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Showing 1 to 20 of 89 for “"public agencies"”.
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Process improvement in the Greek public agencies
… is to explore process improvement in the Greek public agencies. This research is of particular interest because the Greek public sector context has some unique characteristics compared to the public sector of other countries. Firstly, the use of BPR, as a process improvement method to achieve …
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Public agencies as managers of housing quality.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1974. M.C.P.
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Design-build method viewed by public agencies in southern Nevada compared to Arizona and Utah
… population in the Las Vegas Valley, local agencies struggle to construct public facilities such as community centers, schools, municipal buildings and transportation facilities. The most common construction contracting method being used by local agencies consists of local municipalities …
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Augmentation and meta-process: a strategy for responsive and responsible decision-making by public agencies.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1972. Ph.D.
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Crowd equals diversity? a diversity analysis on participation of agency-sponsored open innovation challenges
… and Math (STEM). In the past decade, many US public agencies with STEM missions have explored crowd-sourced, open innovation challenges as a potential solution. To probe whether and how diversity has been achieved in this context, this thesis addresses three goals: (i) understanding the …
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The Promises and Pitfalls of the Competitive Bidding Process
… upon the American landscape. At the same time public satisfaction with schools, public housing, crime, and infrastructure is on the down turn. The negative perception of public agencies as bureaucratic, inefficient, and wasteful is all the more pronounced when compared to the popular refrain …
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Evaluating Public Sector Employee Performance: Police Productivity as a Case Study (goal-Setting, Law Enforcement, Highway Traffic Safety)
Public demands and budget constraints have brought new attention to the issue of improving public sector employee performance; especially in essential public services. Public agencies have traditionally sought to improve performance through job restructuring, reduced manpower, and the adoption of …
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Rights for the voiceless : the state, civil society and primary education in rural India
When and how do public institutions work effectively on behalf of marginalized citizens? The Indian government has enacted a number of policies for universal primary education, and yet the extent and quality of implementation varies significantly across regions. Why, operating under the same …
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Rationalizing urban land utilization : guidelines for housing developments in greater Khartoum, Sudan
… sector vis-a-vis the "productive" sectors, public investment in housing has been reduced to insignificant amounts resulting in less services, fewer serviced sites, and negligible investment in direct housing construction. Ironically, the only resource that exists in abundance --land-- is …
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Cooperative management: an alternative approach to multijurisdictional management of environmental resources
… involving federal, state, and local agencies. Agencies formulate and direct programs towards the fulfillment of an assortment of objectives, based on their independent missions. These programs frequently are not integrated or coordinated across jurisdictional divisions. Policies, …
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Opening innovation procurement
Public procurement plays a vital role in stimulating sustainable and inclusive European growth through innovation. Moving beyond primary goals of service improvement and cost reduction, innovation procurement practices of public agencies can pursue secondary goals such as innovation and …
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A PROJECT-LEVEL INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE ROADWAYS
… Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has encouraged public agencies to incorporate sustainable development principles into their decision-making and organizational operations at a program level. </p> <p>Meanwhile, at a project level, maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation (MRR) projects for roadway …
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A evolução do aumento do tráfego de veículos na zona sul de joão pessoa - caso do bairro bancários.
… of cars on site and it sought to jointly with public agencies an improvement, in other words, through an efficient sectorization for the neighborhood a solution to the problem mentioned.
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An analysis of the impact of wireless technology on public vs. private traffic data collection, dissemination and use
… has traditionally been carried out by those public entities charged with managing traffic flow, responding to incidents, and maintaining the surface of the roadway. Pursuant to this task, public agencies have employed inductive loop detectors, closed circuit television cameras, technology for …
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Bureaucracy at the state level: the quest for responsibility
… about the occurrence of innovative changes in public agencies. This study looks at six state agency heads of the State of Virginia. Their behavior is examined from the conception of "responsibility." Chapter One argues that responsibility connotes two aspects of meaning: objective and …
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Analysis Of Infrastructure Investments And Jobs Act, Federal Compliances, Issues And Determining A Framework Of Resources For Compliance Management
… has empowered the infrastructure development agencies with grants to undertake capital projects to meet the infrastructural needs of the USA. The study presents an analysis of the funding with around a fifth of the funding dedicated to the roads, bridges, and other major projects segment. The …
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The Changing Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Transportation: A Case Study of the Rise of P3s in Denver, CO
<p>This research examines the expanding role of public-private partnerships (PPPs or P3s) in Denver metro transportation projects in three areas: (1) innovative funding and financing of transit infrastructure projects, (2) the partnerships between freight and passenger rail services, and (3) …
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"Shelter within my reach" : medium rise apartment housing for the middle income group in Karachi, Pakistan
… and a passive attitude adopted by the local public agencies, leaving a limited number of private builders as the key suppliers for this group. The study aims to understand both the builder's and the buyer's perspectives, the bottlenecks and limitations presented by the broader framework …
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Total Quality Management Approach To The Information Systems Development Processes: An Empirical Study
… elements in the application of TQM in the public sector. This dissertation uses a multiple case study methodology to study the development processes of IS in three public agencies. This study attempts to examine what quality means across these public organizations and to discover the …
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The governance dynamics of the emergent European administrative order: Explaining the strategy process of EU Agencies
… at the European Union (EU) level a variety of ‘public agencies’, characterised by a certain degree of autonomy from both the European Commission and the individual Member States. <br/>The research project aims at studying the under-investigated phenomenon of the process of strategy formation in …
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