Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Author: Linda M. Calbom (au)

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2006-09

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9781422307342

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The Trilogy project is the FBI's largest info. tech. (IT) upgrade to date. While ultimately successful in providing updated IT infrastructure & systems, Trilogy was not a success with regard to upgrading FBI's investigative applications. Further, the project was plagued with missed milestones & escalating costs, which eventually totaled $537 million. This report determines whether: (1) internal controls provided reasonable assurance that improper payment of unallowable contractor costs would not be made or would be detected in the normal course of bus.; (2) payments to contractors were properly supported as a valid use of gov't. funds, & (3) FBI maintained proper accountability for assets purchased with Trilogy project funds. Charts & tables.


Project Management Techniques and Innovations in Information Technology

Project Management Techniques and Innovations in Information Technology

Author: Wang, John

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2012-04-30

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 1466609311

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"This book presents the latest research, case studies, best practices, and methodologies within the field of IT project management, offering research from top experts around the world in a variety of IT project management applications and job sectors"--Provided by publisher.


A Patent System for the 21st Century

A Patent System for the 21st Century

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2004-10-01

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0309089107

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The U.S. patent system is in an accelerating race with human ingenuity and investments in innovation. In many respects the system has responded with admirable flexibility, but the strain of continual technological change and the greater importance ascribed to patents in a knowledge economy are exposing weaknesses including questionable patent quality, rising transaction costs, impediments to the dissemination of information through patents, and international inconsistencies. A panel including a mix of legal expertise, economists, technologists, and university and corporate officials recommends significant changes in the way the patent system operates. A Patent System for the 21st Century urges creation of a mechanism for post-grant challenges to newly issued patents, reinvigoration of the non-obviousness standard to quality for a patent, strengthening of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, simplified and less costly litigation, harmonization of the U.S., European, and Japanese examination process, and protection of some research from patent infringement liability.


Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa

Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa

Author: Malcolm Langford

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 487

ISBN-13: 1107021146

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This book sets out to assess the role and impact of socio-economic strategies used by civil society actors in South Africa. Focusing on a range of socio-economic rights and national trends in law and political economy, the book's authors show how socio-economic rights have influenced the development of civil society discourse and action.


The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

Author: Fergus Hume

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2016-01-18

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1473378974

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This early work by Fergus Hume was originally published in 1886 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab' is a tricky tale set in Australia and is Hume's most famous crime novel. Fergusson Wright Hume was born on 8th July 1859 in England, the second son of Dr. James Hume. The family migrated to New Zealand where Fergus was enrolled at Otago Boys' High School, and later continued his legal and literary studies at the University of Otago. Hume returned to England in 1888 where he resided in London for a few years until moving to the Essex countryside. There he published over 100 novels, mainly in the mystery fiction genre, though none had the success of his début work.


Party Governance and Party Democracy

Party Governance and Party Democracy

Author: Wolfgang C. Müller

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-05-15

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1461465885

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​​Given the centrality of political parties in modern democracies, most research on these systems either directly address their internal functioning and activities or question their critical role. Political science has moved from describing institutions to the thorough analysis of behavior within these institutions and the interactions between them. The inevitable consequences of the maturing and institutionalization of the discipline of political science in many countries include the forming of sub-fields and specialized research communities. At the same time the number of democracies has vastly increased since the 1980s and although not each attempt at democratization was eventually successful, more heterogeneous systems with some form of party competition exist than ever before. As a consequence, the literature addressing the large issues of party democracy spreads over many research fields and has become difficult to master for individual students of party democracy and party governance. The present volume sets out to review the behavior and larger role of political parties in modern democracies. In so doing the book takes its departure from the idea that the main contribution of political parties to the working of democracy is their role as vehicles of political competition in systems of government. Consequently the focus is not merely in the internal functioning of political parties, but rather their behavior the electoral, legislative, and governmental arenas. Thus several chapters address how political parties perform within the existing institutional frameworks. One more chapter looks at the role of political parties in building and adapting these institutions. Finally, two chapters explicitly address the party contributions to democracy in established and new democracies, respectively.​​


Deliberate Force

Deliberate Force

Author: Robert C. Owen

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 541

ISBN-13: 9781585660766

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En detaljeret analyse af Nato-operationen "Deliberate Force", der fandt sted over Balkan fra den 30. august til den 14. september 1995. Behandler politisk baggrund, doktriner, planlægning, udførelse og resultater.