United States

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HBS Working Knowledge February 6, 2012 Dina Gerdeman	Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness When American companies move pieces of their operations overseas, they run the risk of moving the expertise, innovation, and new growth opportunities just out of their reach as well.
National Defense March 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Budget Cuts Are Only Prelude to Future 'Grand Bargain' Politicians and think tanks have been hyperventilating over the $487 billion budget cut that the Pentagon will have to make during the next decade.
National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel	Plant DNA May Protect Military Supply Chain New York-based Applied DNA Sciences is working with the Defense Logistics Agency to use the hereditary traits of plants to keep parts that have been tampered with out of military electronic systems.
National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel	Shredded Documents Brought Back to Life The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has begun an initial investigation into information security on the battlefield -- how U.S. data might be vulnerable and how troops could use confiscated scraps to gather intelligence.
National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel	Scientists Make Quantum Leap in Solar Power In its quest for alternative sources of power, the military has been turning to solar panels. The services have been trying them out on installations and on the backs of troops.
National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel	Teams Look to Crowd-Source Military Vehicle Design The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has given contracts to the Georgia Institute of Technology, Vanderbilt University and General Electric to come up with open-source software that allows for easy widespread collaboration.
Chemistry World February 3, 2012 Rebecca Trager	Whistleblowers accuse FDA of spying, persecution The US Food and Drug Administration is being sued by its own scientists and doctors who allege they were spied on and persecuted by the agency for expressing safety concerns about the approval of medical devices.
Financial Advisor February 2012 Juliette Fairley	A Silver Lining Financial advisors working with federal employees need to be well versed on their unique benefits.
HBS Working Knowledge February 2, 2012 Nicolas P. Retsinas	Once a Castle, Home is Now a Debtors' Prison Since the recovery of the housing market will undergird any broader recovery, we must address the current situation of these debtors' prisons.
Financial Planning February 1, 2012 John F. Wasik	State of Regulation As states take over regulation of RIAs with up to $100 million in assets under management, many firm owners are wondering if the transition will prove difficult.
Financial Planning February 1, 2012 Susan Ferris Wyderko	Do No Harm In deciding what further rules should apply to money-market funds, the SEC and other regulators would do well to heed the old Latin maxim primum non nocere- first, do no harm.
HBS Working Knowledge February 1, 2012 James Heskett	Is Support for Small Business Misplaced? Is it time to recognize the advantages of bigness when it comes to employment and economic development? If so, what does this mean for government policy? Are tax policies and other support for small businesses misguided?
On Wall Street February 1, 2012 Joe Adler	Hill's Focus on Volcker Rule Just Starting The Volcker Rule is shaping up to be a case study of lawmakers continuing to sound off on an issue that is technically no longer under their purview.
On Wall Street February 1, 2012	Five Questions With Hans Olsen As the Republicans move closer to choosing a candidate to run against President Barack Obama, Hans Olsen talks about his firm's research into the psyche of the American consumer and how investors should look at this year's presidential election.
CRM February 2012 Leonard Klie	Congress Moves to Cut Off Off-Shoring Proposed legislation would prevent United States firms that off-shore contact center jobs from receiving government funds.
IEEE Spectrum February 2012 Marisa Plumb	Dream Jobs 2012: P2P Politics Ever since the Obama campaign, former AOL executive Jascha Franklin-Hodge has been using the Web to improve political campaigning
IEEE Spectrum February 2012 David Schneider	LightSquared's GPS-Interference Controversy Comes to a Boil Cellular wannabe can't reach a deal with GPS community
National Defense March 2012 McDonald & Beehler	Defense-Funded Biofuels Program Can Spur Production and Lower Risk to U.S. Government In the wake of failed federal loan guarantees for green companies such as Solyndra and Range Fuels, the alternative-energy industry needs solutions that decrease government risk and elicit bipartisan support.
National Defense March 2012 Edward Swallow	Rep. Mike Honda Introduces Bill to Boost STEM Education The chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Workforce division spoke to Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., regarding a bill he recently introduced, the STEM Education Innovation Act.
Chemistry World January 27, 2012 Rebecca Trager	Obama calls for renewed focus on manufacturing The US chemical industry applauded President Obama's emphasis on manufacturing and energy during the annual State of the Union speech. But the sector is also stressing the need for balanced, rational regulations that don't stifle innovation.
