficiently and equitably
… Parks and Wild Life Management (DNPWLM) is the government agency responsible for the management of Zimbabwe's protected areas and wildlife.
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Consortia as Technology Innovation Management Vehicles: Toward a Framework for Success in Venture Based Public-Private Partnerships
… industrial/private sector entities, and government agencies joining in collaborative efforts to launch technology based initiatives. These consortia are non-traditional and the applicability of traditional venture models is questionable. The guidance and maturity of the literature for …
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Digital Environments of Reception and Governance: A Landscape Analysis of Immigration-Related Webpages on U.S. State Websites
<p>American state governments occupy unique political roles when it comes to critical public-facing policy areas like education, health, transportation, and commerce, and therefore they administer many public services and benefits that affect immigrants and their communities. This study expands the …
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Motivating Community Attendance: The Role of Self-Determination Theory and Message Framing, with Moderating Effects of Organizational Credibility and Community Attachment
… parents’ perceptions of credibility of a local government agency hosting the event, as well as perceptions of the flyer advertising the event. Findings revealed that perceptions of organizational credibility for a local government agency are similar to a private company, social norms played a …
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Agricultural non-point source (AGNPS) water quality modeling in a GIS environment
… and implementation of a complex GIS project in a government agency. The objective of the project was to integrate a public domain GIS package (GRASS) with a commercial structured query language database in order to undertake Agricultural Non-Point Source (AGNPS) water quality modeling. Three …
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Personal income tax non-compliance in Malaysia
… Revenue Department (IRD), was created as the government agency that has the responsibility for collecting income taxes for Malaysia. As with other tax collecting agencies, it has to deal with the problem of income tax non-compliance.
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Policy, values & incommensurability: the Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery Project
… thesis I explore the following question: When a government agency is charged with implementing policies formulated in the light of scientific principles, why do the justifications for implementation differ from justifications for the legislation? The predator reintroduction being carried out …
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Defining “Third Force” Activity: The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Eugene de Kock
… that the “third force” was not a designated government agency and former President F.W. de Klerk did not order “third force” violence. This paper further argues that numerous governmental and non-governmental organizations worked collectively to disrupt a transfer of power.</p>
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A Case Study of NASA's Columbia Tragedy: An Organizational Learning and Sensemaking Approach to Organizational Crisis.
No other government agency receives as much attention as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The high-profile agency frequently captures attention of the media in both positive and negative contexts. This thesis takes a case study approach using organizational learning and …
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The role of public information officers in local American government
… (PIOs) see themselves as the liaison between the agency they represent and the public. They come from various backgrounds including broadcast and print journalism, for profits and the advertising world while others seek out local government jobs straight out of college since they loved public …
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A study of co-management of National Parks in Aotearoa/New Zealand
… have been associated with public ownership and Government agency management for a long time. The changing character of national park ownership and management around the world has challenged this association. Consequently, Co-management of the National Park Estate is currently the subject of …
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Chinese women : active revolutionaries or passive followers? : a history of the All-China Women's Federation, 1949 to 1996
… on tracing how the dual roles of the ACWF as government agency and as representative of Chinese women's interests were at times incompatible, and consequently affected the growth of the Chinese women's movement. In conclusion, this study suggests that both the ACWF and the Chinese women's …
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A atuação da Secretaria Municipal de Meio Ambiente na proteção às zonas especiais de preservação: o caso do rio Jaguaribe no município de João Pessoa - PB
… as well as fieldwork has been conducted with the government agency responsible for protecting the area. As a result, we can highlight the understanding that the State, as detainer of the power, must constantly pursue the creation of decent existence for all of the society through the development …
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Well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions and energy use analysis of hypothetical fleet of electrified vehicles in Canada and the U.S.
… Provinces and 3 U.S. Regions for the year 2020. Government agency developed environmental software tools were used to estimate greenhouse gas emissions and energy use. Projected vehicle technology shares were employed to estimate regional environmental implications. Alternative vehicle …
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Evaluating the impact of PerformanceStat: a case study of the City of Baltimore's CitiStat Program
… is a program conducted by a jurisdiction or agency which holds an ongoing series of regular, frequent, periodic, and integrated meetings during which the agency's leadership team and individual directors of different sub-units use data to analyze the past performance, follow up on previous …
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