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.

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.

Academic Libraries in Partnership With the Government Publishing Office

2020 ◽  
pp. 1411-1434
Author(s):  
Barbara Costello
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Government Printing ◽  
Government Information ◽  
National Plan ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Information Preservation ◽  
Library Program ◽  
The Government

The implementation of the Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-40) brought the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) fully into the digital age. The transition has created expected and unexpected changes to the way the Government Publishing Office (GPO) administers the FDLP and, in particular, to the relationships between the GPO and academic depository libraries. Innovative partnerships, use of emerging technologies to manage and share collections, and greater flexibility on the part of the GPO have given academic depository libraries a prominent and proactive role within the depository program. Newly announced initiatives from the GPO, the National Plan for Access to U.S. Government Information and the Federal Information Preservation Network (FIPNet) potentially could either increase academic depository libraries' collaboration with the FDLP and the likelihood that they will remain in the program, or accelerate the rate at which academic depositories are dropping depository status.

Varieties of Secrets and Secret Varieties: The Case of Biotechnology

2000 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Wright ◽  
David A. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court Decision ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Biological Weapons ◽  
Biological Processes ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Agriculture Industry ◽  
Biological Weapons Convention ◽  
The U.S

This article examines several trends that have combined to veil the new field of biotechnology in secrecy: the transformation of biotechnology from an essentially academic field characterized by strong norms of openness to a field with extensive corporate connections that have reached even to research in leading universities; the establishment of intellectual property rights for life-forms initiated by the landmark Supreme Court decision, Diamond vs. Chakrabarty; and the limiting of public access to information about the genetically altered organisms whose use in agriculture, industry, and medicine falls under government controls. The article also examines the effects of the U.S. biotechnology industry's demand for secrecy on the negotiations for a protocol to the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention, particularly the turn from requirements for transparency to protection of opacity with respect to biotechnology and other biological processes, equipment, and production.

Addressing the U.S. Federal Government Financial Crisis

2013 ◽  
pp. 729-749
Author(s):  
William S. Boddie
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Enterprise Management ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
National Debt ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
The Government ◽  
The U.S

The United States (U.S.) Federal Government is in an extreme financial crisis. The U.S. national debt is $14T and the national deficit is $1.3T. The U.S. Government seeks to improve government-wide performance, reduce operating costs, reduce the national debt, and reduce the national deficit. If the U.S. Government continues its current enterprise management approach, the national debt and national deficit could become greater and the Government could default on its debt. The DoD institutionalized a Business Mission Area Enterprise Architecture (EA) and improved performance and reduced operating costs. Leaders in the DoD leveraged an EA-based approach to improve department-wide performance and reduce costs in selected instances. This chapter proposes that the DoD institutionalize an EA-based approach to improve department-wide performance, reduce operating costs, reduce the national debt, and reduce the national deficit.

The Marcona Settlement: New Forms of Negotiation and Compensation for Nationalized Property

1977 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 474-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Gantz
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Third World ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Country ◽  
The Public ◽  
Third World Country ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
The U.S

On September 22, 1976, the United States and the Government of Peru signed an agreement resolving the nationalization of the Marcona Mining Company’s Peruvian branch. The settlement, the intergovernmental negotiations leading up to it, and the expropriation itself are of more than passing interest. The settlement has been characterized by the U.S. Government as providing, when fully implemented, prompt, adequate, and effective compensation through a package—a combination of cash and long term sales relationship—which represents a relatively beneficial arrangement economically and politically for the Government of Peru. These arrangements were the more remarkable for having been concluded with a leading Third World country that has a long history of nationalization of foreign investment. In light of the frequency of expropriations of American-owned property abroad, and of the fact that in one or more ways such expropriations involve issues of the public interest as well as those of private U.S. companies, the Marcona settlement has implications for the handling of other investment disputes.

scholarly journals Public involvement processes in forest management in Canada

1998 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen Blouin
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Laws And Regulations

Eighty-five percent of Canadian forests are owned by the provinces; the balance is owned by the federal government (9%) and private individuals and corporations (6%). Provincial crown forests have traditionally been managed by the forest industry under long term agreements with the provinces, primarily to meet timber objectives. Recent trends towards forest management for both timber and non-timber values have led to greater public involvement in decision-marking. Canadians have input into management of all three forests indirectly via laws and regulations, and directly by public participation. A variety of processes for public involvement are underway. The cornerstones to success are: equitable representation; access to information; fair and open processes; and informed participants.

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.

Abnormal Returns from the Common Stock Investments of the U.S. Senate

2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 661-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan J. Ziobrowski ◽  
Ping Cheng ◽  
James W. Boyd ◽  
Brigitte J. Ziobrowski
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Common Stock ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Government Decision ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Government ◽  
Stock Investments ◽  
The U.S

AbstractThe actions of the federal government can have a profound impact on financial markets. As prominent participants in the government decision making process, U.S. Senators are likely to have knowledge of forthcoming government actions before the information becomes public. This could provide them with an informational advantage over other investors. We test for abnormal returns from the common stock investments of members of the U.S. Senate during the period 1993–1998. We document that a portfolio that mimics the purchases of U.S. Senators beats the market by 85 basis points per month, while a portfolio that mimics the sales of Senators lags the market by 12 basis points per month. The large difference in the returns of stocks bought and sold (nearly one percentage point per month) is economically large and reliably positive.

scholarly journals Georgia Depository Libraries: Expanding Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Valerie D. Glenn ◽  
Laurie Aycock
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
University System ◽  
University System Of Georgia ◽  
Library Program ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University

Through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), the Government Publishing Office (GPO) provides materials published by government agencies to designated libraries in the United States and its territories. In return, these libraries offer free, public access to the materials in their depository collections. The state of Georgia has 23 federal depository libraries—one Regional and 22 Selectives. All but two of these libraries are affiliated with academic institutions, and the majority are part of the University System of Georgia (USG).

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