Government And Research

Author : Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy,National Academy of Sciences,National Academy of Engineering,Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309517980

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Evaluating Federal Research Programs by Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy,National Academy of Sciences,National Academy of Engineering,Institute of Medicine Pdf

The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), passed by Congress in 1993, requires that federal agencies write five-year strategic plans with annual performance goals and produce an annual report that demonstrates whether the goals have been met. The first performance reports are due in March 2000. Measuring the performance of basic research is particularly challenging because major breakthroughs can be unpredictable and difficult to assess in the short term. This book recommends that federal agencies use an "expert review" method to examine the quality of research they support, the relevance of that research to their mission, and whether the research is at the international forefront of scientific and technological knowledge. It also addresses the issues of matching evaluation measurements to the character of the research performed, improving coordination among agencies when research is in the same field, and including a human resource development component in GPRA strategic and performance plans.

Author : National Research Council,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on Innovations in Computing and Communications: Lessons from History
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999-02-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780309062787

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Funding a Revolution by National Research Council,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on Innovations in Computing and Communications: Lessons from History Pdf

The past 50 years have witnessed a revolution in computing and related communications technologies. The contributions of industry and university researchers to this revolution are manifest; less widely recognized is the major role the federal government played in launching the computing revolution and sustaining its momentum. Funding a Revolution examines the history of computing since World War II to elucidate the federal government's role in funding computing research, supporting the education of computer scientists and engineers, and equipping university research labs. It reviews the economic rationale for government support of research, characterizes federal support for computing research, and summarizes key historical advances in which government-sponsored research played an important role. Funding a Revolution contains a series of case studies in relational databases, the Internet, theoretical computer science, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality that demonstrate the complex interactions among government, universities, and industry that have driven the field. It offers a series of lessons that identify factors contributing to the success of the nation's computing enterprise and the government's role within it.

Author : Tibor R. Machan
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780817929466

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Liberty and Research and Development by Tibor R. Machan Pdf

The contributors to this volume explore the implications of government funding of scientific research and offer alternatives to the heavy reliance on government support that research and development (R&D) currently enjoys. Each author squarely confronts the problems arising from the idea that government funding of R&D is and ought to be the norm.

Author : Mark Callanan,John Loughlin
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781839106644

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A Research Agenda for Regional and Local Government by Mark Callanan,John Loughlin Pdf

This insightful Research Agenda takes a thematic approach to analysing reform in regional and local government, exploring central concepts such as devolution, Europeanisation and globalisation. Expert contributors address key trends in structural change and reorganisation, subnational autonomy and decentralisation, metropolitan governance, and multi-level governance.

Author : Maurice Kogan,Mary Henkel
Publisher : Dartmouth Publishing Company
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015001764904

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Government and Research by Maurice Kogan,Mary Henkel Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Science
ISBN : UIUC:30112101035258

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U.S. Government Research Reports by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gale Research Inc
Publisher : Gale Cengage
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0028675304

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Government Research Directory by Gale Research Inc Pdf

Author : Sandford F. Borins
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815710301

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Innovations in Government by Sandford F. Borins Pdf

The Innovations in American Government Awards Program began in 1985 with a grant from the Ford Foundation to the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard to conduct a program of awards for innovations in state and local government. The foundation's objective was ambitious and, in an era of "government is the problem" rhetoric, determinedly proactive. It sought to counter declining public confidence in government by highlighting innovative and effective programs. Over twenty years later, research, recognition, and replication are the source of the program's continuing influence and its vitality. What is the future of government innovation? How can innovation enhance the quality of life for citizens and strengthen democratic governance? Innovations in Government: Research, Recognition, and Replication answers these questions by presenting a comprehensive approach to advancing the practice and study of innovation in government. The authors discuss new research on innovation, explore the impact of several programs that recognize innovation, and consider challenges to the replication of innovations. Contributors include Eugene Bardach (University of California– Berkeley), Robert Behn (Harvard University), John D. Donahue (Harvard University), Marta Ferreira Santos Farah (Center for Public Administration and Government, Fundação Getulio Vargas), Archon Fung (Harvard University), Jean Hartley (University of Warwick), Steven Kelman (Harvard University), Gowher Rizvi (Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard University), Peter Spink (Center for Public Administration and Government, Fundação Getulio Vargas), and Jonathan Walters (Governing).

Author : Amanda Wakaruk,Sam-chin Li
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781772124064

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Government Information in Canada by Amanda Wakaruk,Sam-chin Li Pdf

Introduction : the evolution of government information services and stewardship in Canada / Amanda Wakaruk and Sam-chin Li -- Government publication deposit programs : the Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial landscapes / Graeme Campbell, Michelle Lake, and Catherine McGoveran -- Library and archives Canada : official publications and select digital library collections, 1923-2017 / Tom J. Smyth -- Parliamentary information in Canada : form and function / Talia Chung and Maureen Martyn -- Commissions and tribunals / Caron Rollins -- Alberta government publishing / Dani J. Pahulje -- Saskatchewan government publications deposit in the Legislative Library / Gregory Salmers -- Inside track : challenges of collecting, accessing, and preserving Ontario government publications / Sandra Craig and Martha Murphy -- Digitization of government publications : a review of the Ontario Digitization Initiative / Carol Perry, Brian Tobin, and Sam-chin Li -- GALLOP Portal : making government publications in legislative libraries findable / Peter Ellinger -- The Canadian Government Information Digital Preservation Network : a collective response to a national crisis / Amanda Wakaruk and Steve Marks -- Web harvesting and reporting fugitive government materials : collaborative stewardship of at-risk documents / Susan Paterson, Nicholas Worby, and Darlene Fichter.

