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Hot Topic: Federal And State Reimbursement Rates For Travel, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

For those cities that elected to reimburse for travel using the federal reimbursement rates, the federal government increased the vehicle-cents-per-mile reimbursement rate to 32.5 cents per mile, up from 31.5 cents per mile in 1997.

Politics--Once Again--Threaten To Mar Census, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"It may seem like a simple operation--count the number of people in the country so that the 435 members of the U.S. Congress may represent equal numbers of persons throughout the nation, but what should be a simple matter of number crunching has turned into a political quagmire."

State Corporate Taxation And Business Power: A Pooled Analysis, Andrew Ewoh, Euel Elliott

Andrew I.E. Ewoh

This article investigates whether businesses in concentrated or regulated industries are more likely to exert influence in the area of tax policy. Simultaneous equation models are developed that describe the behavior of firms in their effort to achieve policy outcomes beneficial to their common interests. These models are estimated using pooled time series cross-sectional data. The results show that firms in concentrated industries are likely to seek political influence if they are affected by direct or exclusive government regulation. The study also reveals that industrial concentration leads to greater corporate income. Examination of the political partisanship thesis provides support for …

Hot Topic: New Regulations Will Apply To Small Stormwater Discharges, Sharon Rollins

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Discusses a major new rule, proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that would require permits for small stormwater dischargers in urbanized areas of 50,000 or more, various commercial operations, and construction sites of less than five acres.

Retaining The Charm Of Rhode Island, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"The town of Exeter in Washington County is an unusual place--it is classified as one of the few remaining rural communities in the state. With 86 percent of Rhode Island considered urban by the Census Bureau, rural designation is something special in this second most densely settled state in the union."

Transgressive Cause Lawyering, Stuart Scheingold, Anne Bloom

Anne Bloom

No abstract provided.

Subtle Sentry: State Public Records Laws And The Availability Of Government Information, Grace I. Lessner

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Tennessee Public Acts 1998: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication summarizes the year's public acts that have the most significant impact on municipal operations. Users of this publication are cautioned that much judgment is involved in determining which Public Acts to summarize and how to summarize them. Before taking action or giving advice based upon any Public Act summarized here, one should consult the act itself and not rely on the summary.

Growth Policy, Annexation, And Incorporation Under Public Act 1101 Of 1998: A Guide For Community Leaders, Ctas, Mtas, Center For Government Training

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The Ad Hoc Study Committee on Annexation, established by Lt. Governor Wilder and Speaker Naifeh, worked through the fall of 1997 and into the 1998 legislative session to develop a new vision for growth policy in Tennessee. Under the leadership of its co-chairs, Senator Robert Rochelle and Representative Matt Kisber, the Ad Hoc Committee vigorously pursued a solution that seeks to meet the public service demands of commercial and residential growth, while maintaining the character of Tennessee's rural areas. The general concepts embraced by the Ad Hoc Committee found substantial support in the House and Senate. Ultimately, differences between the …

Differentiating Regulation Of Public And Private Institutions: A Preliminary Inquiry, Jonathan G.S. Koppell

Publications from President Jonathan G.S. Koppell

Twenty years ago, James Q. Wilson and Patricia Rachal argued that government cannot regulate itself. In an era of revived federalism, increased reliance on contractors, and proliferation of quasi-public organizations, the importance of government self-regulation is greater than ever. This paper tests an underlying assumption of Wilson and Rachal's claim: that regulation of public and private organizations can be differentiated. Employing a meta-research design, this pilot study uses existing regulatory case studies to create "regulatory relationship profiles" for public and private organizations. These profiles include information on the structure of the regulator, the intent of the regulation, the enforcement tools …

Old And New Theories Of Industry Clusters, Edward J. Feser

Edward J Feser

The paper reviews the broad range of theories and ideas that constitute, often implicitly, the logic behind strategic cluster policies. The title of the paper notwithstanding, there is no theory of industry clusters, per se. Even Porter’s (1990) seminal contribution is more a theory of firm competitiveness than clusters. There is, instead, a variety of older and newer theories of 1) the interrelationships between economic actors that clusters describe, and 2) the implications of such interrelationships for economic growth and development. Industry clusters have proven a useful way of characterizing webs of relationships between and among firms and other institutions. …

Armut : Der Mensch Lebt Nicht Vom Brot Allein : Wege Zur Soziokulturellen Existenzsicherung, Isidor Wallimann, Susanne Schmid

Books

While the usual discussion about the poverty of the minimum financial security speaks, the authors ask what it could mean for to be living in a secure socio-cultural minimum. The fact is that poverty can be both "caused" by various forms of exclusion, as well as the socio-cultural exclusion promotes or "causes".

Crafton Hills College Computer Hardware/Software Tracking System, Catherine Pace-Pequeño

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Municipal Involvement In International Relations, John Jack William Hilgers

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Management

The purpose of this study is to examine municipal involvement in international relations in the United States. This municipal phenomenon is occurring concurrently with both a shift away from the traditional nation-centric structure of international relations under the influence of globalism as well as a sharp decline in intergovernmental aid. The research questions were: (1) What are the indicators that define municipal involvement in international relations? and (2) What is the extent of that involvement?

Extensive qualitative and research was conducted in the form of an exploratory literature survey which was set forth in narrative analysis to overcome the paucity …

Race And Public Policy: The Case Of The Environmental Justice Movement, Andrew Ewoh

Andrew I.E. Ewoh

No abstract provided.

The Politics Of Human Resource Management: From Affirmative Action To Workforce Diversity, Andrew Ewoh

Andrew I.E. Ewoh

No abstract provided.