wyszukanych pozycji: 18
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National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Update of 2014 Federal Actions to Achieve National Goals and Improve Outcomes Along the HIV Care Continuum
ISBN: 9781505346480 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Since President Obama released the nation's first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy in July 2010, a seismic shift in how the nation conducts HIV research, prevention, care, and treatment has occurred. Central to the Strategy is the unifying vision that "the United States will become a place where new HIV infections are rare and when they do occur, every person, regardless of age, gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or socio-economic circumstance, will have unfettered access to high quality, life-extending care, free from stigma and discrimination."...
Since President Obama released the nation's first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy in July 2010, a seismic shift in how the nation conducts HI...
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Sustaining a Competitive Edge in Innovation through a World-Class Federal Science and Technology Workforce
ISBN: 9781537055664 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The FSTW's recommendations are organized under four strategic priorities: focused effective leadership, S&T mission and workforce alignment, use of workplace authorities and flexibilities, and collaboration between human resources professionals and S&T managers. The recommendations provide valuable opportunities for the Federal agencies to maintain a world-class Federal S&T workforce; achieving these priorities, however, requires commitment to developing a personnel system and work environments in which the best and brightest are offered meaningful S&T careers in government service.
The FSTW's recommendations are organized under four strategic priorities: focused effective leadership, S&T mission and workforce alignment, use of wo...
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Marijuana Myths and Facts: The Truth Behind 10 Popular Misperceptions
ISBN: 9781502445506 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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National Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy
ISBN: 9781503359437 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) operating on both sides of the United States and Canada border are exploiting the international boundary to move proceeds from illegal drugs sold in the United States and Canada and to transport drugs such as marijuana, Ecstasy, meth, and cocaine between the two countries. The border is the longest border between two countries in the world, spanning 5, 225 miles. The United States and Canada recognize that the threat from TCOs is a threat to regional security and stability of both countries. To increase each country's individual security and...
Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) operating on both sides of the United States and Canada border are exploiting the international boundary t...
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An Initial Assessment of Freight Bottlenecks on Highways
ISBN: 9781493550623 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This white paper is an initial effort to identify and quantify, on a national basis, highway bottlenecks that delay trucks and increase costs to businesses and consumers. The paper is the first to look specifically at the impacts and costs of highway bottlenecks on truck freight shipments.
This white paper is an initial effort to identify and quantify, on a national basis, highway bottlenecks that delay trucks and increase costs to busin...
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Achieving and Sustaining Earth Observations: A Preliminary Plan Based on a Strategic Assessment by the U.S. Group on Earth Observations
ISBN: 9781507746929 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. We live in an era of unprecedented stress on our planet. The combination of population growth, climate change, resource demand, and the continuing development of coastal and built areas creates significant challenges for the nation. To meet these challenges, there is a need for information about the Earth system and how it is changing over time. A robust infrastructure of Earth observations is necessary to support the nation's need to inform decisions and policy. Additionally, in this ever more global society, information and understanding derived from Earth observations are important in...
We live in an era of unprecedented stress on our planet. The combination of population growth, climate change, resource demand, and the continuing dev...
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Four Years of Broadband Growth
ISBN: 9781500612115 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Broadband access is an essential part of our economy. Given the reliance of so many American businesses and families on this basic technology, it's easy to overlook that just 15 years ago broadband barely existed for consumers. To create jobs and grow wages at home, and to compete in the global information economy, the delivery of fast, affordable and reliable broadband service to all corners of the United States must be a national imperative. The build-out of broadband infrastructure itself is a major driver of American investment and job creation, but even more significant are the ways that...
Broadband access is an essential part of our economy. Given the reliance of so many American businesses and families on this basic technology, it's ea...
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Implementation of Federal Prize Authority: Fiscal Year 2012 Progress Report
ISBN: 9781502958129 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed into the law the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act (COMPETES), granting all agencies broad authority to conduct prize competitions to spur innovation, solve tough problems, and advance their core missions. Prizes have an established track record of spurring innovation in the private and philanthropic sectors. This report details examples of how well-designed prizes integrated into a broader innovation strategy have enabled Federal agencies to: Pay only for success and establish an ambitious goal without having to predict which team or approach is...
On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed into the law the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act (COMPETES), granting all agencies broad authority to ...
