Article: National development strategies; policy notes.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: States' 2d fiddles swap policy notes in humble ...
The Boston Globe;  July 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ...BUFFALO - Rain from a violent storm leaked through a glass atrium at the Hyatt Regency Hotel yesterday as a couple of dozen supremely unheralded politicians - lieutenant governors from across America - gathered in a windowless ballroom. Lieutenant Governor Brian K. Krolicki of Nevada looked across

Article: Italian minister defends migrant policy, notes ...
BBC Monitoring International Reports;  May 26, 2009 ;     389 words ...Text of report by Italian leading privately-owned centre-left newspaper La Repubblica, on 25 May [Unattributed report: "Ronchi: The Rejections Work; Now the Illegal Immigrants Go to Spain"] Rome - "We have shut the doors and now they go to Spain": That was how [Italian] European Policies Minister

Article: Restrictions on flight simulators questioned.(GOVERNMENT ...
National Defense;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Last month, NDIA President and CEO Lawrence P. Farrell sent a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Defense Authorization and Appropriations committees expressing concern that a legislative restriction on providing flight simulators to the military services has the

Article: Pentagon revises program performance regulations.(GOVERNMENT ...
National Defense;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The Defense Department is attempting to simplify the complex and conflicting rules that govern program performance management. Program performance, or earned value management, has been a requirement for major defense programs for more than 35 years. Contractors are required to provide the

Article: Industry suggests improvements for exports. (Government ...
National Defense;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...The Bush administration is conducting a comprehensive review of defense trade export policy. The White House initiated the review--commonly known as NSPD-19--in an effort to identify changes needed to protect the country's national-security and foreign-policy interests. Today's defense trade

Article: Industry security clearances: broken process.(GOVERNMENT ...
National Defense;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...In order to perform many critical services for government customers, tens of thousands of defense industry personnel must obtain and renew security clearances every year. Both at home and abroad, these requirements have skyrocketed to unprecedented levels. The security clearance process, rules and

Article: Defense budget short on modernization. (Government Policy ...
National Defense;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...President Bush's proposed defense budget of $379 billion for fiscal year 2003 represents a dramatic increase over current spending, but it is insufficient for the task at hand, NDIA President Lawrence P. Farrell testified at a mid-March congressional hearing. The request "sounds large," Farrell