Pilot Program Cuts Red Tape for Federal Grants: "Do science project" in Florida aims to reduce role of federal agencies in managing details of research they fund; broader application is possible

Science ◽  
1987 ◽  
pp. 966a-966a ◽  
Author(s):  
D. CHARLES
Keyword(s):  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Pilot Program ◽  
Federal Grants ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Red Tape

Pilot Program Cuts Red Tape for Federal Grants

Science ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 235 (4792) ◽  
pp. 966-966
Author(s):  
Daniel Charles
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Program ◽  
Federal Grants ◽  
Red Tape

Dammed If You Don’t, But What If You Do? Breaching the Lower Snake River Dams in Washington State

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Elizabeth C. Lopardo ◽  
Clare M. Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Policy Process ◽  
Food Source ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Snake River ◽  
Environmental Groups ◽  
Steep Decline ◽  
Mitigation Techniques ◽  
Economic Analyses

Four dams on the lower Snake River in Washington State generate hydropower and allow for regional agriculture and barge shipping to Portland OR. However, the dams impede the migration of local salmon populations (Oncorhynchus spp.), which are in steep decline, and drastically impact the populations of salmon and orca whales, for whom salmon are a primary food source. For years, environmental groups have argued for breaching the dams; other interests counter that the dams are too critical to the economy of the region to lose; and federal agencies assert that the dams can remain and salmon populations will recover with mitigation techniques. Scientific and economic analyses, litigation, and elected officials’ efforts have not been able to move the issue towards a solution. Readers will examine the interests of primary actors in the issue, how they influence the policy process, the role of scientific and economic analyses, and possible approaches for resolving the issue.

Red Tape, Rule Legitimacy, and Public Service Motivation: Experimental Evidence From Korean Citizens

2022 ◽  
pp. 009539972110690
Author(s):  
Yongjin Ahn ◽  
Jesse W. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Input And Output ◽  
Relief Fund ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
Input Legitimacy ◽  
Output Legitimacy

While legitimacy plays a key role in determining if a public sector rule or process objectively qualifies as red tape, it is unclear if legitimacy shapes subjective red tape judgments. We use a sample of South Korean citizens and a vignette-based survey experiment describing applying for a small business COVID-19 relief fund to test the relevance of rule legitimacy for perceived red tape. We find that obtaining a favorable outcome (receiving the fund) reduces perceived red tape, but that neither input nor output legitimacy plays a consistent role. Second, we find that public service motivation moderates the role of both input and output legitimacy on perceived red tape, though in different directions. For those with high levels of public service motivation, output legitimacy reduces perceived red tape. However, for the same group, input legitimacy increases it. We provide a detailed discussion of the contributions of our study.

scholarly journals Reducing Red Tape’s Negative Consequences for Leaders: The Buffering Role of Autonomous Motivation

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolien Muylaert ◽  
Robin Bauwens ◽  
Mieke Audenaert ◽  
Adelien Decramer
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Protection Mechanism ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Red Tape

In a context where the amount of red tape in healthcare organizations continues to rise, head nurses’ job satisfaction is constantly under pressure. By building on the Job Demands-Resources model, we developed a theoretical model investigating the relationship between red tape and job satisfaction. By investigating the mediating role of discretionary room and the moderating role of autonomous motivation in this relationship, this study does not only aim to provide additional knowledge regarding the underlying mechanisms in this relationship, but also to increase our understanding of how this suffering at work can be mitigated. Our conditional process analyses (N = 277 head nurses) indicate that red tape undermines head nurses’ job satisfaction and that discretionary room acts as an underlying mechanism in this process. By revealing the mediating role of discretionary room, this study advances our understanding of the risks originating from red tape for leaders. Furthermore, our findings also indicate that autonomous motivation mitigates the negative relation between red tape and discretionary room and between red tape and job satisfaction. As autonomous motivation turns out to be an important protection mechanism against the negative consequences of red tape, organizations should put extra effort into stimulating the autonomous motivation of their leaders. When organizations make sure that their leaders’ job designs and work environments meet the need for autonomy, competence, and relatedness, leaders will become more autonomously motivated, which will buffer the negative impact of red tape.

