Intro -- FrontMatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Summary -- 1 The Long-Term Challenge -- 2 Framing the Choices -- 3 Fiscal Prudence -- 4 Choices for a Sustainable Budget -- 5 Options for Medicare and Medicaid -- 6 Options for Social Security -- 7...

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Challenges in Measuring Labor Market Conditions Across Countries -- 3 Assessing Compliance with Freedom of Association Standards -- 4 Information and Indicators of Forced Labor -- 5 Information and Indicators of Discrimination -- 6...

Cover -- Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Part I -- 1 The IT Sector: Context and Character -- 2 Understanding the IT Workforce -- 3 Characterizing the Workforce Problem -- Part II -- 4 Older IT Workers and Possible Age-Related...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- FROM "PERVASIVE DECLINE" IN THE 1980S TO "RESURGENCE" IN THE 1990S -- THE STEP BOARD'S ANALYSIS -- SUMMARY FINDINGS -- SOURCES OF STRONGER PERFORMANCE -- CONCERNS FOR THE FUTURE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A Recent Trends in...

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The USGS WRD: A Performance Review -- 3 Preparing For Tomorrow -- 4 Water for Tomorrow -- References -- Appendix A: Biographical Information.

Toward a New Era in U.S. Manufacturing -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Statement of the Problem -- A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON U.S. MANUFACTURING -- THE CURRENT ROLE OF THE MANUFACTURING FUNCTION -- RECENT PERFORMANCE OF U.S. MANUFACTURING --...

Improving Productivity in U.S. Marine Container Terminals -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Contents -- Summary Report of the Committee on Productivity of Marine Terminals -- Findings -- State of the Art of Marine Container Terminals -- Marine Container Terminal Systems Engineering and Design --...

Global Economy, Global Technology, Global Corporations -- Copyright -- Contents -- Overview of the Project -- BACKGROUND AND REVIEW OF THE STUDY PROCESS -- AREAS OF AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT -- Agreement on the Importance of Effective MNC Management -- Agreement on the Correlation Between...

Continued Review of the Tax Systems Modernization of the Internal Revenue Service -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary and Major Recommendations -- NEED FOR MODERNIZATION -- WHAT IS SUCCESS? -- ORGANIZATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- TECHNICAL SHORTCOMINGS -- MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS --...

Cover -- Front Matter -- Contents -- I PREFACE -- Preface -- II INTRODUCTION -- Introduction -- III RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS -- Evaluation of the Fast Track Initiative for the Department of Defense SBIR Program Summary of Findings -- IV PAPERS -- Fast Track: Is It Speeding Commercialization...