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Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1993 - November) No. 5, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1993 - November) No. 5, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1993 - August) No. 4, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1993 - August) No. 4, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1993 - April) No. 3, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1993 - April) No. 3, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
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Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1993 - March) No. 2, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1993 - March) No. 2, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
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Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1993 - January) No. 1, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1993 - January) No. 1, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
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Are Adders Right For Maine?, Ralph E. Townsend
Are Adders Right For Maine?, Ralph E. Townsend
Maine Policy Review
"Externalities" are costs imposed on third parties without compensation. Pollution is the archetypical externality. It is the pollution externality that has prompted the emerging national debate over whether public utility regulation should be modified to account for externalities. Ralph Townsend and two other authors [Raab, Freeman, this issue] discuss the arguments surrounding the externality debate. These three authors earlier presented similar material at a Legislative Institute, sponsored by the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy's Project for the Study of Regulation and the Environment, for the Utilities Committee of the Maine State Legislature.
The Myths Of 'Broken' Government: Moving Beyond The Conventional Wisdom, Anthony G. Cahill
The Myths Of 'Broken' Government: Moving Beyond The Conventional Wisdom, Anthony G. Cahill
Maine Policy Review
The budget difficulties faced by Maine and by most other states have prompted a national search for better ways to deliver government services. In Maine, a conference entitled "Rethinking Maine Government" was held at the University of Maine on January 5-6, 1993 under the auspices of the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy. Maine Policy Review selected three of the presentations at that conference for this issue. Anthony Cahill challenged the 400 legislators, state government officials and business leaders attending the conference to think in terms of a "revolution" in rethinking Maine's state government.
Challenges Facing Maine's Budget Process, Donald Nicoll
Challenges Facing Maine's Budget Process, Donald Nicoll
Maine Policy Review
The budget difficulties faced by Maine and by most other states have prompted a national search for better ways to deliver government services. In Maine, a conference entitled "Rethinking Maine Government" was held at the University of Maine on January 5-6, 1993 under the auspices of the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy. Maine Policy Review selected three of the presentations at that conference for this issue. Donald Nicoll was the co-chair, along with Merton Henry, of the Special Commission on Governmental Restructuring.
Applications, Not Technology, David W. Amidon
Applications, Not Technology, David W. Amidon
Maine Policy Review
The dramatic changes in telecommunications in the past decade have caused many states to try new approaches to the regulation of local telephone companies. The "Vermont Telecommunications Agreement" was one of the earliest attempts at such innovative regulatory approaches. To learn more about that experience, the PURE '93 conference and Maine Policy Review invited representatives with three different perspectives on the Vermont experience to share their observations.
Competing Objectives In The Reorganization Of Maine State Government, Kenneth Palmer
Competing Objectives In The Reorganization Of Maine State Government, Kenneth Palmer
Maine Policy Review
The budget difficulties faced by Maine and by most other states have prompted a national search for better ways to deliver government services. In Maine, a conference entitled "Rethinking Maine Government" was held at the University of Maine on January 5-6, 1993 under the auspices of the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy. MPR has selected three of the presentations at that conference for this issue. Kenneth Palmer in this article provides a historical view on previous efforts to reorganize Maine government.
Economic Growth Versus Economic Development: What Can Maine Government Do To Position Us For The Future?, Steven Ballard
Economic Growth Versus Economic Development: What Can Maine Government Do To Position Us For The Future?, Steven Ballard
Maine Policy Review
No abstract provided.
Revisiting The "New Directions" Report, Charles Colgan
Revisiting The "New Directions" Report, Charles Colgan
Maine Policy Review
This article is based on a presentation at the Pure '93 Conference last January. Charles Colgan discusses Maine's recent policies on telecommunication. Colgan, former state economist, provided the staff support for Governor Joseph Brennan's report "New Directions in Telecommunications Policy." The analysis of telecommunications policies of the two recent Maine gubernatorial administrations [Brennan and McKernan] reveals a surprisingly common core over the entire period since the AT&T divestiture.
The Political Economy Of Hospital Rate Regulation In Maine, David F. Wihry, Julie T. Fralich, Ellen Jane Schneiter
The Political Economy Of Hospital Rate Regulation In Maine, David F. Wihry, Julie T. Fralich, Ellen Jane Schneiter
Maine Policy Review
Ten years ago, Maine established a health care finance board to regulate hospital rates. But the concerns that prompted the regulatory system, access and cost, have not abated. In this article, former Maine Health Care Finance Commission chair David Wihry, and former Commission staffers Julie Fralich and Ellen Jane Schneiter examine the economic and political influences that have affected the state’s efforts to regulate hospital costs.
