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Showing 1 to 20 of 143 for “"state agencies"”.
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An Assessment of Employee Handbooks of Large, Mid-sized, and Small Texas State Agencies
… Rebecca E. Short titled "A Content Analysis of State Employee Handbooks" (Southwest Texas State Applied Research Project, 1997). Like the Short (1997) study, there are three purposes to this research. The first purpose is to survey the available literature and establish an "ideal type" for the …
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The synergy of modern abolition : inter-agency cooperation between state agencies, religious communities, faith-based organizations, and NGOs against human trafficking.
… explores the cooperation that occurs between state agencies, religious communities, faith-based groups and non-governmental organizations both formally and informally. These partnerships are generally considered beneficial by those involved in work against human trafficking; however, …
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Evaluation of Price Adjustment Clauses for Construction Materials
<p>State agencies use considerable amounts of asphalt, fuel, concrete and steel in the construction of roads and bridges each year. The cost of construction materials fluctuates during the period of a construction contract and some materials have historically been more volatile than others. During …
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Opportunities For Career Advancement in the Public Sector: an Analysis of the Views of Frontline Supervisors in Missouri Merit Agencies
Public sector state agencies face a major challenge in the coming years--the challenge of creating an organizational environment that will attract and retain high caliber professional employees so as to provide quality public services in a credible and effective manner. This study was designed to …
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An investigation of the factors that influence electronic information sharing between state and local agencies
… in electronic information sharing with state agencies. Although electronic information sharing has the potential to help government agencies to increase productivity and performance, improve policy-making and provide better public services to the citizens, there is still little …
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Village properties, state negotiations: Decentralization and territorialization of Senegal's forests
… of forests, pastures, and fisheries from state agencies to local elected councils, customary chiefs, and user committees. Yet in addition to transferring official powers, these efforts have introduced new spatial categories and legal techniques such as local conventions and village …
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Social deprivation in New Zealand
… approach to assistance in contrast to the usual State agencies operating in a silo fashion, with separate agencies providing for different aspects of social deprivation such as housing, employment, mental health and other services. The approach of Whānau Ora is to support clients’ needs …
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Interagency Coordination and Agreements in Selected California Special Education Service Regions
… regions (SESRs) and local offices of the seven state agencies mandated to develop interagency agreements at the local level.
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A Descriptive Study of Diversity Management and Training in Texas State Government Agencies
… by demographers that half of the United States population will be nonwhite by the year 20 10. This expected demographic shift could have major implications on workplace dynamics including: communications problems; organizational conflict; a significant degree of value incongruence among …
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Gullah/Geechee Food Network: Using Culture as an Economic Development Tool
… project presents the tools available in the state of Georgia, South Carolina, in the nonprofit sector, and on a federal level that make the creation of a food network along the Georgia coast, extending to the southern tip of South Carolina a feasible option for the collection of Rosenwald …
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Building success : the role of the state in the cultural facility development process
… the question of what is the current role of the state in the cultural facility development process, and, in light of facility-related warnings that have been made over the years, what role should the state take? I study if and how the states have responded to calls for change in the industry and …
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Beyond binoculars: Increasing relevancy of state fish and wildlife agencies by investigating facilitators of and participation in wildlife viewing
… rapidly emerging as a new opportunity for state fish and wildlife agencies to enhance their relevancy, especially with traditionally under-represented audiences, such as people with disabilities. However, little is known about facilitators of participation in wildlife viewing, especially …
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Implementing environmental policies in Developing Countries : responding environmental impacts of tourism development by creating environmentally protected areas in Bahia, Brazil
… policy implementation to development-oriented agencies. Government agencies often fail to implement environmental policies mainly because they lack political support, they have insufficient financial resources, they have not developed adequate institutional capacity, and they tend to overlook …
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Guidelines for the planning and implementation of cooperatives in rural and small community schools: An alternative for expanding opportunity for excellence and equity in education
… the educational service centers and intermediate state agencies can assist small schools in managing school improvement issues most effectively by sharing resources on an interdistrict basis in order to improve the quality and academic opportunities for all students enrolled in their districts. …
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A Review of Energy and Environmental Policy for Offshore Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminals
… to limit the role of certain federal and state agencies and citizens.
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Overweight Vehicle Permitting Alternatives
<p>Overweight vehicles exceed the federal and/or state statutory limits for either the gross vehicle weight (GVW) or the weight of individual axles or axle groups. National and state limits on vehicle weights were established to preserve the highway infrastructure. Past research has shown that …
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Assessment of Risks and Benefits for Pennsylvania Water Sources When Utilizing Acid Mine Drainage for Hydraulic Fracturing
… research will evaluate data from Pennsylvania state agencies and additional academic research regarding AMD and fracking to assess potential benefits, risks, and complications for Pennsylvania watersheds when using AMD in the fracking process.</p> <p>Chapter 1 presents background information on …
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NON-FEDERAL/FEDERAL COLLABORATORS IN ENDANGERED SPECIES DRIVEN RIVER RESTORATION: HOW RISK AND INCENTIVE MOBILIZE INSTITUTIONAL SUPPLY IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRAND ENDANGERED SPECIES COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM
… how local stakeholders interact with federal and state agencies within the Program to cooperatively invest in institutional changes to solve problems with tools of the 'new age' environmental management paradigm. It evaluates these tools in the context of pitfalls presented by dynamic interactions …
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Verification of asphalt concrete performance prediction using level 2 and level 3 inputs of mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide for flexible pavements of the state of New Jersey
… volumes and pavement structures observed in the state of New Jersey. Predicted performance of various distresses, such as rutting, alligator cracking, longitudinal cracking, thermal cracking and International Roughness Index (IRI) were verified for the state of New Jersey. The material properties …
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