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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
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Page : 50 pages
File Size : 30,52 MB
Release : 2004-01
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ISBN : 9780215015006
The Department for Transport's first annual report was published in May 2003 (Cm. 5907, ISBN 0101590725) which detailed its key activities, performance against key targets and expenditure since its creation in May 2002. The Committee's findings include that although some concerns are expressed regarding the annual report and departmental expenditure, signs of progress are identified in new department's willingness to confront inherited problems and in delivering improvements in the transport system.
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
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Page : 104 pages
File Size : 34,70 MB
Release : 2003
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ISBN : 9780215008589
The Committee's report examines the annual report and performance for 2002 of the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR). This department was split into the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and the Department for Transport in May 2002. The ODPM now has responsibility for policy matters including: housing and homelessness, urban policy and planning, local and regional government. The report findings include that the split between the ODPM and transport is a lost opportunity, and that presently, transport and planning policies are pulling in opposite directions. Many of the ODPM's PSA targets are hard to measure or poorly reported, and do not cover some of the department's high priority activities. Performance against targets is not being externally validated.
Author : Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
Publisher : Melville House
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 49,11 MB
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1612198473
The study edition of book the Los Angeles Times called, "The most extensive review of U.S. intelligence-gathering tactics in generations." This is the complete Executive Summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into the CIA's interrogation and detention programs -- a.k.a., The Torture Report. Based on over six million pages of secret CIA documents, the report details a covert program of secret prisons, prisoner deaths, interrogation practices, and cooperation with other foreign and domestic agencies, as well as the CIA's efforts to hide the details of the program from the White House, the Department of Justice, the Congress, and the American people. Over five years in the making, it is presented here exactly as redacted and released by the United States government on December 9, 2014, with an introduction by Daniel J. Jones, who led the Senate investigation. This special edition includes: • Large, easy-to-read format. • Almost 3,000 notes formatted as footnotes, exactly as they appeared in the original report. This allows readers to see obscured or clarifying details as they read the main text. • An introduction by Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones who led the investigation and wrote the report for the Senate Intelligence Committee, and a forward by the head of that committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein.
Author : Suzanne H. Reuben
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 38,78 MB
Release : 2010-10
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1437934218
Though overall cancer incidence and mortality have continued to decline in recent years, cancer continues to devastate the lives of far too many Americans. In 2009 alone, 1.5 million American men, women, and children were diagnosed with cancer, and 562,000 died from the disease. There is a growing body of evidence linking environmental exposures to cancer. The Pres. Cancer Panel dedicated its 2008¿2009 activities to examining the impact of environmental factors on cancer risk. The Panel considered industrial, occupational, and agricultural exposures as well as exposures related to medical practice, military activities, modern lifestyles, and natural sources. This report presents the Panel¿s recommend. to mitigate or eliminate these barriers. Illus.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 49,39 MB
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309286581
Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. Despite the serious and long-term consequences for victims as well as their families, communities, and society, efforts to prevent, identify, and respond to these crimes are largely under supported, inefficient, uncoordinated, and unevaluated. Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States examines commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents of the United States under age 18. According to this report, efforts to prevent, identify, and respond to these crimes require better collaborative approaches that build upon the capabilities of people and entities from a range of sectors. In addition, such efforts need to confront demand and the individuals who commit and benefit from these crimes. The report recommends increased awareness and understanding, strengthening of the law's response, strengthening of research to advance understanding and to support the development of prevention and intervention strategies, support for multi-sector and interagency collaboration, and creation of a digital information-sharing platform. A nation that is unaware of these problems or disengaged from solutions unwittingly contributes to the ongoing abuse of minors. If acted upon in a coordinated and comprehensive manner, the recommendations of Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States can help advance and strengthen the nation's emerging efforts to prevent, identify, and respond to commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors in the United States.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 22,34 MB
Release : 2003-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309133181
The anthrax incidents following the 9/11 terrorist attacks put the spotlight on the nation's public health agencies, placing it under an unprecedented scrutiny that added new dimensions to the complex issues considered in this report. The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century reaffirms the vision of Healthy People 2010, and outlines a systems approach to assuring the nation's health in practice, research, and policy. This approach focuses on joining the unique resources and perspectives of diverse sectors and entities and challenges these groups to work in a concerted, strategic way to promote and protect the public's health. Focusing on diverse partnerships as the framework for public health, the book discusses: The need for a shift from an individual to a population-based approach in practice, research, policy, and community engagement. The status of the governmental public health infrastructure and what needs to be improved, including its interface with the health care delivery system. The roles nongovernment actors, such as academia, business, local communities and the media can play in creating a healthy nation. Providing an accessible analysis, this book will be important to public health policy-makers and practitioners, business and community leaders, health advocates, educators and journalists.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 18,48 MB
Release : 2001-07-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309132967
Second in a series of publications from the Institute of Medicine's Quality of Health Care in America project Today's health care providers have more research findings and more technology available to them than ever before. Yet recent reports have raised serious doubts about the quality of health care in America. Crossing the Quality Chasm makes an urgent call for fundamental change to close the quality gap. This book recommends a sweeping redesign of the American health care system and provides overarching principles for specific direction for policymakers, health care leaders, clinicians, regulators, purchasers, and others. In this comprehensive volume the committee offers: A set of performance expectations for the 21st century health care system. A set of 10 new rules to guide patient-clinician relationships. A suggested organizing framework to better align the incentives inherent in payment and accountability with improvements in quality. Key steps to promote evidence-based practice and strengthen clinical information systems. Analyzing health care organizations as complex systems, Crossing the Quality Chasm also documents the causes of the quality gap, identifies current practices that impede quality care, and explores how systems approaches can be used to implement change.
