Browsing George Bush School of Government and Public Service by Title
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(2022-02-28)The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the devastating impact infectious diseases can have on human health, social orders, economies, and political systems. Throughout human history, pandemics have remade governments and ...
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(2010)Economic espionage is a serious threat to the vitality of the U.S. economy. While this is a widely accepted fact, there is no formal way to measure the damage an incident of economic espionage has on the U.S. economy. The ...
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(The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2012-10)Because of the magnitude of the existing corn harvest shortfall coupled with the large ethanol mandates, policymakers face extreme uncertainties looking into the future with potentially large economic ramifications. ...
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(2015-05-20)Biological incidents, both man-made and naturally occurring, represent a significant threat to the national security of the United States. Identifying these crises begins with the detection and reporting of essential ...
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(2018)Urban flooding is a challenge for many parts of the world, and Caddo Parish, Louisiana, is no exception. Caddo Parish, located in Northwestern Louisiana on the banks of the Red River, has been the subject of intense flooding ...
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(Educational Technology Publications, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1998-03)
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(2017)The Alzheimer’s Association of Houston and Southeast Texas (Association) is committed to expanding care and services for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease through awareness, research, and legislation. The Association ...
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(2017-03-06)We argue that military exercises can create four types of risk—accidents, hostility, reciprocity, and crises. The level of risk an exercise creates is determined by two factors. The first factor is the political environment ...
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(2018)Although not specific to the City of Bryan, income inequality is a local reality and results in perpetuated intergenerational economic stagnation. This capstone project conducts research relating to income inequality both ...
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(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2015-03)Tariff rates on most articles of imported apparel and footwear are classified by the gender of the intended user, and for some items the rates differ. In this issue of The Takeaway the authors describe the discriminatory ...
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(1965-05-21)The author's conception of the idea of using Federal procurement to stimulate innovation in public service programs was formulated during his summer employment in 1964 in the Office of the Secretary of Defense while drafting ...
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(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2021-02)
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(2016-03-22)Dr. Peter Hotez discusses the future of medicine and technology in the face of new and developing diseases. He looks at recent pandemics and outbreaks and discusses how vaccine diplomacy can change the world.
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(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2019-12)
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Financial Support and Challenges for Educational Technology Companies: Then, Now, and Looking Ahead (Educational Technology Publications, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 2016-03)
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(2017-02-28)“A friend in Washington is someone who stabs you in the chest.” Brent Scowcroft sometimes tells this joke to break the ice when beginning a speech. The irony, though, is that Scowcroft has a great many friends and admirers. ...