Government category: 19669 books
Government Pirates
The Assault on Private Property Rights--and How We Can Fight It
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
After years of hard work and saving, you finally own a home. But don't get too comfortable. If government officials decide they want your property, they can take it—for a wide variety of shady reasons that go far beyond the usual definition of "public purposes." The courts have allowed...
E-Government in Canada
Transformation for the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
The rapid expansion of the Internet has fueled the emergence of electronic government at all levels in Canada. E-government's first decade featured online service underpinned by a technically secure infrastructure. This service-security nexus entails internal governance reforms aimed at realizing...
Building an American Empire
The Era of Territorial and Political Expansion
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
How American westward expansion was governmentally engineered to promote the formation of a white settler nation
Westward expansion of the United States is most conventionally remembered for rugged individualism, geographic isolationism, and a fair amount of luck. Yet the establishment of the...
by Jon Rauch
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
An earlier edition of this extraordinarily prescient, elegantly written book created a sensation among Washington media insiders when it was published more than five years ago under the title Demosclerosis. In it, Jonathan Rauch, a former correspondent for The Economist and a columnist for National...
The War On Science
Muzzled Scientists and Wilful Blindness in Stephen Harper's Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
A passionate and meticulously researched argument against the Harper government's war on science.
In this arresting and passionately argued indictment, award-winning journalist Chris Turner argues that Stephen Harper's attack on basic science, science communication, environmental regulations,...
Netherworld
Reflections on Working for the US Government
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Over the course of more than 22 years of service with the Federal government Nathan Gjovik has seen first-hand how it uses tools like affirmative action and various preferences and set asides to award positions, promotions, and contracts. These tools are nearly all designed to serve populations who...
Canada's Constitutional Monarchy
An Introduction to Our Form of Government
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
The Canadian Crown is a unique institution that has been integral to our ideals of democracy from its beginning in 16th-century New France.
Canadians enjoy one of the most stable forms of government on the planet, but there is a crisis in our understanding of the role the Crown plays in that...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to U.S. Government and Politics
A Comprehensive Look at the System and Policies That Define Our Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
The governed must know their government.
Understanding how our government functions and the political forces that influence it is vital for all Americans. As a comprehensive overview and history of the subject, this book is designed to help anyone interested in learning about our government...
by Seth Setterberg
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
Positioning your Company To WIN Government Contracts is a zero fluff guide on how companies can increase their chances of winning federal government contracts.Learn how to...-Find Government Solicitations-How to write winning proposals-How to bid on the coveted GSA Schedule-Gather Business Intelligence-Who...
by William G. Arnold CDFM-A
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
This guide offers sound and easy-to-apply advice to help government managers deal with appropriated funds properly and legally. It follows the organization of the Redbook, the Government Accountability Office's 2,000+ page Principles of Federal Appropriations Law. Government purchase card holders...
The First 90 Days in Government
Critical Success Strategies for New Public Managers at All Levels
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2006
More than 250,000 public sector managers in the United States take on new positions each year and many more aspire to leadership. Each will confront special challenges-from higher public profiles to a greater number of stakeholders to volatile political environments-that will make their transitions...
The Formation of National Party Systems
Federalism and Party Competition in Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
Pradeep Chhibber and Ken Kollman rely on historical data spanning back to the eighteenth century from Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States to revise our understanding of why a country's party system consists of national or regional parties. They demonstrate that the party systems in...
by Philip Booth, Ryan Bourne, Rory Meakin
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Amidst the debates about ‘austerity’ a number of vital debates in public finance have been sidelined. Because the reductions in government spending – small though they have been so far- have been designed to reduce the government’s borrowing requirement, there has been little discussion of...
by Michael G. Martin PMP
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
This volume offers practical guidance on writing and preparing a description of government requirements, whether the document used is a statement of work (SOW), a performance work statement (PWS), or a statement of objectives (SOO). This description specifies exactly what good and services are being...