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 --...

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...

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Agenda 21 Implementation: Progress, Challenges, and the Role of Geographic Data -- 3 Geographic Information Activities in Africa -- 4 Facilitating the Use of Geographic Data: Spatial Data and...

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...

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Manufacturing Supply Chains -- 3 Supply Chain Integration -- 4 Integration Process -- Capabilities of Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises 5 -- 6 Quality, Cost,...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Nuclear Cities Initiative: Interests of the Program -- Analysis of the Results of the Targeted Program for Promoting Employment for the Population of Minatom Closed Administrative-Territorial Zones for 1998-2000 -- Technobusiness in Russia's Atomic Cities...

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Transportation Safety Indicators -- 3 Mobility Indicators -- 4 Transportation Indicators of Economic Growth -- 5 General Discussion -- Appendix A American Time-Use Survey -- Appendix B Workshop Agenda and Participants.

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The National Income and Product Accounts: History and Application to the Environment -- 3 Accounting for Subsoil Mineral Resources -- 4 Accounting for Renewable and Environmental Resources -- 5 Overall...

Cover -- Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Accuracy of Past Projections -- 3 Transitional Fertility -- 4 Posttransition Fertility -- 5 Mortality -- 6 International Migration -- 7 The Uncertainty of Population Forecasts --...