Regional Response Options To Global Climate Change, James P. Bruce
Regional Response Options To Global Climate Change, James P. Bruce
Maine Policy Review
Global climate change has garnered some media attention, but has failed to gather the attention of most governmental decision makers and the public. In an effort to advance concerns about the issue, the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers sponsored a three-day symposium on climate change last May 19-21 in Portland. At the symposium, scientists and public officials from both the U.S. and Canada explored the science of climate change, the potential implications and impact of climate change on this region, and the possible policy responses. James Bruce [and Dean Marriott and Mark Victor, this issue] reflecting the breadth …
Regulatory Updates: Public Utilities Commission
Regulatory Updates: Public Utilities Commission
Maine Policy Review
No abstract provided.
The Private Sector’S Comparative Advantage, Tom Sawyer
The Private Sector’S Comparative Advantage, Tom Sawyer
Maine Policy Review
At the "Rethinking State Government" conference held at the University of Maine in January 1993, a panel explored the issue of privatization, of using private enterprise to provide public sector services. Tom Sawyer provides his perspective as a private environmental services contractor.
Maine’S “Other” Commissions: Maine Pesticide Control Board
Maine’S “Other” Commissions: Maine Pesticide Control Board
Maine Policy Review
Maine Policy Review has taken a particular interest in the activities of Maine's key regulatory agencies, such as the Public Utilities Commission and the Board of Environmental Protection. The state also has a number of regulatory agencies with jurisdictions over relatively narrow interests or industries. Because of their narrow mission, these agencies often do not attract regular media attention. In this issue, MPR continues its policy of highlighting these "other" regulatory boards, in this piece the Maine Pesticide Control Board, providing readers with general and contextual information about these bodies.
Two Case Studies In Local Cable Renewal, George F. Burns
Two Case Studies In Local Cable Renewal, George F. Burns
Maine Policy Review
In October, 1992, Congress responded to consumer complaints about their cable rates and services by passing the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992. The numerous provisions of the new act were the subject of two, day-long workshops held in Portland and Orono last fall that were targeted to municipal officials. The workshops were jointly sponsored by the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, the Maine Municipal Association and the Community Television Network of Portland. Three articles in this issue are excerpted from those presentations in an effort to both communicate and explain the important changes wrought …
Examining Alternative Forms Of Utility Regulation: The Incentives And Disincentives Of The Regulatory Structure, Ralph Gelder, Edward Dinan, David Flanagan, Joseph Donahue
Examining Alternative Forms Of Utility Regulation: The Incentives And Disincentives Of The Regulatory Structure, Ralph Gelder, Edward Dinan, David Flanagan, Joseph Donahue
Maine Policy Review
The traditional form of regulating public utilities—command-and-control—has been found inadequate by some to cope with marketplace changes that have introduced competition into previously monopolistic markets. Alternative forms of regulation, particularly incentive regulation, have been developed in various areas of the nation in response to the new competitive utility environment. In these four short articles, former Maine Public Utilities Commission chair Ralph Gelder, New England Telephone Vice President for Maine, Edward Dinan, and Central Maine Power Company Vice President David Flanagan discuss these emergent utility issues. A fourth and quite different view of the present regulatory system and its alternatives is …
Cable Rate Regulation Provisions, Lisa S. Gelb, Frederick E. Ellrod Iii
Cable Rate Regulation Provisions, Lisa S. Gelb, Frederick E. Ellrod Iii
Maine Policy Review
In October, 1992, Congress responded to consumer complaints about cable rates and services by passing the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992. The numerous provisions of the new act were the subject of two, day-long workshops held in Portland and Orono last fall that were targeted to municipal officials. The workshops were jointly sponsored by the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, the Maine Municipal Association and the Community Television Network of Portland. Three articles in this issue are excerpted from those presentations in an effort to both communicate and explain the important changes wrought by …
Telecommunications: Maine's Best Kept Secret, Richard Silkman
Telecommunications: Maine's Best Kept Secret, Richard Silkman
Maine Policy Review
This article is based on a presentation at the Pure '93 Conference last January. Richard Silkman discusses Maine's recent policies on telecommunication. Silkman, as Governor John McKernan's Director of the State Planning Office, was often the lead spokesman on telecommunications policy for the current governor. The analysis of telecommunications policies of the two recent Maine gubernatorial administrations [Brennan and McKernan] reveals a surprisingly common core over the entire period since the AT&T divestiture.