HBS Working Knowledge January 25, 2012 Michael Blanding	A Few Firms Have Outsized Influence in D.C. New research suggests the number of companies affecting government policy through lobbying may be smaller -- but more powerful -- than previously thought.
National Defense March 2012	Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Sequestration offers opportunities for industry... Flexible approaches are required if we hope to defeat the enemies of 2061... Truly unconventional forms of warfare...
National Defense March 2012 Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr.	When Will the Military Services Come To Grips With a New Era of Austerity? Even with a smaller funding pie, the U.S. military services should be able to weather the coming budget reductions. But the services are anxious and insecure institutions. They want more, and they insist that their equipment is aging and in need of modernization.
National Defense March 2012 Dan Ward	Military Innovation in the Age of Austerity: Why I Love Budget Cuts What will the projected military budget cuts do to the defense technology environment? Despite the widespread chorus of concern from industry and government alike, the cuts may actually do everyone -- particularly American war fighters -- a lot of good.
National Defense March 2012 William I. Oberholtzer	An Inexpensive Solution for Quickly Launching Military Satellites Into Space The recent publication of the successful work done by the Naval Research Laboratory on rail gun technology indicates it is timely to consider the use of the rail gun as a timely response for the initial or replacement launch of satellites.
National Defense March 2012 Jacob Pankowski	Take Heed of Post-Employment Restrictions The new Defense Acquisition Regulation System clause requires offers on Defense Department contracts to represent that all covered ex-department officials expected to work on any resulting contract are in compliance with all post-employment restrictions.
Information Today January 19, 2012 Peggy Garvin	A Year of Exceptional Budget Challenges: USGS Shutters NBII The U.S. Geological Survey has announced the decision to terminate funding of the National Biological Information Infrastructure program.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Tough War Lessons Force Military Vehicle Programs To Consider Fuel Efficiency Moving fuel to and around battle zones that have no "front lines" has an extraordinarily high price in terms of money and lives.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Improving Bad Driving Habits Can Lead to Fuel Savings in Military Vehicles Experts are focusing on smaller changes -- both to the vehicles and how they are operated. This includes taking a hard look at who is driving them.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	New Requirements, Lower Cost Breathe New Life Into JLTV Though it appeared doomed just months ago, the Army and Marine Corps' plan to replace aging Humvees with a new off-road vehicle may have regained its footing at least for another year.
National Defense February 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Stronger-Than-Steel Light Combat Trucks Still a Pipedream The JLTV program, intended for both the Army and the Marine Corps, is becoming a test case for how far military and industry engineers can push the boundaries of armor technology as they seek a truck to replace the Humvee later this decade.
Chemistry World January 17, 2012 Rebecca Trager	EPA Publicises Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data The US Environmental Protection Agency has for the first time released comprehensive greenhouse gas emissions data on large facilities and made them available online. But the American Chemistry Council says the new EPA data misrepresents the chemical industry's total GHG emissions.
Information Today January 17, 2012 Robin Peek	Research Works Act Could Challenge Public Access to Federally Funded Research This act is designed to thwart activities such as the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy, which requires scientists to submit final peer-reviewed journal manuscripts that arise from NIH funds to the digital archive PubMed Central.
National Defense February 2012 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Administration's Defense Strategy Precedes Budget: A Good First Step It has been just over a year since former Defense Secretary Robert Gates started a $100 billion efficiencies campaign wherein the savings were redistributed within the Pentagon's budget top line.
IndustryWeek January 11, 2012	Safety Agency Pushes for Combustible Dust Standard Significant accumulations of combustible iron ore powder fueled the flash fires that led to the fatalities at powdered metals plant last year.
IndustryWeek January 11, 2012	Compromise on Trucking Rules Leaves Nobody Happy DOT's new trucking regulations could hike the cost of transportation for manufacturers.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Avatars Invade Military Training Systems The influence of video games on military training has been substantial, and the military's interest in avatars -- for soldiers and other actors in simulations -- is growing.
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons	Military Helicopter Fleets Showing Their Age Many models are expected to reach the end of their operational lives in the 2030 to 2040 timeframe.
