US and European Public Procurement Policies for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME): A Comparative Perspective

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max V. Kidalov ◽  
Keith F. Snider
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
The United States ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Huge Amount ◽  
Institutional Perspective ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
European Public ◽  
Policy Objectives

This paper provides a comparative perspective of public procurement policies for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the United States and Europe. Public procurement is increasingly recognized as a strategic function of public administration because of the huge amount of resources it consumes, as well as the important policy objectives it seeks to promote, including SME-related objectives. Progress towards meeting SME procurement participation goals, however, remains elusive on both sides of the Atlantic. Policy makers and administrators have little comparative research upon which to draw regarding the effectiveness of various policy approaches, a shortcoming this paper seeks to address. An institutional perspective is adopted which helps explain similarities and differences in U.S. and European SME policies.

scholarly journals Ochrona informacji niejawnych w USA. Wybrane regulacje karne i administracyjne

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
pp. 145-182
Author(s):  
Rafał Wądołowski
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Information Protection ◽  
Security Clearance ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Code Provisions

Protection of classified information in the USA. Selected penal and administrative regulations The article discusses the administrative regulations regarding the classified information protection system in the USA. Moreover, it presents the effective penal code provisions directed against the disclosure of classified information in the USA and their interpretations. What is more, the paper presents the administrative provisions regulating the procedure for carrying out security background investigation of public administration officials in order to issue a security clearance which grants them access to classified information. Further, the reasons for the classification of information and its protection with an adequate classification clause are explained. On the basis of the analysis of US regulations, a conclusion is drawn that Polish legislation does not include a justification for depositaries of secrets who disclose classified information (without obtaining the affirmation from the authorities specified by law) to prosecute the perpetrators of crimes. This could be the basis to formulate postulates de lege ferenda. It should be noted that the article does not exhaust the topic, but only indicates selected issues of the protection system of classified information in the USA. Initiated study can be used to carry out in-depth comparative research in this field in the future. W artykule omówiono regulacje administracyjne związane z organizacją systemu ochrony informacji niejawnych, a także przedstawiono przepisy karne dotyczące ujawniania informacji niejawnych obowiązujące w USA wraz z ich interpretacją. Omówiono również przepisy administracyjne regulujące procedurę realizacji postępowań sprawdzających wobec urzędników administracji publicznej w celu wydania poświadczenia bezpieczeństwa umożliwiającego dostęp do informacji niejawnych. Ponadto wskazano przesłanki klasyfikacji informacji i obejmowania ich ochroną adekwatnej klauzuli niejawności. Na podstawie analizy przepisów USA między innymi sformułowano wniosek, że polskie ustawodawstwo nie obejmuje kontratypu, który uwalniałby od odpowiedzialności karnej depozytariuszy tajemnic przekazujących informacje niejawne (bez uzyskiwania zgody określonych prawem organów) w celu ścigania sprawców przestępstw. Powyższe może być podstawą legislacyjnego postulatu de lege ferenda, przy uwzględnieniu adekwatnych regulacji prawnych USA. Należy zaznaczyć, że artykuł nie wyczerpuje poruszanego tematu, a jedynie wskazuje wybrane zagadnienia ochrony informacji niejawnych USA. Może to zostać wykorzystane do przeprowadzenia w przyszłości pogłębionych badań komparatystycznych dotyczących przedmiotowego zagadnienia.

scholarly journals Potential for comparative public opinion research in public administration

2005 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geert Bouckaert ◽  
Steven Van de Walle ◽  
Jarl K. Kampen
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
International Comparative Research ◽  
Behavioural Research ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
Administrative Elites ◽  
Citizens Attitudes

Public administration and public services have always taken a marginal place in political scientists’ behavioural research. Public administration students, in contrast, tend to focus on political and administrative elites and institutions and have largely ignored citizens in comparative research. In this article, we make a plea for international comparative research on citizens’ attitudes towards public administration from an interdisciplinary perspective. Available international survey material is discussed and main trends in empirical practice and theoretical approaches are outlined, especially those with a potential impact on public sector reform.

From meditation to action – a research agenda for studying informal global rule-making: remarks on ‘Cosmopolitanism, publicity, and the emergence of a “global administrative law”’

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Oliver Westerwinter
Keyword(s):  
Global Governance ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Democratic Legitimacy ◽  
Institutional Architecture ◽  
Global Law ◽  
Rule Making ◽  
Law Making

Abstract Friedrich Kratochwil engages critically with the emergence of a global administrative law and its consequences for the democratic legitimacy of global governance. While he makes important contributions to our understanding of global governance, he does not sufficiently discuss the differences in the institutional design of new forms of global law-making and their consequences for the effectiveness and legitimacy of global governance. I elaborate on these limitations and outline a comparative research agenda on the emergence, design, and effectiveness of the diverse arrangements that constitute the complex institutional architecture of contemporary global governance.

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