scholarly journals The pas de trois of disability, dance and social work: dance/movement therapy as point of access for recreational dance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geneviève Elitha Margaret Roots
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Movement Therapy ◽  
Logic Model ◽  
Pilot Program ◽  
Dance Movement Therapy ◽  
Dance Movement ◽  
Therapeutic Practice

Individuals with disabilities are left out of recreational programs at a much higher rate than individuals with no disabilities. Seeking to rid barriers created by inaccessible recreational dance spaces, dance/movement therapy (DMT) offers a potential solution. This research explores how DMT can inspire a model for accessible recreational dance spaces for individuals with varying abilities, how this therapeutic practice can translate into a recreational dance atmosphere, and the role of social workers herein. The research takes the form of a content analysis via hermeneutic phenomenology of a six-week DMT-inspired pilot program developed by the researcher, and is informed by critical disability and structural social work theories. Findings highlight the parallels between DMT and recreational dance, making possible their fusion to create a space for ‘everyone and anyone’, and emphasize a social work presence. A logic model resulted, guiding how accessible recreational dance programs may be designed, based on DMT.

scholarly journals Private Sector Development in Kuwait: A Product Space Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Mohammed Chemingui, PhD ◽  
Faten Al Jabsheh, PhD ◽  
Kais Faki
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private Sector Development ◽  
Enabling Environment ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
Oil Sector

<p><em>The advent of oil in the GCC countries has led their governments to assume an ever-increasing role in the economy and to build comprehensive welfare states, based largely on the provision of employment in the public sector and the generous supply of social services and heavily subsidized utilities, to their citizens. Moreover, an intricate web of regulatory and restrictive rules and regulations has come into existence over time, resulting in a private sector that is not competitive, is not outward-looking and is generally rent-seeking. The aim of this paper is to investigate the challenges that are preventing Kuwait from succeeding in diversifying its economy and developing a competitive private sector and the pre-requisite enabling environment, thereby reducing its dependence on the oil sector. </em><em>Results of the analysis carried out in this study reveal that developing the role of private sector in the economic transformation of Kuwait could be achieved through a three interconnected strategies: i</em><em>mproving the enabling environment for business to free private sector investors from existing regulations and red tape, developing new markets and opportunities through the creation of new investment opportunities, and ensuring competitiveness and integration with the regional and world economies.</em></p>

Role of Federal Agencies in Post-War Reconversion1

1944 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-19
Author(s):  
BRIGADIER GENERAL FRANK T. HINES
Keyword(s):  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Post War

By Executive Order

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Rudalevige
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
The United States ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Presidential Power ◽  
Executive Order ◽  
Personal Power ◽  
Executive Orders

The president of the United States is commonly thought to wield extraordinary personal power through the issuance of executive orders. In fact, the vast majority of such orders are proposed by federal agencies and shaped by negotiations that span the executive branch. This book provides the first comprehensive look at how presidential directives are written — and by whom. The book examines more than five hundred executive orders from the 1930s to today — as well as more than two hundred others negotiated but never issued — shedding vital new light on the multilateral process of drafting supposedly unilateral directives. The book draws on a wealth of archival evidence from the Office of Management and Budget and presidential libraries as well as original interviews to show how the crafting of orders requires widespread consultation and compromise with a formidable bureaucracy. It explains the key role of management in the presidential skill set, detailing how bureaucratic resistance can stall and even prevent actions the chief executive desires, and how presidents must bargain with the bureaucracy even when they seek to act unilaterally. Challenging popular conceptions about the scope of presidential power, the book reveals how the executive branch holds the power to both enact and constrain the president's will.

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