Natural Gas Policy Path: Built to Boom

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 334-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew R. Kear
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
State Level ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Mineral Rights ◽  
The U.S

Abstract:Using federalism as a guide, this research explores the conflicted, complementary and unique natural gas policy paths of the U.S. federal government, Wyoming and Colorado and analyzes how policies facilitate and respond to booms. Federal policymaking has consistently focused on gas ownership, leasing, interstate dispute resolution and fiscal mechanisms to stimulate and manage development. At the state level, policies are designed to enable exploration and production while protecting fuel mineral rights, minimizing waste and generating revenue. During the most recent gas boom, driven in part by technological advances like fracking, policies are being tested from local to national levels. Colorado demonstrates that states can balance economic benefits with environmental and social costs of gas booms, thus providing an example for other gas producing states. Whether states serve as stewards or laggards is a function of federalism and choice, but the direction of federal and state natural gas policy remains a long-term play.

Long-Term Care Spending Relevant to U.S. Medicaid Expansion

2018 ◽  
pp. 46-70
Author(s):  
Mary Schmeida ◽  
Ramona Sue McNeal
Keyword(s):  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Financial Incentive ◽  
State Level ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Nursing Facility ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The U.S

The U.S. population is living longer, placing a demand on long-term care services. In the U.S., Medicaid is the primary player in funding costly long-term care for the aged poor. As a major health reform law, the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, gives financial incentive for states to expand Medicaid, transitioning long-term care services from facilities toward community care. Facing other funding obligations and recent recessions, not all states expanded their Medicaid long-term care program using the financial incentives. Some states continue to spend more dollars on traditional nursing facility care despite legislation. This chapter explores why some states spend more revenue on nursing facility long-term care despite enhanced federal funding to reform, while others are spending more on home and community-based services. Regression analysis and 50 state-level data is used.

Safety leadership and collaboration in the Queensland natural gas exploration and production industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 548
Author(s):  
Walter Simpson ◽  
Mark Greene ◽  
Sean O'Donnell ◽  
Michelle Zaunbrecher ◽  
Warwick King ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
Senior Leaders ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Natural Outcome ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Right ◽  
Production Industry

The industry in Queensland operates within a common geographical area and uses similar technologies with common hazards and risks. In terms of safety companies must be seen as one industry and not separate entities. As a result, collaboration on safety is a natural outcome, and in 2014 this led to the creation of the Queensland Natural Gas Exploration & Production Industry Safety Forum (known as Safer Together), an inclusive member-led organisation of a range of operating and contract partner companies. Initial emphasis was on the set-up/organisation and getting early engagement. With more than 80 companies signed up as members in the first 12 months, Safer Together made a strong start. The emphasis has now switched to delivery, and with all member companies feeling the strain of the industry downturn, working together has never been so crucial to ensure that safety is never compromised. This extended abstract presents a case study of what Safer Together is learning about the fundamental prerequisites required to ensure long-term sustainability and the success of the forum. Challenges discussed include: maintaining and increasing membership in tough times; ensuring senior leaders continue to be actively engaged, regardless of other business pressures; ensuring simple solutions don’t become too difficult to implement when rolled out to many different companies; avoiding initiative overload; and, demonstrating tangible value to member companies. This is not an easy journey, and more challenges lie ahead. But the enormous safety benefits make it the right thing to do as an industry.

New Estimates of Central and Eastern U.S. Hardwood Lumber Production

1989 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 120-123
Author(s):  
William G. Luppold ◽  
Gilbert P. Dempsey
Keyword(s):  
State Level ◽  
Northern Forest ◽  
Forest Sites ◽  
Hardwood Lumber ◽  
State Tax ◽  
Northern Regions ◽  
Product Output ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Timber Product

Abstract New estimates of hardwood lumber production are higher than the widely used production statistics released by the U.S. Department of Commerce. These estimates were developed through use of Forest Service timber product output studies, state tax records, and state level sawmill surveys. The analysis also indicates that hardwood lumber production was higher in 1986 than at any time during the last 20 years and that hardwood lumber production is increasing in the northern regions relative to the southern regions. Because of underreporting, the returns from management investments in quality northern forest sites could be undervalued. This undervaluation could discourage forest investment and, ironically, could result in even higher long-term prices. North. J. Appl. For. 6:120-123, September 1989.

Breastfeeding During Military Service: Different Countries, Different Possibilities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Holmquist ◽  
Radek Pohnan ◽  
Hana Stritecka ◽  
Barbora Spevakova ◽  
Tomas Vasek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Military Service ◽  
Maternity Leave ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
World Health ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Global Policy ◽  
The U.S

ABSTRACT Introduction Breastfeeding is a human biological norm that is widely acknowledged as the ideal form of nutrition for all infants. Human milk saves lives, improves long-term health for the both mother and infant, and significantly reduces health care-related costs. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for at least 6 months and thereafter to continue with breastfeeding, in addition to complimentary foods for at least 1 year or longer. The World Health Organization extends this recommendation to at least 2 years or beyond this age. Materials and Methods Multiple complex policies and directives would not be necessary if a federal law would entitle all new mothers to an adequate length of paid maternity leave and would protect parents during the time they personally care for their infants. Although a nationally mandated maternity leave is not available, the DoD should create a coherent global policy applicable to all active duty personnel across all branches of the U.S. Military. A global policy would govern positive change across all military branches and create consistent work conditions conducive for mothers to achieve their personal breastfeeding goals. In addition, a global policy would improve the military employees’ health as well as maintain retention of military personnel. Results A comparison of the U.S. Armed Forces to the Czech Armed Forces shows that the individual breastfeeding policies and directives of the U.S. Military branches are certainly steps in the right direction to support breastfeeding military members. Conclusion The well-documented evidence of long-term breastfeeding health benefits in addition to the economic benefits justifies such global military policy and would be a foundation to a national maternity leave policy, given that the USA is the only developed country without nationally mandated statutory entitlement to paid maternity leave.