National Defense February 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Navy's Unmanned Combat Aircraft Flying Under Cloud of Uncertainty The Navy expects to invest a growing share of its aviation research dollars in unmanned aircraft as it seeks to extend the reach and endurance of its carrier-based air wings.
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons	Air Force F-35s, Drones May Square Off in Budget Battle Unmanned aerial vehicles have become a potent portion of the U.S. Air Force inventory and an indispensable weapon in the global war on terror.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Robot-Makers Ponder Next Moves as Wars Wind Down The end of the nearly nine-year war closed one chapter for a technology that came into its own during the conflict.
National Defense February 2012 Dan Hartman	Unconventional and Emerging Armament Committee Formed The Unconventional and Emerging Armament Committee of the Armaments Division of the National Defense Industrial Association was recently formed to establish a forum whereby all forms of non-traditional, unconventional armaments and technologies at any stage of development can be showcased.
National Defense February 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	It's a Hobson's Choice: Dollars For Defense or for Education? In today's zero-sum budget world, every federal program is in a cutthroat fight for survival. Defense and education are no exception. As the largest slice of the government's discretionary spending pie, defense competes for dollars with everything else, including education.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Safety Concerns Still Blocking Unmanned Aerial Vehicles From National Airspace The Pentagon, along with the Department of Homeland Security and NASA, has been negotiating with the Federal Aviation Administration for years to allow unmanned aerial vehicles to gain regular access to the national airspace.
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons	Catastrophic Solar Flare Scenario Touches Off Stormy Debate Energy from solar flares can harm electrical grids on Earth, but a new study says the sun probably won't plunge the United States into the Dark Ages, as some theorists have said.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	DARPA Eyes Space Junk From the Ground The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, though, is wrapping up a demonstration with a new Space Surveillance Telescope that officials say will offer an unprecedented view of objects in space.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Virtual Reality Helps Troops Confront Pain The Pentagon wants to discover different ways to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, one of which will take patients back to war via a video game-like simulation.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Army Lab Analyzes Bad Dust From War Zones The Army Research Laboratory has deployed equipment to Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa to find out if particles floating around in the air in these places are causing Gulf War Syndrome and other illnesses.
National Defense February 2012 Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr.	Pentagon Resource Wars: Why They Can't Be Avoided If Congress reduces the services' procurement top lines as expected, they will probably circle their wagons to protect planned or traditional programs.
National Defense February 2012 Harvey M. Sapolsky	Defense Industrial Policy Myths Debunked Looming budget austerity raises concerns about the future health of the U.S. defense industrial base. But the coming crisis also offers an opportunity to prune the deadwood.
National Defense February 2012	Readers Sound Off On Recent Stories Readers respond to prior articles concerning army acquisition policies and government planning strategies directed at the defense industry.
National Defense February 2012 Sean M. Connolly	Update Emerges For New Personal Conflicts of Interest Rule Effective Dec. 2, 2011, the Federal Acquisition Regulation requires U.S. government contractors and subcontractors to prevent personal conflicts of interest that arise during their employees' performance of certain acquisition functions.
Fast Company January 9, 2012 Rachel Z. Arndt	Patents By The Numbers: Average Wait Time Is Going Down, But Trolls Still Cost Us $80 Billion A Year Starting last fall and stretching through mid-2013, the U.S. has been overhauling the patent-approval process for the first time since 1952.
Information Today January 9, 2012	NISO Releases Updated Draft of SERU The National Information Standards Organization announced the availability of a draft update of SERU: A Shared Electronic Resource Understanding for public comment through Feb. 19, 2012.
Information Today January 9, 2012	'Yes We Scan' Petition Sent to President Individual agencies have thought about the problem in terms of prototypes and pilots. Only the White House can bring these efforts together under one roof and begin to think in terms of a national digitization strategy for our federal government.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2012 Christopher J. Piazza	Essential Questions for Essential Benefits A key consideration under the Affordable Care Act is how states select plans for drug coverage.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler	New Year, New Issues Look for action in 2012 on drug access, shortages, innovation, and transparency. The 800-pound gorilla in the room is the looming Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Obama health reform legislation.
On Wall Street January 1, 2012 Wack & Davidson	Why Did Barney Frank Retire? A mix of personal and professional reasons factored into the powerful House Democrat's decision to bow out. Here's a condensed version of Frank's reasoning.
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