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Strategic Plan for Federal Research and Monitoring of Ocean Acidification
ISBN: 9781541263598 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This document has three primary objectives: 1) identify the needs and activities described in the Strategic Research Plan that are currently being addressed by Federal agencies; 2) coordinate future Federal activities that are guided by and align with the goals of the Strategic Research Plan; and 3) communicate Federal actions on ocean acidification to the public. Implementation of the Strategic Research Plan will be an ongoing, long-term, iterative process to ensure that Federal ocean acidification activities address goals outlined in the Strategic Research Plan. In this ongoing work, the...
This document has three primary objectives: 1) identify the needs and activities described in the Strategic Research Plan that are currently being add...
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National Drug Control Budget - FY 2017 Funding Highlights
ISBN: 9781530341047 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Improving the Recruitment, Retention, and Utilization of Federal Scientists and Engineers
ISBN: 9780309048491 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This book assesses the capacity of the federal government to recruit and retain highly qualified scientists and engineers for federal service. It recommends more vigorous use of the existing Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 (FEPCA), as well as changes in legislation. It discusses the variety of management structures needed to support the different missions of federal agencies and identifies where organizational responsibility for implementing changes should lie. Table of Contents FRONT MATTER EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 INTRODUCTION 2 THE CHANGING EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 3 COPING...
This book assesses the capacity of the federal government to recruit and retain highly qualified scientists and engineers for federal service. It reco...
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Federal Alternative Jet Fuels Research and Development Strategy
ISBN: 9781542437356 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The U.S. civil and military aviation community has historically relied upon energy-dense liquid jet fuel that is derived from petroleum, which is subject to volatile pricing and uncertain supply and harmful to the environment. More recently developed jet fuel alternatives derived from nonpetroleum feedstock can help address those issues and other U.S. energy-related challenges, making development of alternative energy fuels (AJFs) of increased interest in the realm of aviation. Effective Federal research and development can enable AJF development by reducing the costs of producing fuel,...
The U.S. civil and military aviation community has historically relied upon energy-dense liquid jet fuel that is derived from petroleum, which is subj...
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National Drug Control Strategy - 2010
ISBN: 9781481133050 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Materials Genome Initiative: Strategic Plan (Color)
ISBN: 9781507502525 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Nation's economic competitiveness and prosperity in the coming decades will depend critically upon the pace of American innovation. Recognizing the importance of advanced materials in supporting an innovation-driven U.S. manufacturing sector, President Barack Obama introduced the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) in June 2011 with this aim: discover, develop, manufacture, and deploy advanced materials twice as fast, at a fraction of the cost. This ambitious goal is within reach. Research conducted in the early 2000s demonstrated that a systems level approach to material design,...
The Nation's economic competitiveness and prosperity in the coming decades will depend critically upon the pace of American innovation. Recognizing th...
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Common Framework for Earth-Observation Data
ISBN: 9781533319050 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The United States Government invests in Earth observations that are critical to the protection of lives and property, national security, economic growth, and scientific inquiry. These data provide the fundamental basis for our understanding of all Earth-system phenomena, including weather and climate, natural hazards, land-use change, ecosystem health, and natural-resource availability. A core principle of the U.S. Government is that Federal Earth-observation data are public goods, paid for by the American people, and that free, full, and open access to these data significantly enhances their...
The United States Government invests in Earth observations that are critical to the protection of lives and property, national security, economic grow...
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Income Tax Compliance by U.S. Citizens and U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents Residing Outside the United States and Related Issues
ISBN: 9781410108159 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Federal Agency Employment Strategies: A Framework for Disability Inclusion
ISBN: 9781503301061 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Federal agencies need talented workers to meet new challenges and complete new missions in the 21st century. Currently, there is an underutilized community of talented individuals who want to work and specifically want to work for the Federal Government. In order to better utilize this untapped pool of talent, on July 26, 2010, President Obama signed Executive Order (EO) 13548 on Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals with Disabilities to mark the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The EO works to establish the Federal Government as a model...
Federal agencies need talented workers to meet new challenges and complete new missions in the 21st century. Currently, there is an underutilized comm...
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Cuba Annual Report: 1986
ISBN: 9780887381911 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 800 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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