Long-Term Care Spending Relevant to U.S. Medicaid Expansion

2019 ◽  
pp. 821-845
Author(s):  
Mary Schmeida ◽  
Ramona Sue McNeal
Keyword(s):  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Financial Incentive ◽  
State Level ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Nursing Facility ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The U.S

The U.S. population is living longer, placing a demand on long-term care services. In the U.S., Medicaid is the primary player in funding costly long-term care for the aged poor. As a major health reform law, the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, gives financial incentive for states to expand Medicaid, transitioning long-term care services from facilities toward community care. Facing other funding obligations and recent recessions, not all states expanded their Medicaid long-term care program using the financial incentives. Some states continue to spend more dollars on traditional nursing facility care despite legislation. This chapter explores why some states spend more revenue on nursing facility long-term care despite enhanced federal funding to reform, while others are spending more on home and community-based services. Regression analysis and 50 state-level data is used.

On Capital, Innovation, and Government

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarayu Srinivasan
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Engagement Strategies ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Financial Outcome ◽  
The U.S

Most people identify innovation by a financial outcome or event: either raising capital or generating it. This paper posits that while innovation is actually not defined by capital (consumption or generation), in order for an innovation to dominate market and mind share, capital is required. While the U.S. federal government has supported innovation across nearly every industry by underwriting many modern advances across the world, it cannot take its own innovations to market and requires the collaboration of the private sector for this. Achieving this collaboration is often challenging, as federal innovation is usually too early and immature to attract private investment, thus requiring further risk mitigation before the private sector can engage. Today, however, there are pressing reasons for the government and industry to collaborate, including economic and innovation drivers and challenges from foreign actors. This paper makes recommendations that federal innovation can employ to better position itself, including updating its lexicon and adopting novel engagement strategies and mindsets to attract venture capital and industry over the long term.

scholarly journals The Chilling Realities of the Telecommuting Tax: Adapting Twentieth Century Policies for Twenty-First Century Technologies

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-242
Author(s):  
Michael Kraich
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
New York ◽  
State Level ◽  
State Policies ◽  
First Century ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Tax System ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Tax Professionals ◽  
The U.S

The U.S. Tax Code has become so confusing and complex that tax professionals have gone from being a luxury to a necessity. Compound this complexity with the added layer of intricacy found at the state level and this already complex system becomes a labyrinth. While society has favored technological advances, the tax system has not. In particular, telecommuters have found themselves in a sort of limbo – working from home while sometimes simultaneously “working” at their employer’s location. This Note focuses on how this hypothetical of the 1980’s is today a reality, and how the courts of select states have approached this new paradigm. Specifically, this Note elaborates on the positions taken by New York and New Jersey, both major commuting states who have issued relating decisions, as well as what these decisions mean for residents of neighboring states like Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Finally, this Note advocates for uniformity between states, praises existing state policies such as Pennsylvania and New Jersey's, among others, and hopes to revive proposed unifying legislation in light of recent cases.

scholarly journals Washington Hotline

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (10) ◽  
pp. 571
Author(s):  
Gavin Baker
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Government Agency ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Government Printing ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Library Program ◽  
The Government ◽  
The U.S

Congress’ Committee on House Administration this year began examining Title 44 of the U.S. Code, which is the authority for the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and Government Publishing Office (GPO). This is an important opportunity for librarians to advocate for improvements to FDLP and public access to government information.FDLP was designed to ensure widespread and long-term public access to information produced by the federal government. The program is managed by GPO, formerly known as the Government Printing Office, a federal government agency that publishes information on behalf of all three branches of government.

U.S. Markets for Imported Natural Gas

1989 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 224-237
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Dreyfus
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Electric Utility ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Potential Growth ◽  
The U.S

U.S. energy markets are very large in terms of global energy consumption and the U.S. is a large net importer of both oil and gas. The dynamics of the U.S. energy supply and demand balance, therefore, will be the determining factor for future crossborder gas trade. U.S. primary energy consumption will increase at about one percent annually over the long term with natural gas consumption increasing at about one-half that rate. The potential growth markets for gas are commercial, industrial, and especially electric utility uses. Some large, new, environmental applications have the potential to increase this growth but are dependent upon policy changes rather than economic competition. The portfolio of gas sources which currently make up the U.S. gas supply will have to be supplemented by new initiatives. By the year 2010, new initiatives will be needed to provide one-third of the required supply. Among the new initiatives, additional Canadian gas exports from frontier or unconventional resources will figure prominently. Of common interest to both U.S. domestic and Canadian producers is the confidence that potential gas users will have in continued reliability of supply and stability of price of the portfolio of gas required to support long-term investments in gas-using facilities.

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