Author : National Research Council,National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Criteria for Federal Support of Research and Development
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1995-11-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309176002

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Allocating Federal Funds for Science and Technology by National Research Council,National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Criteria for Federal Support of Research and Development Pdf

The United States faces a new challengeâ€"maintaining the vitality of its system for supporting science and technology despite fiscal stringency during the next several years. To address this change, the Senate Appropriations Committee requested a report from the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering and the Institute of Medicine to address "the criteria that should be used in judging the appropriate allocation of funds to research and development activities; to examine the appropriate balance among different types of institutions that conduct such research; and to look at the means of assuring continued objectivity in the allocation process." In this eagerly-awaited book, a committee of experts selected by the National Academies and the Institute responds with 13 recommendations that propose a new budgeting process and formulates a series of questions to address during that process. The committee also makes corollary recommendations about merit review, government oversight, linking research and development to government missions, the synergy between research and education, and other topics. The recommendations are aimed at rooting out obsolete and inadequate activities to free resources from good programs for even better ones, in the belief that "science and technology will be at least as important in the future as they have been in the past in dealing with problems that confront the nation." The authoring committee of this book was chaired by Frank Press, former President of the National Academy of Sciences (1981-1993) and Presidential Science and Technology Advisor (1977-1981).

Author : Albert N. Link,Gregory Tassey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1989-05-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 089838303X

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Cooperative Research and Development: The Industry—University—Government Relationship by Albert N. Link,Gregory Tassey Pdf

We must all hang together or surely we will all hang separately. Benjamin Franklin The significant apathy that characterized relationships between indus try and universities and the adversarial nature of relationships between industry and government have both faded rapidly in the 1980s as the realities of global competition have surfaced in the United States. Both industry and government leaders articulate a number of constructs for regaining our competitiveness in world markets. One of the more fre quent strategies prescribed in this new competitiveness era is cooperation. Different individuals or groups may espouse different definitions, inter pretations, or areas of emphasis, but the overall importance of this concept is substantial. Although examples of cooperative research have existed for several decades, the number and variety of relationships have expanded rapidly in the 1980s as corporations, universities, and governments have embraced this strategy. Joint ventures involving two or three firms increased from under 200 per year in the 1970s to over 400 per year by the mid-1980s. Multiple-firm cooperative arrangements are a more recent phenomenon, made possible by the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984. By mid- 1988,81 of these industry-level consortia had formed under the provisions of the 1984 Act. The rapid growth in cooperative research and development (R&D) is primarily a response to the pressures of international competition. As a corporate strategy, cooperative R&D meets short-term needs for assets to implement new approaches for coping with intensifying competition.

Author : Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999-02-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309173278

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Evaluating Federal Research Programs by Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy Pdf

The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), passed by Congress in 1993, requires that federal agencies write five-year strategic plans with annual performance goals and produce an annual report that demonstrates whether the goals have been met. The first performance reports are due in March 2000. Measuring the performance of basic research is particularly challenging because major breakthroughs can be unpredictable and difficult to assess in the short term. This book recommends that federal agencies use an "expert review" method to examine the quality of research they support, the relevance of that research to their mission, and whether the research is at the international forefront of scientific and technological knowledge. It also addresses the issues of matching evaluation measurements to the character of the research performed, improving coordination among agencies when research is in the same field, and including a human resource development component in GPRA strategic and performance plans.

Author : Christopher Page
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780802093776

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The Roles of Public Opinion Research in Canadian Government by Christopher Page Pdf

The Roles of Public Opinion Research in Canadian Government demonstrates that opinion research has a greater variety of roles than is often recognized, and that, despite conventional wisdom, its foremost impact is to help governments determine how to communicate with citizens.

Author : Gale Cengage Learning,Gale Cengage Learning Staff
Publisher : Gale Cengage
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 141032690X

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Government Research Directory by Gale Cengage Learning,Gale Cengage Learning Staff Pdf

Author : Davies, Tim,Walker, Stephen B.,Rubinstein, Mor
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781928331957

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The State of Open Data by Davies, Tim,Walker, Stephen B.,Rubinstein, Mor Pdf

It’s been ten years since open data first broke onto the global stage. Over the past decade, thousands of programmes and projects around the world have worked to open data and use it to address a myriad of social and economic challenges. Meanwhile, issues related to data rights and privacy have moved to the centre of public and political discourse. As the open data movement enters a new phase in its evolution, shifting to target real-world problems and embed open data thinking into other existing or emerging communities of practice, big questions still remain. How will open data initiatives respond to new concerns about privacy, inclusion, and artificial intelligence? And what can we learn from the last decade in order to deliver impact where it is most needed? The State of Open Data brings together over 60 authors from around the world to address these questions and to take stock of the real progress made to date across sectors and around the world, uncovering the issues that will shape the future of open data in the years to come.