Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- 1 Need for Improved Navigation Information Systems -- 2 Federal, State, and Private Roles -- 3 Enhancing Navigation Safety Information Systems -- 4 Vision of the Future and How to Achieve It -- 5 Conclusions and...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction and Background -- 2 Assessing Vulnerability -- 3 Establishing a Research and Development Strategy -- 4 Applying the Methodology: Some Specific Research and Development...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Overview -- 2 Major User Facilities -- 3 Management Models -- 4 Cooperative Stewardship Model -- References -- APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- APPENDIX B Statement of Task --...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Illustrative Examples and Unanswered Questions -- 3 Data-The Basis for New Knowledge -- Results -- Bibliography -- A Workshop Agenda and Participants -- B Position Papers Submitted by...

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Executive Summary -- 1 The 2020 Vision -- 2 Grand Challenges for Manufacturing -- 3 Priority Technologies and Supporting Research -- 4 Preparing for 2020 -- References -- APPENDIX A Summary of Workshop on...

Fostering Industry-Initiated Environmental Protection Efforts -- Copyright -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- NEXT STEPS -- OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL INITIATIVES -- 1 Introduction -- OVERVIEW -- SCOPE OF THE REPORT -- 2 Examples of Industry-Initiated Environmental Programs...

The Unpredictable CERTAINTY -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction and Summary -- DEFINING THE NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE -- DRIVING DEPLOYMENT: BUSINESS TRANSITIONS, BUSINESS MODELS -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INTERNET -- As a Barometer of Potential -- As a Laboratory for...

For-Profit Enterprise in Health Care -- Copyright -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION TO THE VOLUME -- ORIGINS OF THIS INQUIRY -- FOCUS OF THIS STUDY -- THE COMPLICATIONS OF CHANGE -- SOURCES OF INFORMATION -- THE PRODUCTS OF THIS INQUIRY -- CONCLUSION -- PART I COMMITTEE REPORT -- 1...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Key Issues in Water Services Privatization -- 2 History of U.S. Water and Wastewater Systems -- 3 Forces of Change in the Water Service Industry -- 4 Models of Water Service Provision -- 5 Structural, Pricing, and Regulatory Issues --...

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Foundations for Price and Cost-of-Living Indexes -- 3 Index Domain -- 4 Evolving Market Baskets: Adjusting Indexes to Account for Quality Change -- 5 New Goods and New Outlets -- 6 The Special Case...