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A Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It
Hear commentary by Paul Light on why young, talented workers are steering clear of jobs in the federal government (from National Public Radio). The federal government is having increasing difficulty faithfully executing the laws, which is what Alexander Hamilton called “the true test” of a good government. This book diagnoses the symptoms, explains their general causes, and proposes ways to improve the effectiveness of the federal government. Employing Hamilton’s seven measures of an energetic federal service, Paul Light shows how the government is wanting in each measure. After assessing the federal report card, Light offers a comprehensive agenda for reform, including new laws limiting the number of political appointees, reducing the layers of government management, reducing the size of government as its baby-boom employees retire, revitalizing the federal career, and reducing the heavy outsourcing of federal work. Although there are many ways to fix each of the seven problems with government, only a comprehensive agenda will bring the kind of reform needed to reverse the overall erosion of the capacity to faithfully execute all the laws. (20080514).
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Perfectly Executed (48 Hours Mystery)
THEY WERE YOUNG. THEY WERE SMART -- OFTEN TO THE POINT OF ARROGANCE BUT WERE THEY KILLERS?Investigative correspondent Peter Van Sant draws on penetrating interviews and extensive research to unravel a controversial case from TV's 48 Hours Mystery -- the two gifted college students charged with murdering one of their families in cold blood. Bellevue, Washington: Early on a serene summer evening, neighbors heard a muffled commotion from inside the home of a quiet Muslim family, newcomers to the wealthy Seattle suburb. It wasn't until well after midnight that Atif Rafay and his best friend, Sebastian Burns, entered the Rafay house to find Atif's parents fatally bludgeoned, and his sister clinging to life. Despite airtight alibis and a dearth of evidence, the boys quickly emerged as suspects -- and sealed their fate when they headed to Canada. After a six-year extradition battle that went all the way to Canada's Supreme Court, they were returned to the U.S. -- in a twisting case involving an elaborate sting operation; a damaging screenplay; a shattering surprise witness; and the shocking discovery of one of the boys having sex with his female attorney in prison. Were Atif Rafay and Sebastian Burns falsely accused? Or was this unspeakable crime PERFECTLY EXECUTED?.
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The Ghost of the Executed Engineer: Technology and the Fall of the Soviet Union (Russian Research Center Studies)
Stalin ordered his execution, but here Palchinksy's ghost leads us through the miasma of Soviet technology and industry, pointing out the mistakes he condemned in his lifetime, the corruption and collapse he predicted, and the ultimate price paid for silencing those who were not afraid to speak out. The story of this engineer's life and work, as Graham tells it, is also the story of the Soviet Union's industrial promise and failure..
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Wonders of the Invisible World Being An Account of the Trials of Several Witches Lately Executed in New England
1693. And of several remarkable curiosities therein occurring Also found in this book is an observation upon the nature, the number and the operations of the Devil; a short narrative of a later outrage committed by a knot of witches in Swede-Land, very much resembling, and so far explaining, that under which New England has labored; some counsels directing a due improvement of the terrible things lately done by the unusual and amazing range of evil spirits in New England; and a brief discourse upon those temptations which are the more ordinary devices of Satan. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read. Written in Old English..
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Executed on a Technicality: Lethal Injustice on America's Death Row
When David Dow took his first capital case, he supported the death penalty He changed his position as the men on death row became real people to him, and as he came to witness the profound injustices they endured: from coerced confessions to disconcertingly incompetent lawyers; from racist juries and backward judges to a highly arbitrary death penalty system. It is these concrete accounts of the people Dow has known and represented that prove the death penalty is consistently unjust, and it's precisely this fundamental—and lethal—injustice, Dow argues, that should compel us to abandon the system altogether. "An honorably dispassionate and logical broadside against a shameful practice." —Kirkus Reviews "Dow reveals the dirty little secret of American death-penalty litigation: procedure trumps innocence . . . [His book] is insightful and full of the kinds of revelations that may lead readers to reconsider their stand on the death penalty." —Steve Mills, Chicago Tribune "Dow's book leaves all else behind. It is powerful, direct, informative, and told in compelling human terms. He makes us see that the issue is not sentiment or retribution or even innocence. It is justice." —Anthony Lewis, Pulitzer Prize–winning former columnist for the New York Times David R. Dow is professor of law at the University of Houston Law Center and an internationally recognized figure in the fight against the death penalty. He is the founder and director of the Texas Innocence Network and has represented more than thirty death row inmates. Regularly quoted in publications like the New York Times and the Washington Post, Dow lives in Houston, Texas..
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Studies and Executed Buildings
Frank Lloyd Wright's Wasmuth folios, one of the most important publications on modern architecture in the 20th century, is available once again from Rizzoli First published in Germany in 1910, these 100 plates of Wright's early work had enormous influence on the architects of the time and will provide a valuable resource to historians and architects today. This facsimile edition includes the original selection of presentation and working drawings form the Oak Park period, the years perhaps most crucial to Wright's development. Also faithfully reproduced are the architect's own introduction and his comments on each project. A new foreword discusses the recently discovered historic background of these folios and Wright's intention to proffer them as a primer for a new democratic American architecture. .
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Execute... or Be Executed
Strategy alone does not determine business success It s how well you implement that strategy, how well you execute those ideas and plans. Effective execution requires looking at your entire business and finding ways to improve each part of the process your leadership, your people, your business process, your partners, your technological skill. It requires really implementing the improvements you see necessary, getting your employees to fully participate, measuring your progress, adjusting, correcting, applauding, and then repeating the process all again... and again... and again. This book will help you, your organization, and your people to use the organizational tools you already own to close the gap between your dreams and reality. This book is filled with do-able ideas. It will assist you to look outside your traditional viewing (and thinking) platform. Research information and examples abound. Use them not only to consider changing your modus operandi, use them to help you decide how to change your approach. Execution is touched by so many factors, from the style of the leader, to the mindset of the people from the skills brought to the table to the environment in which execution is to take place from the partners involved to the technology utilized. Each part of the book focuses on one area of execution. Part One: Examines the characteristics of today s organizations, today s leaders and today s people. Part Two: Looks at the members of the execution team. Part Three: Highlights in detail the skills required for effective execution to take place. Part Four: Focuses on the partners in execution from the resources to the technology. Part Five: Concentrates on the execution experience. At the conclusion of each part there are Marketplace Lessons that offer up valuable learning experiences. All together the book discusses significant elements of execution and offers many invaluable suggestions you will use on an ongoing basis. These will assist you to move from strategic thinking to strategic doing. Take charge of execution!.
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The Great Railroad Adventure - a True Tale from the American Civil War
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Why Was Charles I Executed?
The execution of Charles I in 1649, followed by the proclamation of a Commonwealth, was an extraordinary political event. It followed a bitter Civil War between parliament and the king, and their total failure to negotiate a subsequent peace settlement. Why the king was defeated and executed has been a central question in English history, being traced back to the Reformation and forward to the triumph of parliament in the eighteenth century. The old answers, whether those of the Victorian narrative historian S.R. Gardiner or of Lawrence Stone's diagnosis of a fatal long-term rift in English society, however, no longer satisfy, while the newer ones of local historians and 'revisionists' often leave readers unclear as to why the Civil War happened at all. In "Why Was Charles I Executed?", Clive Holmes supplies clear answers to eight key questions about the period, ranging from why the king had to summon the Long Parliament to whether there was, in fact, an English Revolution..
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