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| | Government - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Welsh Assembly Government is the name of the executive branch of Wales, and Scottish Government is the unofficial term to describe the Scottish Executive. | | | Under modern political theory, government is understood as having three main powers: legislative (the power to make laws), executive (the power to implement laws) and judiciary (the power to judge and apply punishment when laws are broken). | | | Government spending in developed countries varies considerably but generally makes up between about 30% and 70% of their GDP. |
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| | New Georgia Encyclopedia: Government and Laws of Georgia: Overview |
| | In Georgia the executive branch of government is by far the largest, with 99 percent of the state budget devoted to its activities. | | | Cities are governments that have been chartered or incorporated by the state legislature. | | | Local government is the oldest form of government in Georgia, and the city of Savannah is recognized as the oldest government in the state. |
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http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1340
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| | Government Chapter |
| | At the Federal level, there are three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. | | | The President appoints a Cabinet whose members are approved by the Senate in the legislative branch. | | | At the top level is the Federal Government, which provides functions that are best managed by a centralized government, such as defense, currency regulation, and foreign relations. |
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http://www.nationalatlas.gov/government.html
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| | Executive Agency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | An Executive Agency is a British public institution that carries out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Executive, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive. | | | The agencies model of government was introduced to the UK in 1988 following the publication of Improving management in Government, a report by Sir Robin Ibbs, Efficiency Adviser to then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. | | | The report heavily criticised the centralized Civil Service management of public services, saying that too much work was done on policy and too little on delivery, that there was a shortage of management skills in government and that there was a focus on short-term rather than long-term goals. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Agency
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| | Is the CIA an executive agency? A question. |
| | The Congress does not have Executive power of the administration of the U.S. Government. | | | There are only three brances of government- judicial, legislative and executive. | | | The CIA is under the Executive Branch of government. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1283696/posts
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| | Executive Order 6 - Green Illinois - Illinois EPA |
| | The purpose of the Council is to, cooperatively across executive agency jurisdictions, facilitate the incorporation of pollution prevention and resource conservation practices into government management and operations, including but not limited to source and waste reduction, energy efficiency, water conservation, recycling/reuse, green building design and environmentally-friendly purchasing. | | | Each executive agency shall form an internal committee to assess the environmental impacts of its activities and identify practical alternatives for incorporating pollution prevention and resource conservation into agency management and operational practices. | | | Independent agencies shall be invited to participate in the Council's efforts to foster pollution prevention and resource conservation practices throughout state government. |
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http://www.epa.state.il.us/green-illinois/executive-orders/number-6.html
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| | Institutional Factors in Consolidation of Post-Communist Democracies1 |
| | Parliamentary government and proportional representation are expected to facilitate development of a party system as the main link between society and politics; while introduction of presidential government and majoritarian representation may offer better options for a personalised politics with direct appeal to the people. | | | Hellman (1997) claimed that presidential governments are also less apt to urgent reforms in transitional societies. | | | Even compared to parliamentary regimes, the premier-presidential governments are associated with higher level of democratic satisfaction, while the countries with governments formed by the parliament have a better record on human rights preservation. |
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http://globalization.icaap.org/content/v3.2/03_beliaev.html
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| | Classified information - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch |
| | This sort of hierarchical system of secrecy is used by virtually every national government, and by many corporations as well. | | | When a government agency or group shares information between an agency or group of other country’s government they will generally employ a special classification scheme which both parties have previously agreed to honor. | | | While the classification of information by the government is not supposed to be used to prevent information from being made public that would be simply embarrassing or reveal criminal acts, it has been alleged that the goverment routinely misuse the classification system to coverup misdeeds. |
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http://encyclopedia.worldsearch.com/classified_information.htm
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| | Government |
| | A list of past and present Executive Orders still in effect. | | | Government meetings and activities open to the public. | | | FirstGov.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal to all federal, state and local government web resources and services. |
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http://www.virginia.gov/cmsportal/government_881
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| | Continuity of Government - United States Nuclear Forces |
| | The elements comprising the program for the continuity of the executive departments and agencies of the federal government have changed but little in the years since the federal government initiated the program. | | | The plans and provisions for continuity of the executive departments and agencies of the federal government are based on executive orders 10952 and 10346, and National Security Council action documents. | | | Generally these sites would be used as conditions warrant and permit to maintain continuity of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government. |