Privatization As A Valid Alternative, Sawin Millett
Privatization As A Valid Alternative, Sawin Millett
Maine Policy Review
At the "Rethinking State Government" conference held at the University of Maine in January 1993, a panel explored the issue of privatization, of using private enterprise to provide public sector services. Sawin Millet provides the perspective of someone who has worked primarily in the public sector.
Identifying Childhood Hunger In Maine, Deirdre Mageean
Identifying Childhood Hunger In Maine, Deirdre Mageean
Maine Policy Review
Recent political campaigns at the national and state levels have been filled with much rhetoric about the present and future of families and children. But effective public policy developed in response to many pressing financial and social needs of families and children has not followed from the rhetoric. The lack of adequate quantitative research on the needs of children is often cited as a reason to move cautiously in responding to "perceived needs." Deirdre Mageean discusses the nation’s public policy responses to poverty that have been attempted since the mid-1960s. Mageean, who served as co-director of a year-long childhood hunger …
Move With Caution Toward Privatization, Cushman Anthony
Move With Caution Toward Privatization, Cushman Anthony
Maine Policy Review
At the "Rethinking State Government" conference held at the University of Maine in January 1993, a panel explored the issue of privatization, of using private enterprise to provide public sector services. Lawyer Cushman Anthony urges moving with caution to ensure that privatization is really the optimal approach.
Real Costs And True Potential, John Hanson
Real Costs And True Potential, John Hanson
Maine Policy Review
At the "Rethinking State Government" conference held at the University of Maine in January 1993, a panel explored the issue of privatization, of using private enterprise to provide public sector services. John Hanson raises concerns about possible drawbacks and consequences in the rush to privative, including self-interest, efficiency, accountability and decreased employment.
Deficit Reduction Fever: Why The Clinton Budget Will Not Reduce The Deficit, Steve Adams
Deficit Reduction Fever: Why The Clinton Budget Will Not Reduce The Deficit, Steve Adams
Maine Policy Review
No abstract provided.
Regulatory Updates: Maine Low-Level Radioactive Waste Authority
Regulatory Updates: Maine Low-Level Radioactive Waste Authority
Maine Policy Review
Maine Policy Review has taken a particular interest in the activities of Maine's key regulatory agencies, such as the Public Utilities Commission and the Board of Environmental Protection. The state also has a number of regulatory agencies with jurisdictions over relatively narrow interests or industries. Because of their narrow mission, these agencies often do not attract regular media attention. In this issue, MPR continues its policy of highlighting these "other" regulatory boards, in this case the Maine Low-Level Radioactive Waste Authority, providing readers with general and contextual information about these bodies.
The Clinton Administration's Vision For Economic Development, Laura D'Andrea Tyson
The Clinton Administration's Vision For Economic Development, Laura D'Andrea Tyson
Maine Policy Review
The 20th anniversary of the Governor’s Economic Development Conference last October focused on the impact of public policy on the competitiveness of Maine’s business and industry. Among many other important presentations, the University of Maine-sponsored conference featured a televideo keynote address by the Clinton Administration’s top economic adviser, Laura D’Andrea Tyson. Tyson’s remarks, which detailed the Administration’s policy initiatives meant to enhance the nation’s competitiveness relative to the international economy, are presented in this article.
The 1992 Cable Act: Consumer Protection And Customer Service, Barbara Krause
The 1992 Cable Act: Consumer Protection And Customer Service, Barbara Krause
Maine Policy Review
In October, 1992, Congress responded to consumer complaints about cable rates and services by passing the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992. The numerous provisions of the new act were the subject of two, day-long workshops held in Portland and Orono last fall that were targeted to municipal officials. The workshops were jointly sponsored by the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, the Maine Municipal Association and the Community Television Network of Portland. Three articles in this issue are excerpted from those presentations in an effort to both communicate and explain the important changes wrought by …
Regulatory Updates, Ralph Townsend, Ruth Robinson
Regulatory Updates, Ralph Townsend, Ruth Robinson
Maine Policy Review
No abstract provided.