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http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/c3i/cog.htm
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| | Local government in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In 2000 Parliament passed the Local Government Act 2000 to force councils to move to an executive-based system, either with the council leader and a cabinet acting as an executive authority, or with a directly-elected mayor, either with a mayor and cabinet drawn from the councillors; or a mayor and council manager. | | | Under section 15 the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, committees must roughly reflect the political party makeup of the council; before it was permitted for a party with control of the council to 'pack' committees with their own members. | | | A local government reform took place in the 1990s, which was instituted by the then Conservative Major government. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government_in_England
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| | Montclair's Form of Municipal Government |
| | The most significant changes from the Commission form were the employment of a Town Manager to run the municipality under the direction of the Council thereby separating legislative and executive functions, and the addition of four ward councilors along with three at-large councilors to represent all segments of the population. | | | In the Council-Manager Plan, the municipality is governed by an elected council and by an appointed municipal manager. | | | S/he is the chief executive and administrative official of the municipality and executes all laws and ordinances of the municipality. |
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http://home.att.net/~j.michaelson/FormOfGov.htm
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| | Federal Government Resources on the Web/Executive Branch |
| | Indexes over 20,000 federal government websites, including Executive Branch agencies, Members of Congress, individual reports, and bills | | | Organization chart of the executive, legislative, judicial, and independent branches of government | | | Brief biographies of government officials and great detail on executive staff |
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http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/fedexec.html
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| | EO 12834 : ETHICS COMMITMENTS BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH APPOINTEES |
| | I expressly accept the provisions of that Executive order as a part of this agreement and as binding on me. I understand that the terms of this pledge are in addition to any statutory or other legal restrictions applicable to me by virtue of Federal Government services." Sec. | | | I will not, at any time after the termination of my employment in the United States Government, engage in any activity on behalf of any foreign government or foreign political party which, if undertaken on January 20, 1993, would require me to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended. | | | I acknowledge that the Executive order entitled "Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees," issued by the President on January 20, 1993, which I have read before signing this document, defines certain of the terms applicable to the foregoing obligations and sets forth the methods for enforcing them. |
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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/resources/govdocs/eos/eo12834.html
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| | NCPA - International Issues - Governments And Spending |
| | In these governments - such as those in the U.S. and Mexico -- the chief executive, or president, is elected independently of the legislature. | | | Even accounting for other differences between countries, spending by parliamentary governments is 10 percentage points of GDP higher than presidential governments. | | | Parliamentary governments have greater legislative cohesion, because parties must join in alliances to gain a majority and choose a prime minister. |
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http://www.ncpa.org/pi/internat/pd053101h.html
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| | US CODE: Title 41,253. Competition requirements |
| | (1) It is the policy of Congress that an executive agency should not be required by legislation to award a new contract to a specific non-Federal Government entity. | | | (2) the executive agency’s need for the property or services is of such an unusual and compelling urgency that the Government would be seriously injured unless the executive agency is permitted to limit the number of sources from which it solicits bids or proposals; | | | (6) the disclosure of the executive agency’s needs would compromise the national security unless the agency is permitted to limit the number of sources from which it solicits bids or proposals; or |
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http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/41/253.html
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| | Metropolitan Government |
| | Because the metropolitan governments would be larger than current city governments and would be subject to a professional review, it is assumed that the best type of metropolitan government would be a checks-and-balances type government based on separation of powers with a strong mayor as executive, a council as a legislature, and a metropolitan judiciary. | | | Regardless of how the metropolitan governments were organized, they would be very concerned about the efficiency of their services. | | | However, many government activities such as education would continue to have components at all levels of government and a few activities would be moved up to the state level. |
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http://www.eco.utexas.edu/Homepages/Faculty/Norman/long.extra/Adv.Gov/node16.html
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| | Team Building Consultants - Corporate Culture Change Management - Developers |
| | Through both companies, we provide consulting services to corporate, government, healthcare and diversified industries within the public and private sectors. | | | For over 20 years, we have helped organizations (from small businesses to global corporations to government agencies) - many of them Fortune 500 companies - address their key issues. | | | With Corporate Management Developers and Health Management Consultants you will get dedicated, high level, senior consultants to work with - because those are the only kind we have. |
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http://www.cmd-hmc.com
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| | Executive Education at the Brookings Institution |
| | For almost half a century, the Brookings Institution has been designing and delivering quality executive education programs for government and corporate executives. | | | Brookings Executive Education develops high-impact, specifically tailored programs for both government agencies and corporations. | | | Brookings Executive Education fellowships offer public and private sector managers the opportunity to gain expertise in the intricacies of public policymaking. |
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http://www.brookings.edu/execed/cp_hp.htm
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| | SUBPART G: EXECUTIVE AGENCY ETHICS TRAINING PROGRAMS |
| | Each executive branch agency shall maintain a program of ethics training designed to ensure that all of its employees are aware of the Federal conflict of interest statutes and principles of ethical conduct. | | | Executive branch agencies must provide each employee identified in paragraph (b) of this section with ethics training every calendar year. | | | (b) Each agency's annual ethics training plan will be reviewed by the Office of Government Ethics and any deficiencies shall be communicated in writing to the designated agency ethics official concerned by November 15 of each year, or 75 days after receipt of the agency plan, whichever occurs later. |
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http://www.defenselink.mil/dodgc/defense_ethics/ethics_regulation/2638/subpartg.html
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| | Top executives |
| | As in the private sector, government chief executives oversee budgets and ensure that resources are used properly and that programs are carried out as planned. | | | Chief executives and legislators at the Federal, State, and local levels direct government activities and pass laws that affect us daily. | | | Executives in charge of poorly performing organizations or departments usually find their jobs in jeopardy. |
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| | Greening Government Operations - Green Illinois - Illinois EPA |
| | Greening Government Operations is a resource guide designed to help Illinois executive agencies improve the environmental efficiency of their buildings and operations - from the goods and services they buy, to the energy and water they use, to the waste they generate. | | | It was developed pursuant to Executive Order No. 2000-6, which called for state government to serve as a role model for environmental leadership and protection. | | | Over the past several years, state government has made significant strides in recycling paper and other materials, but we can do more to protect natural resources for both present and future generations. |
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http://www.epa.state.il.us/green-illinois/green-government/resource-guide
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| | HKSAR government responds to US report on HK(06/10/04) |
| | HONG KONG, Oct. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- In response to the US Congressional-Executive Commission's report on Hong Kong, issued Tuesday, a Hong Kong government spokesman reiterated that the HKSAR government would take forward constitutional development in accordance with the Basic Law. | | | HKSAR government responds to US report on HK(06/10/04) | | | The spokesman said the Basic Law provides that the elections ofthe Chief Executive and all Members of the Legislative Council (LegCo) by universal suffrage is the ultimate aim, and that this shall be achieved in the light of the actual situation in the HKSAR and in accordance with the principle of gradual and orderly progress. |
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| | localqul.txt |
| | Create a learning government by (1) restoring employee training and education budgets; (2) creating a new skills package for all employees; (3) basing pay increases on skills, not time in position; (4) insisting on a new kind of problem-solving public manager, not merely a paper passer; and (5) encouraging a new style of labor-management communication. | | | Deregulate government by (1) reforming the civil service, including reduced use of veteran's preference and seniority; (2) streamlining the procurement process; and; (3) making the budgeting process more flexible. | | | This trust-and-lead approach requires strong and positive relationships between the leaders of state and local governments, public employees, citizens and the many diverse groups essential to the governmental process." "The path to high-performance government based on the trust-and-lead strategy is clear," the commission states. |
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| | EXECUTIVE ORDER 13101 |
| | (b) Executive agencies shall also consider cooperative ventures with State and local governments to promote recycling and waste reduction in the community. | | | The GSA and other executive agencies are directed to identify, evaluate, and revise or eliminate any standards or specifications unrelated to performance that present barriers to the purchase of paper or paper products made by production processes that minimize emissions of harmful byproducts. | | | "Executive agency" or "agency" means an executive agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. For the purpose of this order, military departments, as defined in 5 U.S.C. are covered under the auspices of the Department of Defense. |
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| | Municipal Government |
| | Though all forms of municipal government may exercise the same basic power structure, there are a variety of different relationships between the legislative (alderman/trustee/councilman) and executive (mayor/president) branches, within these different forms of government. | | | In the council-manager form of government, the council is the governing body of the city elected by the public, and the manager is hired by council to carry out the policies it establishes. | | | The commission form of city government, also known as the Galveston Plan, was devised in Galveston, TX in 1901 and became one of the three basic forms of municipal government in the United States. |
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http://www.juntosociety.com/government/municipal.htm
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| | Government of Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Financial Secretary is responsible for preparing the Government Budget in accordance with the Chief Executive's agenda in the policy address, ensuring policy is in accordance to the Public Finance Ordinance. | | | The Chief Executive of Hong Kong replaced the Governor of Hong Kong after 1997 as head of the government in Hong Kong. | | | The Hong Kong Government, financially independent from the CPG, oversees the affairs of Hong Kong. |
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